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Update for 23 Nov 2003

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“THE TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE”

No other GLBT issue has so captured the public attention as dramatically as the current debate over same-sex marriage. Already today, Sunday, I have seen several national talk shows discussing and debating “Gay Marriage.” My e-mail from individuals and from GLBT newsletters is filled with the marriage issue. I can only guess how many Sunday sermons today will be devoted to the proclamation of ignorance and misinformation regarding sexual orientation and the issue of GLBT marriage!

ACCURATE INFORMATION

Accurate information is essential to your own understanding and to your ability to help others understand the truth about marriage. You can make a difference in the marriage debate only if you are armed with truth.

During this public debate about same-sex marriage, you are hearing wildly inaccurate statements about the history of marriage “for the last 5,000 years,” that try to maintain that the current marriage forms and prejudices have always been in place. The truth, however, is that marriage for most of human history has been the ownership of women by men, who could have as many wives as they were wealthy enough to support!

See below for a valuable factual analysis of the “biblical view of marriage” by my friend Cindy Scott.

Another friend, Christopher Hubble, recently published a new book on the biblical story of David and Jonathan: “LORD GIVEN LOVERS: The Holy Union of David & Jonathan”, published 2003 by iUniverse, Inc. Chris sent a review copy to me, and I repeat what he said about his book in his letter to me:

“Lord Given Lovers: The Holy Union of David and Jonathan is a concise, biblical response to the anti-gay religious movement. God sanctifies same-sex relationships through the holy union of David and Jonathan.” “A redefined cultural and societal understanding of same-sex love derived from and supported by the Bible – more specifically, a widespread knowledge of the Holy Union of David and Jonathan – will have a profound impact on the long-term success of the LGBT justice movement. By exploring God’s affirmation of a biblical, same-sex relationship, Lord Given Lovers has enormous potential to positively impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ readers. I feel privileged to offer you this review copy and hope you enjoy reading it.”

Christopher Hubble’s e-mail is lglproject@msn.com.

This new book builds on the older 1978 book by Tom Horner: “Jonathan Loved David.” See also links below to my web site material on David and Jonathan and Ruth and Naomi. Go to my web site and click on “SAME-SEX MARRIAGE” on my homepage, where you will also be directed to the relevant biblical materials printed out in full.

Recent e-mail from Cindy Scott:

“IN DEFENSE OF BIBLICAL MARRIAGE”

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. With many forces insisting on variant definitions of marriage, pray that God's Word and His standards will be honored by our government."

Any good religious person believes prayer should be balanced by action. So here, in support of the Prayer Team's admirable goals, is a proposed Constitutional Amendment codifying marriage entirely on biblical principles:

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.)

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 Chronicles 11:21)

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)

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)

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)

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 and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law. (Gen. 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)

G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it is required that you get your dad drunk and have sex with him (even if he had previously offered you up as a sex toy to men young and old), tag-teaming with any sisters you may have. Of course, this rule applies only if you are female. (Gen 19:31-36)

--Cindy Scott

READ AND STUDY

Study carefully my web site material indicated below. When I see people like Chris Matthews this morning on his talk show allowing his guests to say unchallenged misinformation and factually untrue statements while pretending to be fair and objective, I realize that we are up against formidable forces of destruction and abuse even from people who ordinarily are supportive of human rights and fairness.

The issue of same-sex marriage is not going to go away. The mounting frantic religious opposition to homosexuals and to homosexual marriages is gaining ground. Do whatever you can to become adequately informed yourself and pass on accurate information to anybody that you think will listen. Share this update as widely as possible.

Thank you for what you are already doing to tell the truth that will set us free!

Rembert Truluck
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