Steve Hix

In article <j6tnrk$rd1$1@dont-email.me>,
russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote:

> In article <sehix-E722E5.19272808102011@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
> Steve Hix <sehix@NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:
> >In article <j6qu3b$3v8$1@dont-email.me>,
> > russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote:
> >
> >> In article <67h19716t8vkb77q288qb1kcnpj7elffam@4ax.com>,
> >> Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:
> >> >On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:27:05 -0700, Michelle Steiner
> >> ><michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>"Preserving Traditional Marriage" IOW, no same-sex marriage, civil
> >> >>unions,
> >> >>or any benefits or recognition for any same-sex relations.
> >> >
> >> >The biggest impact change from traditional marriage is the wide
> >> >acceptance of divorce.
> >>
> >> Divorce is traditional. Disallowing it is the newfangled idea.
> >> (Divorce is permitted by the Old Testament, and disallowed by the New)
> >
> >Which New Testament would that be? The one I've read says that adultery is
> >legal cause for divorce, not that divorce is prohibited.
>
> Mark 10. Matthew 19 has your take on it.

Both refer to the same episode, Matt. 19 has more detail. Both accounts argue
that divorce is nothing to take lightly; neither that it's prohibited.

Even then, Mark 10 doesn't imply that divorce is prohibited (Mark 10:11-12),
although the consequences are severe; effectively remarriage is adultery.

D.F. Manno

In article <jollyroger-55D3B3.16541008102011@news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> Howard Brazee wrote:
> > Michelle Steiner wrote:
> >
> > >"Preserving Traditional Marriage" IOW, no same-sex marriage,
> > >civil unions, or any benefits or recognition for any same-sex
> > >relations.
> >
> > The biggest impact change from traditional marriage is the
> > wide acceptance of divorce.
>
> And here I thought it was the concept that women aren't
> subservient to men.

I thought it was the idea that women are not the property of men.

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