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Old 06-03-2009, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cody1611 View Post
Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

The context here is not about marriage at all. It is talking about us being one in Christ, no matter if we're Jew, Greek, man, woman, etc.
And the point is, that the Old Testament Laws about the Jews not going outside of their nation to marry are irrelevant to we in Christ. You can make a good case that a Christian should not marry a non-Christian (though you would be hard pressed to prove it is forbidden). What you can not do is take commandments to the Jews about staying in their own nation twist them to say that an American man with white skin can not marry an American woman with brown skin.

Where do you find Paul say anything about making skin color an issue of marriage? He never does. Ruckman is a poor substitute for Paul on this topic. Long-held bigotries do not a sound doctrine make. The Bible does not even mention "race mixing" once that I can think of, and here you are, telling people they have to pass up a spouse just because they look different. Why is it so important to you or anyone else what color someone's spouse is? You don't get it from Scripture.