My buddy Eric posted this picture and I’ve had some… um… interesting conversations about it on facebook already, but I want to put it forward. I know somebody is going to say that I’m intentionally misconstruing scripture, but any thoughtful approach to the marriage dialog going on right now must also deal with a number of approaches to marriage that are reported on in scripture that are outside of our current view of the nuclear family - 1 man and 1 woman who freely choose to enter into a covenant together.
The ironic part of this conversation is 1) many of the families represented, primarily in the beginning of the Bible read more like backwater hillbillies than good, decent, middle class Americans and 2) the Christian tradition and particularly American Evangelical Christianity’s definitions of marriage have morphed over time.
My posting of this is neither an endorsement nor a stance against gay marriage, but rather a means of trying to add a level of complexity and thoughtfulness to a discussion that badly needs it.
(Source: fcb4)
