1: HELP GEORGE BUSH CODIFY MARRIAGE USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
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> The Presidential Prayer Team is currently 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.
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> With any forces insisting on variant definitions of marriage, pray that
> God's Word and His standards will be honored by our government."
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> Any religious person believes prayer should be balanced by action. So
> here, in support of the Prayer Team's goals, is a proposed
> Constitutional
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> Amendment to codify marriage on Biblical principles. Let us be
> satisfied with nothing less:
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> A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one
> man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)
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> B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines, in
> addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron
> 11:21)
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> C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin.
> If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. (Deut 22:13-21)
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> D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. (Gen
> 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30)
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> E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the
> constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be
> construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9)
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> F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry
> the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately
> does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe. (Gen.
> 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)
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> REPUBLICAN DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE
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> Ronald Reagan - divorced the mother of two of his children to
> marry Nancy Reagan who bore him a daughter, seven months after the
> marriage.
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> Bob Dole - divorced the mother of his child, who had nursed him
> through the long recovery from his war wounds.
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> Newt Gingrich - divorced his wife who was dying of cancer.
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> Dick Armey - House Majority Leader - divorced.
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> Senator Phil Gramm of Texas - divorced.
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> Governor John Engler of Michigan - divorced.
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> Governor Pete Wilson of California - divorced.
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> George Will - divorced.
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> Senator Lauch Faircloth - divorced.
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> Rush Limbaugh - and his current wife, Marta, have six marriages and
> four divorces between them.
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> Senator Bob Barr of Georgia - not yet 50 years old, has been
> married three times. He had the audacity to author and push the "Defense
> of Marriage Act."
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> A current joke making the rounds on Capitol Hill is:
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> "Bob, WHICH marriage are you defending?"
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> Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York - divorced.
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> Senator John Warner of Virginia - divorced, once married to
> Liz Taylor.
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> Governor George Allen of Virginia - divorced.
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> Representative Helen Chenoweth of Idaho - divorced.
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> Senator John McCain of Arizona - divorced.
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> Representative John Kasich of Ohio - divorced.
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> Representative Susan Molinari of New York
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> (Republican National Convention Keynote Speaker) - divorced.
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> Rudy Guilliani - began dating his secretary while living in the
> mayor's mansion in NYC; eventually his wife and children left him;
> divorced then married his mistress.
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