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And with a Perspective on Gay Marriage

I found this fun read from Alex Frantz at Public Nuisance. Following the logic of those using the Bible as the foundation for the definition of a ‘traditional marriage’ the following must also hold:

• Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women.¹ Marriage shall not impede a man’s right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives.²
  
• A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed.³ Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden.⁴
  
• Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce.⁵
  
• 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.⁶

1. Gen. 29, 17 - 28; II Sam. 3, 2 - 5.
2. II Sam. 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21
3. Deut. 22, 13 - 21
4. Gen 24:3; Num 25 1 - 9; Ezra 9:12; Neh. 10:30
5. Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9
6. Gen. 38 6 - 10; Deut 25 5 - 10

And yes - the argument is fairly absurd. But so is trying to use literal interpretation of the text of the Bible as a justification for or against any number of things…

For those of you that haven’t seen it I’d recommend picking up a book called The Bible Tells Me So - Uses and Abuses of Holy Scripture by Jim Hill and Rand Cheadle. Its a fun read that does a fairly good job of showing the examples throughout history of peoplpe using the Bible as justification for everything from Slavery to Capital Punishment to Medical Science. (and almost as fun is to read the Customer Reviews of the book on Amazon.)

Anyway.. It all gave me a chuckle so I had to share.

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