Read more marriage stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1887/marriage.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:47:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74400/texas-accidentally-bans-straight-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe geniuses who wrote Texas’ gay marriage ban may have accidentally banned all marriage in the state, according to one Houston lawyer. Subsection B of the ban, a constitutional amendment ratified in 2005, states, “This state…may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.” The intent...http://www.newser.com/story/74400/texas-accidentally-bans-straight-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:28:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74219/buenos-aires-grants-first-gay-marriage-license.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital yesterday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that a ban on gay marriage violates...http://www.newser.com/story/74219/buenos-aires-grants-first-gay-marriage-license.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 9:17:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73829/drew-peterson-wants-to-sell-his-home-to-the-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDrew Peterson is broke and has huge legal bills, so he’s looking to sell his home. But not to just anyone. The former police sergeant, accused of murdering his third wife, figures he’ll get a premium if he sells it to a news organization as a “base camp” to use...http://www.newser.com/story/73829/drew-peterson-wants-to-sell-his-home-to-the-media.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 15:56:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73617/paris-divorce-fair-thrives-on-breakups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe annual Paris Marriage Fair has spawned a modern offspring—a Divorce Fair. “Divorce has lost its stigma,” says its organizer; nearly 50% of French marriages, including two of Nicolas Sarkozy's, don't last. Booths at the fair offered services from divorce lawyers, tarot card readers, self-esteem coaches, and weight-loss specialists.http://www.newser.com/story/73617/paris-divorce-fair-thrives-on-breakups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 16:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72952/most-of-manhattan-is-single.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDepending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live...http://www.newser.com/story/72952/most-of-manhattan-is-single.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 13:38:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72899/somali-man-112-marries-teen-bride.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 95-year age gap is no barrier to love, according to a 112-year-old Somali man who married a 17-year-old bride this week. Ahmed Muhamed Dhore—who told the BBC he still has his 1897 birth certificate written on goat skin—says he realized a dream by marrying his sixth wife....http://www.newser.com/story/72899/somali-man-112-marries-teen-bride.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 3:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72786/barack-and-michelle-the-first-romantics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike no other couple before them, Barack and Michelle Obama have made their romance a central feature of his presidency—even his inauguration night seemed like a wedding, the new first lady dressed in white, the couple dancing to a love song. Their marriage is the subject of a 7,...http://www.newser.com/story/72786/barack-and-michelle-the-first-romantics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 9:03:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72625/younger-smarter-wife-bliss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResearchers have discovered the secret of a happy marriage—at least for the husband: a younger, smarter wife. Such marriages are likely to last, particularly when neither spouse has been previously divorced. Marriages involving women at least five years younger than a husband and with a higher educational level fared...http://www.newser.com/story/72625/younger-smarter-wife-bliss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 4:24:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72212/couples-who-share-chores-have-more-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore housework equals more sex, a new study shows, though watchers are split on why that is. Two answers quickly spring up: For one, active folks tend to pour their energy into all pursuits. “This group of go-getters seem to make sex a priority,” a researchers tells the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/72212/couples-who-share-chores-have-more-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 13:42:00 CDT