May 26, 2004 19:01
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."
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 (Genesis 29:17-28; II Samuel 3:2-5).
B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in
addition to his wife or wives (II Samuel 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II
Chronicles 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. (Deuteronomy
22:13-21).
D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden
(Genesis 24:3; Numbers 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 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 (Deuteronomy 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 (Genesis
38:6-10; Deuteronomy 25:5-10).
G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town,
it is required that you get your father drunk and have sex with him
(even if he 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 (Genesis 19:31-36).
If you have other Biblical injunctions to add to this list, please
share them with the Presidential Prayer Team: