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The real basin,_ . . principle <strong>of</strong> any<br />
marriage in its true sense is the<br />
union <strong>of</strong> perso ;lahi"ties . The Bible'<br />
says for the sake <strong>of</strong> marriage : " a<br />
man leaves his father and his mothers<br />
and r. a .r avss 'fib his wife, and<br />
man leaves his father and his mother<br />
and cleaves to ris wife, and<br />
they become cne fleeh" . It is in<br />
monogamy that this ic?eal is achieved<br />
. The wholE> institution in its<br />
sexual, paren~:al,ecor.~.omic,legal and<br />
relic,!"ons aspe cts is founded on the<br />
fact that the real fLl.nction <strong>of</strong> marriage,<br />
sexual union, production anal<br />
care <strong>of</strong> childt en . andr ~, the, cd-opera- ' ;<br />
tion which it imiplies, requires essentially<br />
two people and two people<br />
only .<br />
Waienever men begin to realise<br />
their responsibilities polygamy<br />
dies a natura~_ death .<br />
In certain independent states in<br />
Africa, for e ::ample, in Tun~.sia and<br />
Morocco,d.espi':e their_ Islamic background<br />
which r~rmits polygamy, legislation<br />
has moved strongly to<br />
wards monogamy . ! Tuxiisia '' has, in<br />
fact, abolished polygamy by law<br />
The same is 'true' 'oF`~sdme indepenc'ent<br />
countries in Asia -- India and<br />
Y~IoYth Viet Nam, for instance . Mono-<br />
~+amy is a sign or progress .<br />
-In conc7~usion ; , .,7~ ,~~ou],r,1 r- like < to :<br />
szote some~'poifts ~roln f the - . Go~n~rents<br />
<strong>of</strong> the presb~iterian~ church .<strong>of</strong>f Ghana<br />
ca she Ghana ;, (n~tiite .> s .paper on f ~ ~~x~<br />
riage, di .o-c~ ax~~, inher,itagce~ .<br />
"With regard tb the .relat,oq~ <strong>of</strong> ,<br />
mean and wome:y} .in marriage r.~t~d : ,~ ~v<br />
home life,' tfi gee ~uhdaznental ;points -<br />
may bP ma~ttio red ~her~e :<br />
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wife, establishing an individual<br />
l : Marriage is intended by ad tc~<br />
relationship ~~etween the man and be the exclusive life-long uni n <strong>of</strong><br />
each <strong>of</strong> his partners .<br />
one man and one '~~voman . Tl ~.,c :.<br />
It is a trL:isrn to say that mono- made clear in the holy scrip ur_~s, .,.\,<br />
gamy is, has 'peen and will remain by Jesus' going bel~, nd the pol g~ar y<br />
the true typE <strong>of</strong> ~ marriage . It is sanctioned by the ~~saic lacv to .::^-<br />
'the pattern ~.rad prototype <strong>of</strong> mar- affirm this as the, ui11 <strong>of</strong> god .<br />
'- iage . This<br />
trite<br />
point explains away<br />
w:ze<br />
argument that th~-~e `ys rzo-"<br />
,, w:<br />
where in the bible where ;;polygamy<br />
is forbidden . ' ,;~Me bible does h~ ",~e<br />
examples <strong>of</strong><br />
~~ e,,<br />
gx~evous c~an ;~e-~<br />
quences <strong>of</strong> polygamous marriage<br />
among the early men o~ God . Ttvas<br />
because <strong>of</strong> Abraham'`s second m~,w.-riage<br />
that Ismael we;s- borr. a s a<br />
rival <strong>of</strong> the legitimate son o'=<br />
Jacob . Jacob's polygamous marr~.vr~~<br />
bro~it~ht ha,m ; . nothing :but grief ;^;nd<br />
anxi+~fy . ~ ~r~ the leter history <strong>of</strong><br />
tt~e J`evus pdlyga~iy was not pract~:~^d<br />
at all :<br />
2 i~Men grid women hive equal val?~c:<br />
and dignity in 'the, ~i9~t : ~+f God, ar ,<br />
equably redeemed . ~~ . Ytim in Je ~~~~~<br />
Christ . The respect atad honouz<br />
which Jesus treated #~cm~ was .v~r<br />
not~?~J.e i:n Jewish soc~.ety ~a wY.:Lc?~~<br />
women ~Azere ndt ' noir~ally given a<br />
high place . ~"Thi;~ is feasible: ira<br />
monogamous marriage where marriage<br />
is a total un :pn <strong>of</strong> two persona -<br />
ties . The equality <strong>of</strong> men and wo~,<br />
men is strongly emphasized in t:ae<br />
creation story . It zs partnership<br />
and not master and servant as i~t i ;;<br />
manifested in the poi ygamous rzatriages<br />
. Dr . D . M . G . Stalke r ~;,~~: "".;<br />
this cleanly in the: creation s~to :p~<br />
A woman is not from the man's head<br />
to have dominion over him, nor f_~-o?n<br />
mhys feet:~abr'be `tram~iled u on ~,'<br />
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him, but from his `s~.r~ec~'ne , '~ `t~'io . Y.~s'<br />
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~:He-art to b~ .cherishe+~v and` loved by<br />
:;.shim as a partner, , ,<br />
A haply carriage is the' one in<br />
J `<br />
~~ ~ a,<br />
rccv3<br />
- .tc; :which the Partners always thi .r:k<br />
;prmore <strong>of</strong> each other thafr themselves .<br />
:,s~:~r~elf shness s the murdefex nfi :vas.-<br />
"riage . BTVf~'ii'! polygamy 'the centre<br />
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