Sentence examples for marriage pledges from inspiring English sources

Another story — which really could have come out of the "Arabian Nights" but apparently is based on a real incident — is of three sisters who have all, without each other's knowledge, exchanged marriage pledges and slept with their father's former apprentice, leading to the gruesome murder of the miscreant and a 15-year prison sentence for one of the enraged sisters.

Their different decisions on the marriage pledge could make the difference in a close race.

By contrast, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania embraced the marriage pledge, and signed it quickly.

Earlier this year Mrs. Bachmann was one of only two presidential candidates to sign the Family Leader's Marriage Pledge opposing gay marriage, abortion and "Sharia Islam".

Several have signed a marriage pledge that swears them to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act and support an amendment to the Constitution outlawing same-sex marriage.

An engagement ring is a beautiful symbol of a marriage pledge, but it is in no way a requirement for a marriage proposal.

Mr. Pawlenty's approach is not unlike that of Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, who has also declined to sign the Iowa marriage pledge.

The day we meet, Nicky Morgan, theEqualities minister who voted against same-sex marriage, pledged £2m for anti-gay bullying initiatives.

The state's Conservative Party said it would oppose the re-election of the four senators, and the National Organization for Marriage pledged to try to defeat them.

Opponents of same-sex marriage pledged to fight the outcome, but acknowledged that there appeared to be no immediate way to undo it.

Newt Gingrich became the latest Republican candidate to endorse the so-called marriage pledge, a controversial document put forward by an influential evangelical group in Iowa that opposes same-sex marriage and abortion.