Sentence examples for sanctioned relationship from inspiring English sources

The report stresses the church's immutable definition of marriage as "a faithful, committed, permanent and legally sanctioned relationship between a man and a woman, central to the stability and health of human society", but recognises the existence of same-sex relationships, which it terms "forms of human relationships which fall short of marriage in the form God has given us".

Those who seek to close all discussion of marriage equality speak of marriage as a sanctioned relationship, of "one man and one woman".

Sister Cities International, the body that oversees the pairing of American cities with other cities around the world, officially sanctioned the relationship between New Haven and Hue (pronounced way) once diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam were restored in 1995.

I could get a marriage license tomorrow that would sanction my relationship with any one of my male friends.

The only children affected by it, he points out, are the children of gay and lesbian couples, who have heretofore been materially harmed (and stigmatized) by the failure to officially sanction the relationship of their parents.

Our union contracts expired in three months, and I wanted a new labor-management relationship sanctioned before then.

But, Mr Farrell writes, when you add marriages and PACS, the number of people entering legally sanctioned romantic relationships is higher than ever:Interestingly, this is because of both a significant decline in marriage, and a significant increase in the overall number of people willing to engage in some kind of state-sanctioned relationship.

I wish that we felt more freedom to envision a different kind of love or relationship with one another rather than fighting for access to a historically sexist and oppressive state-sanctioned relationship.

What's difficult to explain is that for some lesbians and gay men, having our relationships sanctioned and regulated by the state is hardly something to celebrate.

But he does not like the implication: that their relationship is sanctioned by the church or the state.

They are no longer allowed to work, to own assets or to be in relationships not sanctioned by the state.