Defending Biblical Marriage (?)

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Originally posted by Clodfobble
But almost all of those references (with the exceptions of some in the fourth and fifth items) are from the Old Testament, which is *not* the same as the Bible as a whole.

Um, there's about 1.5 % of the US population which would disagree with you on that. I thought the whole point of having a split representational democracy was to avoid the tyranny of the majority. Just because YOU (and 90-something % of the US population) combine the T'Nach (five books plus other writings which comprise the "Old Testament") and the "New Testament" and call it THE BIBLE doesn't make it so.

PS, just out of curiosity; if the New Testament is predicated upon a "new covenant" with God, which relegates the old testament to historical footnote status, are Christians still beholden to following the 10 commandments (since most of the 603 other commandments are off the table)?