A wife is wanting a divorce after discovering her husband’s unfaithfulness, however, the husband does not wish to get a divorce. Rachel Anne contacted an attorney in order to begin the divorce proceedings and Eugene seemed accepting of the divorce until child custody became a controversy point. Rachel Anne and Eugene agreed to enter mediation with Greg as their mediator. (ACU, 2015).
Minister’s Role as Counselor and Mediator
I am or have been in the past both minster and friend to both Rachel Anne and Eugene and hold these relationships as significant, however, for the purposes of this mediation I am also serving as your mediator. Because I have been meeting with Eugene at church, privately for counseling, everything said during those private
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283). Rachel Anne is from a tradition religious family and was brought up to value the teachings of the church and adultery is an ethical issue which goes directly against her faith. However, Eugene comes from a different type of upbringing, being raised by a single mother without a steady father figure in his life.
Pre-marital Sex
Though Rachel Anne knew of Eugene’s pre-marital sexual relations and he admitted the transgressions, it still is an important ethical issue for Rachel Anne. Pre-marital sex “refers to sexual relations that occur prior to marriage” and is referred to as fornication in the Bible (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 275). Rachel Anne admits Eugene’s behavior prior to their marriage bothered her before the recent events and she states she does not want the children to think it acceptable to partake in such acts.
Homosexual Sex
Homosexual sex, in this case, the “sexual attraction or love for a man by a man” (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 281) violates the traditional teachings of Rachel Anne’s religion. (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 272). Eugene has admitted he had participated in such acts before his marriage to Rachel Anne but did not disclose these acts until after their
In his play “On Tidy Endings, a lover and ex-wife have gathered to sign documents and tie up loose ends after the death of a man. It was during the conception of this play that most Americans mandated being homosexual was a crime against god. These actions came because of a belief that god created man for woman, and woman for man. I believe Mr. Fierstein’s theme is to show people same sex marriage does not differ from any other, but it is the judgment by those who do not unde...
Marcello became a conformist to conceal his homosexuality. He is sexually awkward with his very attractive wife and compensates for it by bragging about his sex life with male companions, such as Italo. When Italo asks Marcello why he is marrying the simple-minded woman, he tells him “normalcy, stability, and security”. When Marcello spoke with the priest about how he’s pursuing a normal life he told the priest he is marrying a woman who is “all bed and kitchen”. He knows he is different from others and this
Joe and Harper present a moral dilemma that offers perhaps previously unexplored moral terrain to a predominantly heterosexual audience. When Joe comes out to Harper after years of marriage, Harper’s reactions vary, ranging from “I want this to stop, to go back,” to converse begging, “I want to get away from here. Far away. Right now,” and also an expression of indignance and betrayal over the fact that “[he was] going to save [her], but the whole time [he was] spinning a lie,” spurring the questions: should Joe have told Harper the truth and does the truth necessarily dissolve their marriage (2.9.65-66;73;77-78). But no clear answer exists to either question, an ambiguity made visible through Harper’s diverging emotions that imply Harper wants both the truth and ignorance and wants both an ending to the relationship and a lack of change. The dilemma created by Joe’s homosexuality cannot be answered by conventional morality, debasing the existing moral framework as inadequate, and implicitly, as our current methods of understanding the world default, we move towards a recognition that more complex people and experiences exist than we may have
At the onset of assessment by a staff-counseling psychologist, the woman seemed to relax and share some of her thoughts and feeling. As the assessment process continued, the psychologist was able to ascertain that the issue with depression appeared to be a relevantly recent development. Additionally, the depression appeared to be the result of heighten conflicts between the woman and her husband pertaining to alleged extra material affairs. In conversation with the psychologist, the woman claimed to feel “overwhelmed”; her husband filing for divorce triggered the feelings she inferred, which reportedly lead to her breakdown. However, the psychologist has since discovered that the husband denies the affairs and attributes this to the depression. Additionally, the husband claims that the termination of the marriage is a result of the deterioration of his wife’s mental state.
