03.15.04
The Bible on Marriage
These are not quotes, but summaries of the situations that are depicted:
A. Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)
B. Marriage shall not impede a man’s right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21)
C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. (Deut 22:13-21)
D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. (Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30)
E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9)
F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother’s widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law. (Gen. 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)
I hope this shows how today’s definition of marriage is different from the Bible’s “definition” of marriage.
The argument that says “marriage is based on how the bible defines it and that will never change” when used against Same-Sex Marriage fails. Would someone please find an arguement that can stand on *some* merit, or at least something greater than opinion? I’m really struggling to find a valid reason to argue against SSM.
PS, that last Deuteronomy passage gets followed up with a great one:
“If [two] men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity [her.]” (Deut 25:11-12, NKJV)