Teenage boy marries 73-year-old woman in Indonesia
The couple threatened suicide if the wedding was stopped.
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The couple threatened suicide if the wedding was stopped.
Last week Foster said she had no recollection of the letter.
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If passed, a referendum will be called to change the Constitution.
Many in the Roman Catholic Church believe a new path to ordination should be opened.
It’s understandable why some couples prefer a more modern and secular form of civil recognition over marriage, writes Fergus Ryan.
The match between the convicted murderers was set up by the man’s mother – who’s also in prison.
The couple want a civil partnership and not a marriage.
“The wife is going to kill me.”
Fr Bernard Lynch – who grew up in Ennis in the 1950s – became the first Catholic priest in the world to have a civil partnership in 2006.
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“The offence of bigamy would be the talk of the town.”
The 62-year-old writer now plans on marrying his partner of 23 years.
The Labor Party says the debate surrounding a referendum could be harmful to those in same-sex relationships and their families.
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The series is billed as a pre-marriage course without the priests, although it is open to couples of all types, including those who are not engaged.
The woman said her husband took up a knife and said he could cut her face open before pushing her upstairs and raping her.
“I keep losing him.”
I got really really angry with my family when they said they wouldn’t be voting in the marriage referendum, writes Patrick Dempsey.
CSO figures also show that the average age of brides and grooms is the highest ever recorded.
He saw fit to mention that she was a ‘godly virgin’. *shudders*
It is understood a number of village elders have been arrested.
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“I’m eating your sausage.”
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A prominent gay rights group has branded the move ‘indecent’.
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“Everything is based on love”.
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