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The real basin,_ . . principle of any
marriage in its true sense is the
union of perso ;lahi"ties . The Bible'
says for the sake of marriage : " a
man leaves his father and his mothers
and r. a .r avss 'fib his wife, and
man leaves his father and his mother
and cleaves to ris wife, and
they become cne fleeh" . It is in
monogamy that this ic?eal is achieved
. The wholE> institution in its
sexual, paren~:al,ecor.~.omic,legal and
relic,!"ons aspe cts is founded on the
fact that the real fLl.nction of marriage,
sexual union, production anal
care of childt en . andr ~, the, cd-opera- ' ;
tion which it imiplies, requires essentially
two people and two people
only .
Waienever men begin to realise
their responsibilities polygamy
dies a natura~_ death .
In certain independent states in
Africa, for e ::ample, in Tun~.sia and
Morocco,d.espi':e their_ Islamic background
which r~rmits polygamy, legislation
has moved strongly to
wards monogamy . ! Tuxiisia '' has, in
fact, abolished polygamy by law
The same is 'true' 'oF`~sdme indepenc'ent
countries in Asia -- India and
Y~IoYth Viet Nam, for instance . Mono-
~+amy is a sign or progress .
-In conc7~usion ; , .,7~ ,~~ou],r,1 r- like < to :
szote some~'poifts ~roln f the - . Go~n~rents
of the presb~iterian~ church .off Ghana
ca she Ghana ;, (n~tiite .> s .paper on f ~ ~~x~
riage, di .o-c~ ax~~, inher,itagce~ .
"With regard tb the .relat,oq~ of ,
mean and wome:y} .in marriage r.~t~d : ,~ ~v
home life,' tfi gee ~uhdaznental ;points -
may bP ma~ttio red ~her~e :
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wife, establishing an individual
l : Marriage is intended by ad tc~
relationship ~~etween the man and be the exclusive life-long uni n of
each of his partners .
one man and one '~~voman . Tl ~.,c :.
It is a trL:isrn to say that mono- made clear in the holy scrip ur_~s, .,.\,
gamy is, has 'peen and will remain by Jesus' going bel~, nd the pol g~ar y
the true typE of ~ marriage . It is sanctioned by the ~~saic lacv to .::^-
'the pattern ~.rad prototype of mar- affirm this as the, ui11 of god .
'- iage . This
trite
point explains away
w:ze
argument that th~-~e `ys rzo-"
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where in the bible where ;;polygamy
is forbidden . ' ,;~Me bible does h~ ",~e
examples of
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gx~evous c~an ;~e-~
quences of polygamous marriage
among the early men o~ God . Ttvas
because of Abraham'`s second m~,w.-riage
that Ismael we;s- borr. a s a
rival of the legitimate son o'=
Jacob . Jacob's polygamous marr~.vr~~
bro~it~ht ha,m ; . nothing :but grief ;^;nd
anxi+~fy . ~ ~r~ the leter history of
tt~e J`evus pdlyga~iy was not pract~:~^d
at all :
2 i~Men grid women hive equal val?~c:
and dignity in 'the, ~i9~t : ~+f God, ar ,
equably redeemed . ~~ . Ytim in Je ~~~~~
Christ . The respect atad honouz
which Jesus treated #~cm~ was .v~r
not~?~J.e i:n Jewish soc~.ety ~a wY.:Lc?~~
women ~Azere ndt ' noir~ally given a
high place . ~"Thi;~ is feasible: ira
monogamous marriage where marriage
is a total un :pn of two persona -
ties . The equality of men and wo~,
men is strongly emphasized in t:ae
creation story . It zs partnership
and not master and servant as i~t i ;;
manifested in the poi ygamous rzatriages
. Dr . D . M . G . Stalke r ~;,~~: "".;
this cleanly in the: creation s~to :p~
A woman is not from the man's head
to have dominion over him, nor f_~-o?n
mhys feet:~abr'be `tram~iled u on ~,'
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him, but from his `s~.r~ec~'ne , '~ `t~'io . Y.~s'
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~:He-art to b~ .cherishe+~v and` loved by
:;.shim as a partner, , ,
A haply carriage is the' one in
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- .tc; :which the Partners always thi .r:k
;prmore of each other thafr themselves .
:,s~:~r~elf shness s the murdefex nfi :vas.-
"riage . BTVf~'ii'! polygamy 'the centre
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