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"Brothers in Christ should suffice."

A couple shacking up and having babies out of wedlock, and refusing to marry, aren't practicing Christianity in any way, shape or form. They way they are living seems to be violating Jesus Christ's most emphatic teachings and commandments on marrige, adultery and fornication.

I think the Town is absolutely right in asking them to get married to legitimize their family and bring a respectable example into the community. If more Towns had this courage then we'd see a lot less of this sort of degredation of the family, (and the female body), in America.

A couple shacking up and having babies out of wedlock, and refusing to marry, aren't practicing Christianity in any way, shape or form. They way they are living seems to be violating Jesus Christ's most emphatic teachings and commandments on marrige, adultery and fornication.

I think the Town is absolutely right in asking them to get married to legitimize their family and bring a respectable example into the community. If more Towns had this courage then we'd see a lot less of this sort of degredation of the family, (and the female body), in America.

So you are saying that the government should use the full force of law to establish Christian lifestyles? So everyone living there must legally abide by whatever interpretation of Chrisitanity the town finds acceptable? What are they going to do? Force conversions at gunpoint? Sounds more like totalitarianism than a free society. The town can ask, but they have no right to discriminate housing based on the family relationship. That is against federal housing laws and the town will lose big time in court.

A couple shacking up and having babies out of wedlock, and refusing to marry, aren't practicing Christianity in any way, shape or form. They way they are living seems to be violating Jesus Christ's most emphatic teachings and commandments on marrige, adultery and fornication.

I think the Town is absolutely right in asking them to get married to legitimize their family and bring a respectable example into the community. If more Towns had this courage then we'd see a lot less of this sort of degredation of the family, (and the female body), in America.

You're assuming that they even consider themselves Christian. It's none of the town or its' residents' business if the couple is married. Infact, all of them are related by blood, as they share common children. How about this slippery slope. The town decreeing that they be married and/or live as a family in a 'Christian' way is the first step in setting a state decreed religion.

So if you cannot change the heart of a man, then by all means force your beliefs on him using laws. Yep, that was the message Jesus brought.....or was that Mohamed?

Oh, by the way, can you tell me what chapter and verse in the bible has the marriage licenses in it....I need to print off a copy.

My Brothers in Christ statement was for four men living in one house. Which is actually common practice in the campus ministry at my church. Some times, single men who have children have to get a room mate to make ends meet. My friend Eric has three boys. The mother died of cancer. He had lots of medical bills to pay. He let another man from the church move in and pay rent. I am sure he will burn in the fiery pit for that selfish act.

To marry, in the biblical sense, is nothing like signing a marriage contract. Do you really think forcing people to sign a contract at the courthouse is going to have a dramatic effect on their status as a Christian? So is getting married and then having babies equate you with being a Christian? Didn't Mary get pregnant out of wedlock?

Jesus Christ's most emphatic teaching on ANY subject including marriage was to love one another. I wonder, Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.