[Vision2020] Marriage and the bible

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:28:30 -0800

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I thought you might find some of the suggestions below, interesting. 

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  As certain politicians work diligently to prevent marriage between 

  two people of the same sex, perhaps we should be busy drafting a 

  Constitutional Amendment codifying all marriages entirely on 

  biblical principles.

  After all, God wouldn't want us to "pick and choose"

  which of the Scriptures we elevate to civil law and which we choose to
ignore.

  Here are some things that we really should consider:

  * Marriage in the United States of America shall consist of a union 

  between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5.)

  * 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)

  * A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. 

  If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be taken to the gates of the 

  city and stoned to death. (Deut 22:13-21)

  * Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden.

  (Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30, 2Cor

  6:14)

  * Since marriage is for life, neither the US Constitution nor any 

  state law shall permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark

  10:9-12)

  * If a married man dies without children, his brother must marry the 

  widow. If the brother refuses to marry the 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)

  * In lieu of marriage (if there are no acceptable men to be found), 

  a woman shall get her father drunk and lie down with him to keep the 

  clan alive. (Gen 19:31-36)

  * When you go to war and you see among the captives a beautiful girl 

  you want as your wife, take her home with you.  She must shave her 

  head and pare her nails and change her clothing, laying aside that 

  which she was wearing when she was captured, then remain in your 

  house in mourning for her mother and father for a full month.  After 

  which you can marry her.  (Deut

  21:10-13)

  * In a man rapes a girl who is not engaged, and is caught in the 

  act, he must pay a fine to the girl's father and marry her; he shall 

  never divorce her. (Deut. 22:28-29)

  I hope this helps to clarify the finer details of the Government's 

  righteous struggle against the infidels and heathens among us.

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people of the same
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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codifying all marriages entirely on <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;biblical principles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;After =
all, God wouldn't
want us to &quot;pick and choose&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;which =
of the Scriptures we
elevate to civil law and which we choose to =
ignore.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;Here =
are some things that
we really should consider:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* =
Marriage in the <st1:place
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America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
shall consist of a union <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;between =
one man and one or
more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5.)<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* =
Marriage shall not
impede a man's right to take concubines in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;addition to his wife or
wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;11:21)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;* A =
marriage shall be
considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;If the =
wife is not a
virgin, she shall be taken to the gates of the =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;city =
and stoned to death.
(Deut 22:13-21)<o:p></o:p>

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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* =
Marriage of a believer
and a non-believer shall be forbidden.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Gen =
24:3; Num 25:1-9;
Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30, 2Cor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;6:14)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* Since =
marriage is for
life, neither the US Constitution nor any <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;state =
law shall permit
divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;10:9-12)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* If a =
married man dies
without children, his brother must marry the =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;widow. =
If the brother
refuses to marry the widow, or deliberately =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;does =
not give her
children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;otherwise punished in a
manner to be determined by law. (Gen. 38:6- =
<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;10; =
Deut 25:5-10)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* In =
lieu of marriage (if
there are no acceptable men to be found), <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;a woman =
shall get her
father drunk and lie down with him to keep the =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;clan =
alive. (Gen 19:31-36)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* When =
you go to war and
you see among the captives a beautiful girl =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;you =
want as your wife,
take her home with you.&nbsp; She must shave her =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;head =
and pare her nails
and change her clothing, laying aside that <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;which =
she was wearing when
she was captured, then remain in your <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;house =
in mourning for her
mother and father for a full month.&nbsp; After =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;which =
you can marry her.&nbsp;
(Deut<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;21:10-13)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;* In a =
man rapes a girl
who is not engaged, and is caught in the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;act, he =
must pay a fine to
the girl's father and marry her; he shall <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

&nbsp;&nbsp;never =
divorce her. (Deut.
22:28-29)<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;I hope =
this helps to
clarify the finer details of the Government's =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;righteous struggle against
the infidels and heathens among us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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