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Odoreida

(1,549 posts) Sat Apr 20, 2019, 04:02 PM Apr 2019

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Traditional Marriage (something I just came across from a few years ago)

No need to be a smartass and talk about Biblical polygamy, minor betrothal, marriage by capture etc. Let's stick to the Christian Era, and furthermore just look at what marriage was in 1776. You know. Founder's original intent, right?

The Myth of 'Traditional Marriage'
http://reason.com/archives/2014/02/10/the-myth-of-traditional-marriage

... The 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone explained, "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law; that is, the very being or legal existence of a woman is suspended, or at least incorporated or consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection, or cover she performs everything." ...

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Traditional Marriage (something I just came across from a few years ago) (Original Post) Odoreida Apr 2019 OP

sick Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #1

Sounds just like Sharia law... Nitram Apr 2019 #2

The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #3

Demovictory9

(34,305 posts)

1. sick

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Sat Apr 20, 2019, 04:03 PM

Apr 2019

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Nitram

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2. Sounds just like Sharia law...

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Sat Apr 20, 2019, 05:11 PM

Apr 2019

And the law and customs in many traditional societies all over the world.

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keithbvadu2

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3. The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

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Sat Apr 20, 2019, 06:37 PM

Apr 2019

The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

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