Thursday, January 12, 2012

Till Beth Do Us Part

I'm sure that everyone has seen bumper stickers like this (you know my thoughts on bumper stickers loyal reader)
Mathematical flaws aside, I decided to do some investigating. Turns out the group that sells these has a website that elaborates on the 'equation.' And it turns out they're not showing you the whole picture.


This is the organization's website. As you can see, the area boxed off is what they print on the sticker. The rest is a liiiiiittle more complicated. Here's the description from the site:

"Marriage, in God's eyes, is between a man and a woman. However, God also allows divorce and re-marriage (as long as it's to another woman). Children can be a big strain on marriage, and over time, can lead to a spiritual exodus (or as it's called in the secular world a 'mid-life crisis'). This can result in the family being parted like the Red Sea, with one portion finding a new heterosexual partner, and the other finding multiple, much younger, heterosexual partners. So long as the couple stay bound by the legal and spiritual-technicalities of marriage, no sin as been committed."
Obviously the FULL marriage equation is too complex to fit on the back of your car. But maybe you nay-sayers will think twice before saying the churches views on marriage are too "narrow."

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