[Corin Stormhands]

You know xzins, you really don’t want to play this card.

[SERKIT]

But did Stanley-Ann and her bigamist husband travel to a foreign land (maybe for a census), have ‘lil Barry in a humble crib, then come back to Hawaii to celebrate the burf?

[rwilson99]

I’m not sure this belongs in breaking news.

:)

[tsmith130]

I know FR has been slow lately, but this Breaking?!

[End Times Sentinel]

There's a lot of ways to handle this without going down this road, xzins.

[onedoug]

Because she was a good Jew.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Mary was not unwed. She was married to Joseph.

Now, she was a virgin, yes, but not unwed.

[Walkingfeather]

oh please; dont make idiotic comments like this.

[IreneE]

Uh, most people don’t know that under Jewish law, Joseph and Mary were allowed conjugal visits during their engagement.

This is why there was no community uproar over Mary’s pregnancy.

The only uproar was with Joseph himself, who knew he had not slept with Mary.
Thus, God had to tell him what was up.

In a strict sense, Mary was not “unwed”. Her pregnancy was not a sin. God never even “gives the appearance of evil” when He works.

Again, under Jewish law, Joseph and Mary were not living together until they officially had the ceremony, but were allowed conjugal visits as they were betrothed.

Otherwise, the Old Testament laws would have condemned her for fornication or adultery and she would have been stoned.

This is also why Joseph was contemplating quietly “putting her away” or divorcing her — he knew he had not slept with her until the Lord made clear to him what happened.

[Salvation]

Bump.

[DaGman]

The only problem with this is that Mary was married to Joseph. Not an insignificant difference between the two.

Please do not deify a political candidate.

[magdalen]

Mary was not ‘just another unwed pregnant teen’ as some have referred to her as. Rather in the marriage arrangement under Jewish custom she was already legally the wife of Joseph which is why he thought of a quiet divorce. Our Lord did not come into this world under a cloud of scandal for an unmarried pregnant woman could even be subject to stoning.

[Terabitten]

LOL, Chaplain.

It reminds me of Reagan’s line that “everyone who’s pro-abortion has already been born.”

[ThanhPhero]

Mary was not quite “unwed” at the time of the Conception. She was “betrothed” which then and in many cultures now is the first formal part of being wed and babies conceived during the betrothal period are just as “legitimate” as babies conceived after the final ceremony. Betrothal is/was, in fact, just as hard to get out of as Marriage proper and requires “divorce.”