How to tell it's an election year?

Religious Right leaders and politicans start talking about same-sex marriage!

You can almost set you watch (or at least your calendar) for when it's time to cast your next vote based on when the nations religous right leaders -- both in the pulpit and in Congress -- start taking about the evils of 'same-sex' marriage.

The Religious News Service recently ran an article talking about the high-profile pair of James Dobson (Focus on the Family) and Richard Land's (Southern Baptist Convention) campaign against "gay marriage."

In what can only be called their demonizing for dollars campaign, the pair warned followers that: "Traditional marriage is under attack from radical liberal groups and homosexual activists."

They went on to say: "We need your help defending the family -- and we implore you to involve your congregation, as well, in the battle to preserve the biblical definition of family in the face of these attacks." (Or at least the way they are defining marriage in the current Marriage Protection Act pending in Congress.)

But wait a minute? Just what is the "biblical definition" of marriage?

If one were to pass a Constitutional Amendment codifying marriage entirely on biblical principles some argue it would have to include the following:

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 Chron11:21)

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. (Deut22:13-21)

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)

What do you think?