# If Jesus had a wife, would that change anything?

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**Created:** [September 20, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-had-a-wife-would-that-change-anything/635337 "2012-09-20T23:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-jesus-had-a-wife-would-that-change-anything/635337/90 "2014-04-13T01:13:04Z")

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In the news this month we are have a somewhat comparable situation in the political world, where Narendra Modi, favored in polls to be the next prime minister of India, turns out to be a wedded man:

> **[Why did Narendra Modi keep his wife secret for almost 50 years?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/04/10/why-did-narendra-modi-keep-his-wife-secret-for-almost-50-years/)**
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> "I am single, who will I be corrupt for?" he told a campaign rally in February.

If you read the link above, you’ll see some possible parallels. Modi is supposed, in the eyes of his supporters, to be more devoted to India because he doesn’t have competing family loyalties.

Should Modi lose, we’l have a bit of evidence that the answer to the thread title question is yes.

But, more likely, Modi will win :mad:

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