Marriage
Moldovan deported from the US for fraudulent marriage
A Moldovan national will be deported from the United States for fraudulent marriage with an American citizen. Eugeniu Catarev, who is a truck driver, wanted to get a green card by marriage. He admitted that he paid the American woman about $300 every...
Sect leader Warren Jeffs guilty of child sexual abuse
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- A Texas jury convicted polygamist sect head, president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Warren Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday. The 55-year-old polygamist leader...
Female circumcision is banned in Kurdistan, Iraq
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Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- There is a new law, adopted to protect women from one of the most brutal and severe traditions, widespread among the local Muslim population - female circumcision, in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the first time...
Gay couple can marry in New York too now
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Good cause for gay couples to celebrate these days their relations. Now these same-sex couples can marry in New York city. New York lawmakers voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday. That is indeed...
Straight couples in Britain fight to have a gay marriage
In Britain, eight couples – gay and straight – are campaigning to have both civil partnerships and marriage open for both straight and same-sex couples. They say they’re willing to go to the highest European court. Tom Freeman and...
Increased religiosity hasn’t cut share of marriages between Muslims and Christians
by Paul Goble The share of marriages between Christians and Muslims in Tatarstan has not changed despite the increasing religiosity of the population, according to a Muslim leader there, but the consequences of these marriages now for the country&rsquo...
Al Gore to divorce after 40 years of marriage
Former vice president Al Gore and wife Tipper are separating after 40 years of marriage. “This is very much a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration,” the couple...
U.S. Immigration: Marriage-Based Green Card
By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Jeff L. Khurgel The Immigration Consequences of Marriage Fraud As required by law, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will deny immigration petitions and applications for adjustment of status where there is evidence...
Orthodox Christians, Muslims in Russia Split on Marriages
by Paul Goble Many Russian Orthodox priests believe that "mixed" marriages between committed Christians and committed Muslims are unlikely to work, while many Muslim leaders are convinced that such marriages are not only possible but...
Genealogists lose access to ledgers
Genealogists are furious the British government has locked away more than 150 years' worth of marriage, birth and death records kept on paper in London. The Family Records Center has permanently shelved the ledgers in favor of an online version which...
