What Biblical Marriage Really Looks Like

The marriage of the prophet Abraham defies Christian Nationalist claims of one man and one woman

Christian Nationalists Mark DeFord, Udit Singh, Ajai and Maureen Prakash all say that Christianity demands a marriage only of one man and one woman. What does the Bible say?

As members of Donald Trump's Iowa Faith Leader Coalition, Mark DeFord, Udit Singh, Ajai Prakash and Maureen Prakash say that marriage must only be between one man and one woman. They say that marriage has to be that way because the Bible says so.

Actually, the Bible has lots of examples of marriages that don't fit the one man one woman model. Take the prophet Abraham, for example. This is the guy who is supposed to have founded the nation of Israel. You don't get more biblical authority than that.

Yet, Abraham was polyamorous. Abraham told his wife that they should go to Egypt, knowing that other men would want to marry her there. Abraham became friends with the Pharaoh and took the Pharaoh's gifts while the Pharaoh married Abraham's wife. Then, Abraham did it again, cucking his wife Sarah off to marry another king. Then, Sarah told Abraham to get a second wife so he could get her pregnant.

In the Book of Genesis, marriage is sometimes not one man and one woman. Sometimes, biblical marriage is three men and two women.

When Christian Nationalists tell us that Christianity can only accept marriage of one man and one women, it makes me wonder: Do Christian Nationalists actually read the Bible?

Christian Nationalist preachers referred to in this episode of Stop Christian Nationalism include Mark DeFord of the Leon Bible Church in Leon, Iowa, as well as Mitchell Moylan, Udit Singh, Maureen Prakash, and Ajai Prakash of The Well church in Swisher, Iowa. More information about Christian Nationalist preachers in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition can be found in the book Donald Trump’s Army of God.