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Two political scientists at the University of Alberta argue consummation of marriage as a requirement for Canadian citizenship should be abolished. It's "a vestige of an especially antiquated ...

A legal definition of what constitutes consummation of gay marriage, or its breakdown through adultery, is proving so elusive that ministers may leave it up to judges to decide. The government has ...

Vincent G. Danzi writes: Although the title insurance and lending industries have been diligently working to prepare for the substantial changes to be wrought by the "Know Before You Owe" rule, one ...

When it came to progressive big bands during the '60s, few ensembles could boast the kind of staying power and muscle of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. With some of the biggest names in the ...

I have just recently had my Nikaah with my husband, and I understand that this now makes us lawful for one another. I have heard in many Hadeeth that when a man calls his wife to bed she must obey but ...