Black Spirituality Religion : What ....does Marriage means According to the Bible (when are you married?)

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Hello Sister LibertyLady ... this is a great question. I think if we remove (from the Bible) from the question, it will generate even more responses.

My first thought was of our Ancestors, who used "jumping the broom" as an indication that they were married. This is probably not found in the Bible, but the marriage was just as real.

I've heard some say that because they love someone so much, are committed to them, they consider themselves "married," even though they do not have a "marriage license."

There are even "common law marriages" that are based simply on the fact that you've lived together as a couple for some amount of time.

I think, in polygamous relationships, the "wives" that follow the first wife, may not have any "legal" ground to stand on, but consider themselves just as married as the first wife, since this country does not recognize such unions.

I think too, that some men call extra women in their life, "wives," in an attempt to bring honor to what may be extramarital affairs.

I wonder, in historic Africa, what constituted "marriage?" I'm sure as large as Africa is, there were many different ways to recognize "marriage," and few if any were based on the Bible.

Great Topic Sister!

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Destee
 
Alafia all,

Yes, this is an intriguing question. I would like to see the responses. As a young brother, recently married, this topic is of upmost importance to me. I would, however, like to add something to Sista Destee's comments, well one comment in particular.

The Goddess Sista Destee wrote: "My first thought was of our Ancestors, who used "jumping the broom" as an indication that they were married. This is probably not found in the Bible, but the marriage was just as real."

At my wedding, my wife and I, as traditional-minded Black folk do, "jumped the broom." It was in reverence to my ancestors (my wife is from Ghana) and also spiritual/symbolic. The broom is connected to the orisa Oya. Oya is the orisa of, among other things, sudden change. I think this symbolism of the broom and Oya is what prompted our ancestors to consecrate their weddings with "jumping the broom." The broom, laid on the ground or held suspended in the air, represented the threshold into a new life. A life of change from the old - sudden change, I might add. Oya, being the bearer of sudden change, was invoked to make this change flow as smoothly as possible. Thus, the marriage was witnessed by the orisa and ordained as valid.

Blackbird
 

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