February 10, 2004
Defense of Marriage
From: Protestants for the Common Good
In Defense of Biblical Marriage
The Presidential Prayer Team is currently urging us to: "Pray for the
President as he seeks wisdom on how to legally codify the definition of
marriage. Pray that it will be according to Biblical principles. With any
forces insisting on variant definitions of marriage, pray that God's Word
and His standards will be honored by our government." This is true.
Any good religious person believes prayer should be balanced by action.
So
here, in support of the Prayer Team's admirable goals, is a proposed
Constitutional Amendment codifying marriage entirely on biblical
principles:
A. Marriage in the United States 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)
G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it
is
required that you get your dad drunk and have sex with him (even if he
had
previously offered you up as a sex toy to men young and old), tag-teaming
with any sisters you may have. Of course, this rule applies only if you
are
female. (Gen 19:31-36)
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