UH 300 - Defining Marriage

Disclaimer: This is the first in a series of posts discussing my classes this semester. They will all be under the label "Fall Courses" if you want to look at them.

So, since this class is the one that has elicited the most questions, I figured I'd blog about it first.

It's definitely interesting to have a class on marriage that isn't an institute class. My teacher has two young children, a JD and PhD, and has worked in family law and church law for the Catholic Church, so her views are definitely affected by that. However, she is always encouraging of discussion. The class, being a University Honors course, is limited to 15 students, and honestly, I don't think there are more than eleven in the class there are 14 of us who have decided to stay in there. Men, of course, are underrepresented. There are three of us in there.

The views are varied - besides the token LDS, there are evangelicals, a few catholics, and a few that are either atheists or agnostics. I definitely like that about the class. It leads to more discussion and to more ideas. We're going to go through legal definitions, cultural definitions, religious definitions, and then at the end of the semester, we'll talk about the future of marriage. One class will be devoted to the LDS view of marriage, and the teacher wants to have a guest speaker, which is a good sign. I'm helping her get that.

With all of these classes, I'm being purposely vague. If you have any questions, ask in the comments, and I'll try to answer them.