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Marriage and partnership

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The bond between two people, faithfulness, separation, loneliness within a couple. The scale runs from -2, framed as a danger, to +2, celebrated as a gift. It means the same for every area. What is measured is what a text does, not whether it is right.

How the traditions frame it

-2 as a danger to +2 as a gift
TraditionFramingBasis
Sunni +0.8 ± 0.3 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened 20 of 284 texts
Orthodox (Christianity) +0.9 ± 0.3 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened 9 of 234 texts
Free church +0.8 ± 0.3 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened 6 of 114 texts
Catholic +1.8 ± 0.2 as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated 4 of 139 texts
Zen +0.3 ± 0.7 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction 3 of 48 texts
Judaism +1.3 ± 0.3 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened 3 of 53 texts
Protestant +1.3 ± 0.3 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened 3 of 133 texts
Humanist +1.5 ± 0.5 as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated 2 of 112 texts
Queer community +2.0 as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated one mention
Hinduism +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened one mention
more traditions (3)
Theravada +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened one mention
Reform +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened one mention
Baha'i +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened one mention

In their own words

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A figure like "+1" is ambiguous. An address about possessions held in trust and a prosperity gospel both land there, for opposite reasons. Here are the sentences the figures came from, set alternately by tradition.

In particular, tearing other people's families apart out of greed and desire brings a very difficult situation for the wrongdoer.
Zen +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened # 327 Relationship Karma 2026-10-20
The joy of love that families experience is also the joy of the Church
Catholic +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated Holy Mass at the Conclusion of the Meeting marking the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (14 October 2026) 2026-10-14
When couples have just gotten married, they are constantly on the phone with each other at work. A few months later, they talk to each other every few hours. A few months later, they call each other once a day. Sometimes they stop calling each other altogether! Does that mean their love has disappeared? No, because the initial passionate love has transformed and turned into
Sunni +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated Mars VS Venus 2026-10-08
that in Christian marriage not only two people are united. On their shared path, a third party is to be present: Christ.
Orthodox +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated Γνωρίζοντας την πίστη μας – Το μυστήριο του Γάμου 2026-10-07
He emphasized that the value of a marriage or an individual should not be determined by the ability to have children, and he urged the church to create safe spaces in which couples can receive prayer, pastoral support, encouragement, and appropriate medical counseling without stigma.
Free church +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated 19 Years Of Waiting Ends In Joy As Elmina Couple Welcomes First Child 2026-09-29
The only way to save the world is to start with ourselves. Our task after the terrorist attacks is to renew the moral foundations of freedom.
Judaism +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened 25 Years After 9/11: The Search for Certainty 2026-09-08
Genuine love implies genuine care for the well-being of others. It demands that we strive to be honest. It is not that we always know what is right and must impose it on others; it is that ignoring what is wrong is ignoring the responsibility of love.
Protestant +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Building Bridges 2026-09-06
Hope begins with people like you. If you donate today, you ensure that LGBTQ+ people across the United Kingdom feel seen, safe, and valued every single day.
Queer community +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated Kevin and Rachel's Story: Whatever It Takes 2026-08-24
The thought that something is unchanging is simply a thought; it is a cause of the arising of suffering. We take the impermanent to be permanent.
Theravada +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Separation, Pain, and Meditation 2022-11-13
I have always believed that to be true. But I thought it referred to the one who has passed on. I could not understand how it applied to the one who was left behind. Now I understand.
Baha'i +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Healing Through Arts 2026-10-05
After we have caused harm to someone we love, it is our obligation to acknowledge the other person, even if it is not within our power to make things fully right again.
Reform +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened The Way Down the Mountain (Rosh HaShanah 5787) 2026-09-15
The duty to which one was born must not be abandoned, O Arjuna, even if it is flawed. For everything one does is shrouded in evil, just as fire is shrouded in smoke.
Hinduism +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Devotion to One's Own Duty Liberates from All Impurity - Bhagavad Gita XVIII 48 2026-09-15
However, when we let go of our attachments, it seems as though we are losing our identity, which is why we are overwhelmed by even more intense suffering. At the same time, it becomes more difficult to maintain our own physical form.
Zen -1, as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint # 321 Letting Go of Attachments 2026-09-08
Hope is not a linear process but knows highs and lows and grows precisely in distress, indeed proves itself in trial, because the love of God in our hearts only then truly dawns, as Paulus writes in the Letter to the Romans.
Catholic +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated Thank You for This Testimony 2025-07-05
However, the wife has a claim to her own private space, into which no one barges in and disturbs her.
Sunni +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Is Separate Accommodation Enough Without Privacy? 2026-10-07
The challenge is to love, even when it is hard to love. It is also worth remembering that love is meant to be unconditional; it is not an exchange but an offer made without expectation of reciprocity.
Orthodox +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Permanent Love and Loving the Unlovable 2026-10-06
If the church does not speak thoughtfully about difficult questions, Christians do not stop encountering them. They simply look for answers elsewhere.
Free church +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened When The Family Questions Change, The Church Must Be Ready To Answer 2026-09-23
That is precisely what is special about the mitzvah of the husband. He is not to think about what he receives from his wife, but exclusively about what he can give her to make her happy.
Judaism +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated Ki Teze: Giving Instead of Taking 2026-08-21
The connection between God's creative act and the life of the human being, who here has become word, is far too grand, far too primordial, too fundamental, for us to expect petty answers to questions of bourgeois morality in the twenty-first century within it.
Protestant +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Not Prescribed 2026-09-13
I do believe that there is someone who holds us up and keeps us there and who is present and who never abandons us
Catholic +2, as a gift or calling that is explicitly celebrated "What do you believe?" with Member of the German Bundestag Bernd Rützel 2026-09-11
It is impermissible to pronounce Talaaq on a woman in the state of Nifaas (postpartum bleeding), just as it is impermissible to pronounce Talaaq on a woman in the state of Haidh (menstrual bleeding).
Sunni -1, as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint Is it permissible to issue Talaaq to a woman who is pregnant or just after she gives birth? 2026-10-06
Love requires action, and Nehemiah does not content himself with merely assessing a problem, but also calls the people to act. "Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, so that we no longer have to endure shame."
Orthodox +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened Sometimes Love Requires a Rebuilding 2026-10-05
Forgiveness is the personal act of releasing the person who has sinned against me from my personal right to collect the moral debt or to make them pay back for the deed.
Free church +0, descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction The Power of Forgiveness 2026-09-20
Perhaps that is the deepest message of Tu beAv: after war, peace can follow; after destruction, reconstruction; after grief, hope.
Judaism +1, as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened The End of War and the Beginning of Love 2026-07-28

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