If it was sex between the parties, the Bible wouldn’t have anything to say about heterosexual fornication; just adultery, bigamy (maybe) and deviancy. The first act of what we consider fornication (premarital nookie) would be a wedding.
“If it was sex between the parties, the Bible wouldn’t have anything to say about heterosexual fornication; just adultery, bigamy (maybe) and deviancy. The first act of what we consider fornication (premarital nookie) would be a wedding.”
How does one have sex with a member of the same sex? This i do not believe to be possible, and therefore “marriage” between the two parties is equally not possible.
As for adultery and bigamy both could have been regarded as unfaithful and deceptive acts.
“The first act of what we consider fornication (premarital nookie) would be a wedding.”
Exodus 22:16-17
16 “If a man ENTICES a virgin who is NOT BETROTHED (engaged), and lies with her, he shall surely PAY the bride-price for her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall PAY MONEY according to the bride-price of virgins.
So, under the Old Covenant, it kind of did work like that. They weren’t married automatically, but they were pretty much betrothed automatically unless the woman’s father refused. Also, later verses say that the man would be forbidden to divorce her all of his days, so he would be well stuck with her.