[Magdalen] Bp. Wright OKs same sex weddings

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The notion that the Bible does not condone marriage other than one man one
woman is not supportable. One can't make an argument from silence and there
are numerous situations in which polygamy is just reported
matter-of-factly. Similarly sexual activity is reported without the hint of
any sort of judgment. In the course of reading the Hebrew Bible, it became
pretty clear to me, based on the text, that for Israelites, sex for
recreation was both utterly unremarkable, and "better than sliced bread"
(which had not been invented yet, but anyhoo...)

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:02 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always like to say that the Biblical model of marriage is
>
> one man
> two or more wives
> six or more concubines and enslaved women
> and forty children,
> half of whom are plotting to kill you,
>
> Good times!
> -M
>
>
> On Monday, June 29, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > coming in late to this thread but really, Martin, polygamy happened when
> > the 'fathers' of the 12 tribes were born... otherwise there would have
> > never been 12 tribes...
> >
> >
>