I’m sure everyone is aware of the current controversy involving a proposed Constitutional amendment to protect the sanctity of marriage by including Biblical law in the Constitution. Many people erroneously refer to this as the “gay marriage” issue. In fact, the issue is far broader than just gay marriage. The Bible is full of other restrictions on marriage, and I’m sure no true believer would want to single out one small item to legislate and totally ignore the rest of the Good Book. I recently received a list of proposed amendments, with relevant Biblical references, that I’m sure the defenders of marriage will believe are just as crucial as the gay issue, since they all come out of the same Bible.
AMENDMENT XXIX.
No state may sanction marriage between a man and a woman who was married previously but has since divorced (Matthew 5:32).
AMENDMENT XXX.
No state may sanction marriage involving a widow (unless it is to her brother-in-law-sea amendment 34). All women whose husbands have passed away are to refrain from intimacy and pleasure for the remainder of their lives (1 Timothy 5:5-15).
AMENDMENT XXXI.
No state may sanction marriage between people of different races (Deuteronomy 7:3; Numbers 25:6-8; 36:3-9; 1 Kings 11:2; Esra 9:2; Nehemiah 13:25-27).
AMENDMENT XXXII.
No state may sanction marriage between a Christian and a non– Christian (2 John 1:9-11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17).
AMENDMENT XXXIII.
No state may sanction marriage involving a man who has had sexual thoughts about a woman other than the one he intends to marry (Matthew 5:28).
AMENDMENT XXXIV.
No state may sanction marriage between a man whose brother has passed away and any woman other than his brother’s widow. Each state must require the brother of a deceased man to marry his brother’s widow (Deuteronomy 25:5-10).
AMENDMENT XXXV
No state may sanction marriage between a man and any woman unwilling to promise in her wedding vows to obey her husband and submit to his every whim (Ephesians 5:22-24; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Colossionas 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11-12; Titus 2:3, 5; 1 Peter 3:1).
AMENDMENT XXXVII
No state may sanction marriage in which the wedding ceremony is to occur during the woman’s menstrual cycle unless the prospective spouses agree to refrain from intimate relations until the woman’s period of uncleanness has terminated (Leviticus 18:19, 20:18; Ezekiel 1825-6).
AMENDMENT XXXVIII
No state may sanction marriage between a minister and any woman other than a virgin (Leviticus 21:13-14).
AMENDMENT XXXIX
No state may sanction marriage between a rapist and any woman other than his victim. States must require a rapist to marry his victim (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) unless the victim failed to cry out, in which case the rapist is relieved of this obligation (Deuteronomy 22:23- 24).
AMENDMENT XXXX
No state may sanction marriage between a man and an aggressive or contentious woman (Proverbs 21:9, 21:19, 25:24, 27:15).