Immorality and moral ambiguity are two concepts that will ruin any relationship. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, he specifically illustrates through his pilgrims’ stories some comical and realistic events that display immorality in the Middle Ages. There are several characters whose stories are focused on presenting the immorality within their tales. Like that of “The Miller’s Tale,” and “The Merchant’s Tale.” Chaucer utilizes these tales to display one specific immoral act, which is sexual sin or lust. Chaucer addresses the seven deadly sins in his novel; The Canterbury Tales, lust can be highlighted in two major tales “The Miller’s Tale,” and “The Merchant’s Tale” which help display key elements of the immorality in the Middle Ages.
As time progresses, there are noticeable changes in the way that religion intervenes with the ideals and thoughts of any given general society. Numerous past problematic situations have now dwindled down to particularly that, no longer issues of the present. Regardless, the questionable issue of Adultery remains, standing true as consistently being the, “it,” scandal, being means for both religious and societal predicaments. Present to this day, the reputational damage done to an individual is massive, regarding Adultery, and people are left to decide what they can do about it, often left with very minimal choice but to accept or deny what they have done. Thus, by manipulating the clear-cut cross between reputation and religion, both the author
It is said that, the basic principle of such tradition is that humans communicate through symbols, which are a common currency through which a sense of self is created through interaction with others. Mead's theory neatly avoids the trap of positing a sense of self that is constructed entirely through symbols and society by making a distinction between two different selves: "I" which is the unsocialized self; the font of individual desires and needs, and "me," the socialized self, the self within society. (p. 184) Elliot rightly identifies the flaws of symbolic interactionism: namely, the obsession with rationalism and the wholesale disavowal of the emotional aspects of the self. The American sociologist Irving Goffman would seem to articulate a rather more fluid version of selfhood. Irving's self is constantly engaged in per formative space, routinely playing specific roles within particular scenes of social interaction. (2001) This conceptualization of self too is not without its flaws, for although Irving maintains that there is a self behind the masks, it is not this self but rather its per formative role-playing that appears to be analyzed in Irving's theory.
Divorces are easy to obtain in the United States but the decision needs to be carefully examined. According to statistics, “divorce makes sense in the 10 percent to 15 percent of troubled marriages that involve high-level and persistent conflict with severe abuse and physical violence” (Dafoe 1). In the other 85 to 90 percent of marriages, the marriage can and should be reconciled. Many couples simply take the easy way out, find a lawyer, and end the marriage without ever trying to examine whether or not a conclusion can be reached other than divorce.
He does go on to suggest that those who are sections of androgynes are “adulterers” “adulteresses” (191 d-e), but this can only show the rather bizarre belief that sexual intercourse with a member of the same sex does not constitute adultery.
The speaker has presented his lover with evidence for his argument that being sexually involved with him would be no more sinful than being bitten by a flea because essentially they both involve the same actions; the mixing of bodily fluids, the marriage of the couple, and the conceiving of an innocent beautiful child. We can conclude that sexual acts are not something to be ashamed of, but something that brings two people closer together and creates a deep passion and beauty that simply should not be considered to be shameful or dishonourable.
Wilde’s view on marriage is known through the characters. For example, Lane insinuates that marriage is boring by stating that the wine is better in the hous...
Some of these acts include sodomy, homosexuality, adultery, rape, or simply being a hermaphrodite. He describes all of these acts as “doubtless acts “contrary to nature”” (38).
Girls all over the world are forced into marriages due to financial necessity, tradition and to ensure their future. Most of these girls married are at a young age: “One third of the world’s girls are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15”( “Child Marriage Facts and Figures”). The young ages of those being married reveal how crucial it is to resolve this problem. When child marriage occurs the parents of the bride usually chose the groom for their daughters; and these grooms can be three times older than the young brides. Some children are brought into the world of marriage at the of 8 or sometimes less depending on their cultural views. The following can be used to help reduce the impact of early marriage: reinforcing laws that are passed against child marriages, and providing information on contraceptives to victims of early marriage. The most efficient way of resolving the problem of child marriage is through educating the people who practice it about its adverse effects.
In order to address this issue, one must first define the concept or meaning of marriage. However, this is a rather subjective approach, because the way we define marriage depends on our own views and interpretations.
...sfied with the outcome and resolution from the mediation session, the parties are given liberties to engage with a court procedure.