Marriage

• The Family: A Proclamation to the World

• Moses 3:21-25

Marriage of Adam and Eve.

Leaving and cleaving.

• "Church Supports Call for Constitutional Amendment", Ensign, July 2006, p. 74

... prohibiting same-sex marriage.

• Matthew O. Richardson, "Three Principles of Marriage", Ensign, Apr. 2005, p. 20

Thoughts related to Moses 3:21-25

• President James E. Faust, "Enriching Your Marriage", Ensign, April 2007, pp. 5-8

• C. Wilfred Griggs, "Paul and Marriage", Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute

Discusses misconceptions regarding 1 Corinthians 7:7–9, where it would appear, to many, that Paul is antagonistic towards marriage.

• Tad R. Callister, "The Inevitable Apostasy", pp. 198-207

Discusses the doctrine of marriage and its loss during the apostasy.

• James Welch, “My Conversion to Eternal Marriage,” Ensign, Sep 2007, 28–31

An interesting story which highlights nicely the kind of unselfishness we need to have to hava successful marriage.

• “Putting My Marriage before My Pride,” Ensign, Jan 2008, 33

• President Spencer W. Kimball, "Oneness in Marriage", Marriage and Family Relations: Participant's Study Guide, Lesson 3

Duties of husband and wife.

"'Soul mates' are fiction and an illusion"

"almost any good man and any good woman can have ... a successful marriage"

• Eric B. Shumway, “Preparing Yourself for Marriage,” Ensign, Oct 2008, 54–57

• Dennis L. Lythgoe, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, Apr. 1988, 51–53

Some good comments in response to the question: "I’m confused about the principle of priesthood leadership in the home. Could you explain how priesthood leadership should operate in the family?"

I can't say that I completely agree with the answer, but I think the main points are correct and that if there is any error in it, it is minor.

• Spencer W. Kimball, “Privileges and Responsibilities of Sisters,” Ensign, Nov 1978, 101

"Marriage is a partnership. Each is given a part of the work of life to do. The fact that some women and men disregard their work and their opportunities does not change the program."

"When we speak of marriage as a partnership, let us speak of marriage as a full partnership. We do not want our LDS women to be silent partners or limited partners in that eternal assignment! Please be a contributing and full partner. "

• Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 120 +footnote

(May 8, 1838) Joseph Smith states that "we" do not believe in having multiple wives at once and that "we" do believe in marrying again hastily after the death of one's spouse. (The footnote cites a well-known exception to this later rule which Joseph Smith pointed out.)

• Lance B. Wickman, “Confidence Tests: From Fear to Faith in the Marriage Decision,” Ensign, Apr 2010, 12–16

Fears about Marriage

Fallacious Thinking

Counsel for Courtship

Praying about It

Have Confidence in the Lord

• Vitaly and Ekaterina Shmakov, “Making Temple Marriage a Priority,” Ensign, Apr 2010, 16–19

Overcoming Obstacles

Living the Lord’s Way

Seeking Christlike Characteristics

• “Making the Marriage Decision,” Ensign, Apr 2010, 20–25

Various experiences related regarding making the marriage decision:

Trusting the Lord to Be My Guide

Choosing to Take My Own Path

Reaping the Rewards of Faith

Looking Ahead—Not Back

Choosing Love

Relying on Faith, Not Fear

• "Being the primary breadwinner is bad for men's psychological well-being and health", EurekAlert, 19 Aug 2016
  • Also reported by Megan Marsden Christensen, "Study finds men who primarily provide for family show decline in health, happiness", KSL, 22 Aug 2016

• Deborah Netburn, "To minimize risk of infidelity, make sure you earn as much as your spouse", L.A. Times, 1 Jun 2015

• Jena McGregor, "Want a successful career? Look for this trait in a spouse.", Washington Post, 27 Oct 2014

High conscientiousness in your spouse correlates with greater career success for you. (This is the only spousal personality trait in the Big 5 that the research were able to determine had an affect on your career success.)

Study: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797614551370

• Wendy Wang and Kim Parker, "Record Share of Americans Have Never Married", Pew Research Center, 24 Sep 2014

In 2014, Women are looking for a guy with a steady job and men are looking for a partner with similar ideas about raising children.

• Alexander Grace, "Women in Morocco & Europe Think VERY DIFFERENTLY!", YouTube, 6 Jul 2019

There's an interesting discussion in here about the impact, in Morocco, on marriage that comes from biasing job and educational opportunities to inherently favor women.

Note: This is happening all over the world where modern feminism is pushing for anti-male biases in job and educational opportunities.

• Nick Freitas, "How Governments Get Paid To Break Up Families", YouTube, 8 Nov 2024

Federal government pays states matching funds for child support collection.

Federal government pays CPS to take away people's kids.

Specific application to Texas

Cross-References

• Communication
• Dating
• Divorce
• Family
• Men
• Parenthood
• Polygamy
• Same-Sex Marriage
• Sex
• Singles
• Women