Dear GOP: Top 5 Biblical Marriage Moments far worse than Gay Marriage

[unhappycamper]

http://www.juancole.com/2014/02/biblical-marriage-moments.html

Dear GOP: Top 5 Biblical Marriage Moments far worse than Gay Marriage
By Juan Cole | Feb. 17, 2014

David Edwards at Raw Story quotes Mitt Romney from Meet the Press as saying “But I think marriage should be defined in the way that it has been defined for several thousand years . . .” implying, by the Bible. (Mitt says it is all right with him if gay people just shack up with each other, but he feigns not to know that this would deprive them of all sorts of legal rights with their spouses, including simple hospital visits or spousal health care from the other person’s employment).

Ancient scripture can be a source of higher values and spiritual strength, but any time you in a literal-minded way impose specific legal behavior because of it, you’re committing anachronism. Since this is the case, fundamentalists are always highly selective, trying to impose parts of the scripture on us but conveniently ignoring the parts even they can’t stomach as modern persons.

Edwards puts his barb in the title, pointing out that biblical marriage included polygamy. Of course, since Romney is a Mormon, maybe he still surreptitiously believes in that. Since Edwards didn’t follow through with the thought in his title, I thought I’d review the top five worst moments in biblical marriage that are much worse than gay marriage:

1. Let’s take Solomon, who maintained 300 concubines or sex slaves. 1 Kings 11:3: “He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.” Led him astray! That’s all the Bible minded about this situation? Abducting 300 people and keeping them immured for sex? And the objection is only that they had a lot of diverse religions and interested Solomon in them? (By the way, this is proof that he wasn’t Jewish but just a legendary Canaanite polytheist). Mitt, I think a settled gay marriage is rather healthier than imprisoning 300 people in your house to have sex with at your whim.

[SamKnause]

1. No ever calls them out on their bullshit beliefs, no one.

When they start spouting their bullshit, it would be nice if an informed individual called them on it.

It will never happen.

The religious are a protected class.

If they were shamed in public, maybe, just maybe the brainwashing and indoctrination would stop.

Instead they are given tax exemption no matter how silly their beliefs.

[oldandhappy]

2. Excellent, thank you.

Make sure this gets sent along and reposted where it will have an impact on the GOP. Selective Bible references can be true both ways and this is one, AND we need to point out these things. And how about the 'I divorce you' three times to get rid of a wife. ha ha

[joeybee12]

3. But marriage has always been between one man and one woman...ALWAYS..

And yet the Bible is the literal word of God...so....

[Kennah]

4. One thousand words of someone else