Marriage and Family Life
See also: Catholic Church and womenThe teachings of the Church have also been used to "establish the status of women under the law". There has been some debate as to whether the Church has improved the status of women or hindered their progress.
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Famous quotes containing the words marriage, family and/or life:
“With my desire to write he seemed in full sympathy, and in urging our early marriage he argued that my first necessity was leisure in which to develop and to master my craft. It appeared to me that with such a man as teacher and guide I could not fail, and it was in a queer mixture of young love and vaulting ambition that I became a wife.”
—Rheta Childe Dorr (18661948)
“We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a cheque every month, and hoped hed get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.”
—John Osborne (b. 1929)
“Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)