We had such an interesting discussion last night at the cathedral’s LGBT Group (aka Gay Club).
The conversation was about marriage, looking at it from a biblical, social and personal point of view rather than talking about the current attempts to change the law.
The question that we really found interesting was how many positive role models of married life we could find in the bible.
The truth is, we struggled far more than we imagined we would.
Suggestions included:
- Ruth and Boaz – but we know far more about them before they were wed than after
- Mary and Joseph – again we don’t know much about their married life apart from the fact that they lost their son on a day out
- Adam and Eve – well, we are in the mythic here and there’s a lot of squabbling about blame to wade through before we can really talk about relationships.
So, your suggestions please. Can you think of good role models for marriage from the bible? Who would you nominate?
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