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<DIV>I believe adultery refers to a married person having relations outside of
marriage with someone other than their spouse. greenBubble's point is
interesting, that each <EM>marriage </EM>is between one man and one woman, even
if one man has a thousand marriages.</DIV>
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<DIV>But, this does bring to mind that Yehoshua ben Yussuf, the carpenter's son
from Nazareth, proclaimed by his own immediate disciples to be the awaited
Messiah, and accepted as such by the gentiles who accepted the Gospel (I'm
walking a fine line here in how I put this), did say that if a man divorces his
wife, for any cause but adultery on her part, and marries another, he commits
adultery. So in that context, you may be right.</DIV>
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<DIV>It depends on whether a second marriage, without dissolving the first
marriage, is accepted as being a simultaneously valid marriage. Muslims, the
original Mormons, during at least some centuries the Jewish people, would have
accepted the later marriages as valid. King Henry VIII ran into a good deal of
trouble over that. </DIV>
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<DIV>The Stuart kings simply kept mistresses on the side -- Charles II had one
Catholic mistress and one Protestant mistress. The Catholic one was hated by the
people, who mobbed a coach they believed was carrying her to the palace. They
had the wrong coach. Nelle Gwinn leaned out the window to cry "Hold, good
people, hold! I am the <EM>Protestant</EM> whore!"</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:01:01 -0800 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Interesting.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes Siarlys, I know I'm supposed to have something more in depth... but I
got nada...</DIV>
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<DIV>OOooh...</DIV>
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<DIV>How does many wives not get labeled as adultery? Wouldn't going after a
second wife constitute adultery?<BR><BR>Lance</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/6/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Discussion
of the Good, Clean Funnies List</B> <<A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"><BR>Whether
a man has one wife or a thousand, each marriage is a union<BR>between one
man and one woman.<BR><BR><BR>greenBubble<BR><BR><BR>Subject: [GCFL-discuss]
Polygamy<BR><BR>Here is an interesting twist on the claim that G-d ordained
marriage to<BR>be the union of one man and one woman:<BR><BR>I asked an
Orthodox rabbi, who is planning to vote yes on a marriage <BR>amendment next
week, how it was possible for King David, and King<BR>Solomon, to have
multiple wives, not even getting into all their<BR>additional
concubines.<BR><BR>He responded "Whatever gave you the idea that the Torah
bans polygamy?" <BR>(The Torah is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and
Deuteronomy. These<BR>books of course contain most of "the Law" which
Christians refer to as<BR>Old Testament -- although the prophets and other
writings expound on it <BR>a<BR>good deal.<BR><BR>Well, I haven't been able
to find any such thing. In the absence of such<BR>a foundation in the Torah,
I'm not sure Jesus ever came down firmly for<BR>monogamy over polygamy
either. (He said some things about divorce, but <BR>did not specify that a
man could not have other wives at the same time).<BR>PAUL used language
about a man being "the husband of one wife." But<BR>where<BR>does THAT come
from if it was not part of Jewish law? <BR><BR>I am told that among
Ashkenazi Jews in Europe, polygamy was formally<BR>ended (it hardly existed
anyway -- Jewish men were too poor to afford a<BR>second wife) because
French Christians were agitating about Jews being <BR>polygamous. This,
however, did not apply to Sephardic Jews, who were<BR>living in Muslim
caliphates, where polygamy was also acceptable.<BR><BR>So maybe the Mormons
were correct? I prefer monogamy, and none of this<BR>provides any basis for
issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples,<BR>but<BR>the complex
possibilities in any such discussion puts simple slogans on<BR>billboards
and lawn signs to
shame.<BR><BR>Siarlys<BR>_______________________________________________
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