the history of marriage

[enochs_fable]

Nothing irritates me more than people who point to a particular instance of an institution and imagine that it (in this case, marriage) is as it was, so to speak, for thousands of years -- when in fact the historical reality, as evidenced by cursory research, is quite different.

history of marriage. The whole man-breadwinner, woman-homemaker

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[meranthi]

From one of the comments on this post...

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).

[jiggliusceasar]

Whoo hoo! Only one of those excludes me and qarylla!

[enochs_fable]

Some of them are more mandates than anything else.

I hope it's G. ;)

[qarylla]

*blink* *blink*

I don't. I would rather shoot my father or myself in the head (or both if that was what it took) in order to not require G in my life.

*shudder*

[enochs_fable]

No, no, I meant, I hope G was the one that didn't apply!