Biblical Marriage

Once again the ignorant narrow minded bigoted assholes have gotten their way. Despite North Carolina already having a ban on same sex marriage they found it necessary to push through an amendment that goes far beyond what is already an unethical discriminatory ban. North Carolina will now by law be able to refuse recognition of same-sex and non-married couples in any way. Worst of all, these pinheads are using a specific interpretation of religion to deny citizens what should be basic rights.

In the CNN video clip Baptist Pastor Baity uses a specific Bible passage to justify this hateful amendment. He, of course, is cherry-picking and interpreting. If he had any intellectual honesty or integrity of any sort he would never have done such a foolish thing. There is no single definition, or for that matter an explicit definition, of marriage in the Bible.

I can think of two Biblical couples off the top of my head that contradict Baity's preferred definition. Adam and Eve are not married in the sense we currently think of marriage. Eve is referred to as his wife but their is no reference to any ceremony and certainly no clergy. Read Genesis 2-4 and you could infer that simply having sexual relations made them husband and wife. No direct mention of marriage is made but it is clear that they have sex.

Then there is one of the Bible's greatest heroes, King David. King. David was a polygamist. In quick succession he marries two women even though he was already married(I Samuel 26:39-44). Even three wives was apparently not enough for this horny champion of God. David has an adulterous affair with Bath-Sheba, arranges for her husband to be killed, and then makes her wife number four (II Samuel 11:2-27). Don't forget David is not one of the villains, he's one of the good guys of the "Good Book."

So lets recap. According to the Bible no religious ceremony or even the involvement of any type of clergy is necessary for there to be a marriage. All you have to do is have sex. If you happen to have a penis you do not have to limit yourself to one partner. You can marry as many women as you like and you don't even have to be faithful. Sorry ladies, there are numerous passages that make it clear if you attempt the same type of behavior all you can look forward to is a painful death.

So much for the Bible endorsing one man and one woman.

Then, of course, there is the issue of religion dictating to government what should or should not be public policy. Religion should have no say in civil marriage law just like government has no say in religious doctrine.