Cohabitin’ without sayin’ yer vows before a properly ordained minister?Do ya know what they called that back in Bible times, son?D’ya know what they CAAALLED that back in BIBLE times? (thump, thump, thump)Um… Well, actually they called it marriage. The policy in Mosaic law (Ex 22:16) was essentially: “You sleep with her; you’re stuck with her.” The notion that you weren’t husband and wife unless you went through some official ceremony didn’t really begin until the Middle Ages. Heck, the words translated ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in the Bible are literally just ‘man’ and ‘woman’. Sorry for all the confusion over the last few centuries.
Cohabitin’ without sayin’ yer vows before a properly ordained minister?Do ya know what they called that back in Bible times, son?D’ya know what they CAAALLED that back in BIBLE times? (thump, thump, thump)Um… Well, actually they called it marriage. The policy in Mosaic law (Ex 22:16) was essentially: “You sleep with her; you’re stuck with her.” The notion that you weren’t husband and wife unless you went through some official ceremony didn’t really begin until the Middle Ages. Heck, the words translated ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in the Bible are literally just ‘man’ and ‘woman’. Sorry for all the confusion over the last few centuries.