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Aren't cycle helmets stupid?
A trio of Iowa-based religious scholars penned an op-ed in a local paper this week, reminding readers that despite popular opinion, the Bible does not simply define marriage as between one man and one woman.
The joint editorial was written by Hector Avalos, Robert R. Cargill and Kenneth Atkinson and published in the Des Moines Register on Sunday. The men teach at Iowa State University, University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa, respectively.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...ge-iowa-scholars-op-ed_n_3397304.html[/QUOTE]
then the concept of marriage is simply a legal definition. As such, it can be re-defined, as have other legal definitons been re-defined and refined down the centuries.
I appreciate some may have religious concepts that they need to reconcile, but apart from such as JWs, who I believe refuse to accept the authority of government, isn't it a problem for biblical scholars to wrestle with? In which case, haven't the UK government taken a pragmatic approach by allowing the church (and perhaps others) to decide on its own actions? Liberalism in action?
Interestingly, the article mentioned, above seems to suggest, that JBR can continue to take his second (and third, etc) wife without religious persecution. Or, indeed, his first wfe may take a second husband.
Not personal abuse, JBR, just a joke. I hope you can take it in the spirit which it is given.
Most? Says who?Most straight couples have rejected marriage and live in sin.
Most? Says who?Most straight couples have rejected marriage and live in sin.
you didn't know that? but you know everything.
Wrong.Fair do nosey perhaps I should have made it clearer for you. At a time when gay people want to marry more straight couples are cohabiting than there are choosing to marry.
There are around 21.2 million married people in the UK.
There are around 5.9 million people currently cohabiting in the UK.
Wrong.Fair do nosey perhaps I should have made it clearer for you. At a time when gay people want to marry more straight couples are cohabiting than there are choosing to marry.
You are getting confused.
Whilst the popularity of marriage is decreasing and the popularity of cohabiting is increasing, marriage is still the most popular form of partnership in the uk.
The number of opposite sex cohabiting couples has increased, from 1.5 million in 1996 to 2.9 million in 2012. The number of dependent children living in these opposite sex cohabiting couple families also increased, doubling from 0.9 million to 1.8 million in the same period.
There are 12.2 million married couple families in the UK, a decrease of 457,000 since 1996. This is consistent with the trend of decreasing marriage numbers seen since the early 1970s.
Are you a bit thick or what? Even your figures show marriage is the most popular form of partnership i.e. 12.2 million v's 2.9 million.So whose confused
The number of opposite sex cohabiting couples has increased, from 1.5 million in 1996 to 2.9 million in 2012. The number of dependent children living in these opposite sex cohabiting couple families also increased, doubling from 0.9 million to 1.8 million in the same period.
There are 12.2 million married couple families in the UK, a decrease of 457,000 since 1996. This is consistent with the trend of decreasing marriage numbers seen since the early 1970s.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/n...since-1996/familiesandhouseholdsnr011112.html
Perhaps you need someone to read it to you
You really are dumb aren't you.I don't believe those figures.
Married people are registered.
It's impossible to accurately calculate the number of people 'living as married'.
Might as well just guess.
Are you a bit thick or what? Even your figures show marriage is the most popular form of partnership i.e. 12.2 million v's 2.9 million.So whose confused
The number of opposite sex cohabiting couples has increased, from 1.5 million in 1996 to 2.9 million in 2012. The number of dependent children living in these opposite sex cohabiting couple families also increased, doubling from 0.9 million to 1.8 million in the same period.
There are 12.2 million married couple families in the UK, a decrease of 457,000 since 1996. This is consistent with the trend of decreasing marriage numbers seen since the early 1970s.
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/n...since-1996/familiesandhouseholdsnr011112.html
Perhaps you need someone to read it to you
Take into account also that your 12.2 million figure specifically states families.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/11/census-2011-marriage-single-adults[/QUOTE]
Well its obvious I'm not as thick as you isn't it nosey. You daft **** if you look at the figure for all couples they cover partnerships over the last four decades. So of course there will be a higher number of married couples as it was the 'right thing' to do until recently when more couples chose to cohabit than marry each year. You got it yet. The records from the ons show 235000 marrying while 285000 were choosing to cohabit in 2011. That's most that is. And that trend is going to continue.
You really are dumb aren't you.I don't believe those figures.
Married people are registered.
It's impossible to accurately calculate the number of people 'living as married'.
Might as well just guess.
If you accept that the number of registered married couples is correct, then all you need do is subtract that figure from the population of those (eligible) that remain. Even if you were to combine the cohabiting figures with those living single, married couples would probably still trump.
Which makes the rate of decrease in popularity a mere 28,000 per annum, (457,000/16), so a straight line extrapolation of the same amount can be assumed for the last two years and added to the increase in popularity of co-habiting couples, (2.9 million + 56,000 =2.95million)The most common family type in 2012 is a married or civil partner couple without dependent children, accounting for 7.6 million out of a total of 18.2 million families in the UK. The second most common family type is a married or civil partner couple with dependent children, of which there are 4.6 million.
There are 12.2 million married couple families in the UK, a decrease of 457,000 since 1996. This is consistent with the trend of decreasing marriage numbers seen since the early 1970s.
Lone parents with dependent children represent 26 per cent of all families with dependent children in 2012. There are nearly 2.0 million lone parents with dependent children in the UK, a figure which has grown from 1.6 million in 1996.
There are an estimated 69,000 families consisting of a same sex cohabiting couple and an additional 66,000 civil partnered couples, a number which has steadily increased since the introduction of civil partnerships in the UK in December 2005.
There are 26.4 million households in the UK in 2012. Of these, 29 per cent consist of only one person and almost 20 per cent consist of four or more people.
7.6 million people in UK households live alone in 2012, of which 4.2 million are aged 16 to 64. Of those in this age group, the majority (58 per cent) are male. For those aged 65 or over, the pattern is reversed; at this age the majority of people living alone (69 per cent) are female.
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Aren't cycle helmets stupid?