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does the New Testament endorse monogamy?
I had a random thought as I endured another Bible thumper's diatribe agaist gay marriage. He spoke of the sactity of marriage, and how letting gays marry is an affront to God and country; that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. And it occurred to me that the Bible is full of people with multiple wives. Heck, God commanded at least one married man to knock up another woman and make her his wife.
So, when Jesus said that He was the new covenent, and he wiped out a bunch of old laws, did polygamy go too. Or is one man / one woman another "modern" christian invention.
(Please don't hijack this into a gay marriage thread.)
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