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2. Mail-order bride - Wikipedia

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   More mail order brides originate from the Philippines than any other country, in spite of the illegality of mail order brides in the Philippines. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] [ 4 ] According to Robert Scholes, in a sample of 6,000 mail order brides, 76% were of Asian origin, while 28% originated from former Soviet Union countries such as Russia and Ukraine.

3. A Foreign Affair (company) - Wikipedia

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   A 2011 The Today Show segment featured AFA and one of its founders in light of the mail-order bride industry's growth following the 2008 recession. The segment explored some common negative perceptions about the mail-order bride industry, including concerns that relationships precipitated by websites like AFA might not be completely equal; for ...

4. Romance tours - Wikipedia

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   Romance tours are just one part of the mail-order bride business, which may also include catalogs, CD-ROMs and the Internet. [4] The traditional romance tour, seen by some as superficial, [1] is being somewhat replaced by the internet as technology evolves. However, the two are closely linked as a man eventually has to meet his prospective wife ...

5. Cherry Blossoms (marriage agency) - Wikipedia

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   Cherry Blossoms is the oldest and one of the largest international social networking companies.It was established in 1974 as a catalog specializing in women from Asia. The agency printed catalogs of "personals" listings, selling addresses to customers who were then able to correspond directly with the women.

6. Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act - Wikipedia

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   It replaced a 1990 law, the Anti Mail-Order Bride Law, enacted by the Congress of the Philippines as a result of stories in local media about Filipinas being abused by their foreign husbands. In practice, it was readily circumvented by basing matchmaking agencies outside the Philippines as no law prohibits their operation in destination ...

7. Same-sex marriage in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Same-sex marriage has been legal in Puerto Rico since July 13, 2015, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.On June 26, 2015, the court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the United States Constitution.