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As certain politicians work diligently to prevent marriage between two 
people of the same sex, others of us have been busy drafting a 
Constitutional Amendment codifying all marriages entirely on biblical 
principles. After all, God wouldn't want us to "pick and choose" which of 
the Scriptures we elevate to civil law and which we choose to ignore:

Draft of a Constitutional Amendment to Defend Biblical Marriage:

Marriage in the United States of America shall consist of a union between 
one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5.)

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)

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)

Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. (Gen 24:3; 
Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30, 2Cor 6:14)

Since marriage is for life, neither the US Constitution nor any state law 
shall permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9-12)

If a married man dies without children, his brother must marry the widow. 
If the brother refuses to marry the 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)

In lieu of marriage (if there are no acceptable men to be found), a woman 
shall get her father drunk and have sex with him. (Gen 19:31-36)

This should clarify the finer details of the Government's righteous 
struggle against the infidels and heathens among us.