In an act of ecclesiastical fiat, James Dobson this week upped the age of heterosexual-only marriage a full 3,000 years. We already know that Bible literalists disagree on how old heterosexual marriage is, with figures ranging anywhere from 2,000 years to 6,000 years. But never before has a Bible literalist changed their former certain date [...]

Opponents of marriage equality often rely on “time immemorial” type excuses for their anti-gay bias, saying that marriage has been defined as a relationship between one man and one woman for so many thousands of years. How many thousands of years, however, has never been agreed upon. For this reason we’re accustomed to hearing contradictory [...]

Radical-right Christians who use the Bible as a weapon against marriage equality tend to be Bible literalists and treat the Bible like a history book.  But if the Bible provides factual details about marriage, why can’t these folks agree on how old the allegedly heterosexual-only version of the institution is?  They can’t all be correct [...]