Friday, February 27, 2004

In yer face, Dubya!



I read about this on another forum, but before copying and pasting from there, I did check the official site for the Congressional Record. Specifically Page 596 of the Record representing a portion of the activities on 2/25/2004. Congressman Jim McDermott is a Democrat from Washington State:

CODIFYING ‘‘BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES’’ OF MARRIAGE

(Mr. MCDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, the President’s presidential prayer team is 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 that in mind, I thought I would remind the body of the biblical principles they are talking about.

Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. That is from Genesis 29:17–28.

Secondly, marriage shall not impede man’s right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. That is II Samuel 5:13 and II Chronicles 11:21.

A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. That is Deuteronomy 22:13.

Marriage of a believer and a nonbeliever shall be forbidden. That is Genesis 24:3.

Finally, it says that since there is no law that can change things, divorce is not possible, and finally, if a married man dies, his brother has to marry his sister-in-law.

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