Belief, Fiction, History
There are many questions about Jesus, the Gospels, the Bible, and Christianity that seem to have been brought to mind through Dan Brown's work of fiction called 'The DaVinci Code'. The main issue in all of this isn't "was Jesus married?" - the main issue is what will we use as a basis for historical fact ... and, in this case, the basis for Christian belief?

DaVinci Code As History
As a work of fact and history, Dan Brown's work is filled with gross and numerous errors. As a work of fiction these errors are intriguing, adding tension to the story. It isn't important for fiction to be factual. There is therefore no reason to refute the evidence in Dan Brown's work. It is a work of fiction. Many, however, seem to be taking his work as fact and truth. This is a serious issue. Some of the works that Dan Brown cites within his fiction are popular esoteric histories: The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince; Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln; The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine and The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail, both by Margaret Starbird. He also uses The Gnostic Gospels by strongly feminist author Elaine Pagels as well as The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G. Walker. These works make strong claims against Christianity and base much of their evidence on speculations that were introduced by works written in the 20th century and some works written no earlier than the 9th century. Some of these books also make speculations based on late versions of the Gnostic gospels. If you are really interested in the source of ideas on which the DaVinci Code is based, you might want to look at those works. None of the aforementioned books accept the New Testament as history, rather are basing historical facts on other, less reliable works. Some of which have been proven to be nothing less than a hoax - like one of those emails that gets sent around now and again. If they do rely on the New Testament Gospels it is done in an obscure fashion, using the 'secret' lens to which only a select few are privy. They know how to find the hidden message. For example, Mary Magdala was not a woman who was demon possessed, rather Mary was a political zealot. Her demons were merely problems she had with Rome and Jesus "drove them out" by causing her to change her ways.

Was Jesus Married? Does it matter?
At present this seems to be one of the biggest questions being asked. Again, let me say that this shouldn't be the question we are asking. It pulls us away from the central theme. However, since it is being asked I will deal with it briefly. There is nothing in the Bible that says that Jesus was married. Yes, but what about the other gospels and writings? Nope, nothing in there either. Nothing! You have to take one verse and twist it to make it say that He was married - even in the Gnostic gospels. Here again are the big problems - Why are we trusting the Gnostic Gospels? Why do we doubt the Biblical Gospels? Why are we allowing someone to take one verse whether from the Bible or other writings and stretch it to create a new Jesus? This is truly absurd.
An Example: Let's take Matthew 25:1-13, the parable of the 10 virgins. I could write a book and say that Jesus was secretly saying that only virgins could be Christians. I could also write that He was telling men that they couldn't become Christians unless they married at least 5 wise virgins. That's crazy and it isn't backed up by the whole of the Bible. That parable isn't even about the groom marrying any of those virgins. They were simply the maids in waiting. The story is used to speak of being prepared for the return of the Master and not about virginity or marriage. It is foolish to take one idea in a writing and augment it with imagination to your desired result. That, however, is exactly what those who are writing that Jesus was married etc. are doing. And if someone didn't know the story about the 10 virgins I'll bet I could get a lot of people to believe my crazy interpretation. Even if a million people agreed with me, my interpretation would still be wrong.

But does it matter? Yes, it does. Okay, would it matter if Jesus were an alien from another planet? Would it matter if He went to the United States and spoke to the people there as the Mormons say? Would it matter if He and Mary got in a boat and traveled to the south of France as The Templar Revelation declares? Yes! If you go down a road not substantiated in scripture you are going down a wrong road and opening paths that truly lead to danger. If you accept one non-Biblical concept or source where will you draw the line? You have lost all bases on which to judge these things and that's the issue.
Would it have been possible for a guy who was married to have died for our sins, rise from the dead, and return to His Father in heaven? I imagine it could have been possible, but imagination is not what we are dealing with. Why do the writers of these ideas want Jesus to have been married? They want us to disregard the Bible. Every one of them writes that the Biblical Gospels and the Bible are questionable works. As I have said, they prefer other writings (which are truly questionable). Many of them want to suggest that Jesus was trying to set up an earthly kingdom through his lineage. That's the claim of The DaVinci code. However, the Gospel of John states that when Jesus stood before Pilate He said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were my followers would be rising up right now." So are you going to open the door to all these speculations or are you going to close the door on them by realizing that it's not the Jesus of the Bible. You cannot open one 'what if' without dealing with all the other ones ... many of which probably haven't even been thought.

The Jesus in the Bible is never mentioned as being married. The wedding at Cana, where He performs His first miracle, is mentioned, but not His own, because He didn't have one. In Matthew 19:10-12, He spoke to His disciples about marriage. They responded, "Then it's better not to marry." and Jesus said, "Not everyone can accept this. ...Some people have made themselves eunuchs (celibate/single) for the sake of the kingdom. Let anyone accept this who can." Jesus was clearly able to accept this - to remain single and celibate. The Bible refers to Mary of Magdala as ... Mary of Magdala. There were also other Mary's. Each was given a descriptive title i.e. Mother of Jesus, sister of Martha. Even in the Gnostic writings Mary of Magdala is called Mary or Mary Magdala. Nowhere is she ever called Mary - the wife of Jesus. Reason - they weren't married. If you read the information, many of the writers we are dealing with don't believe they were married either. They are asking, "Why couldn't Jesus have been married?" though many of them don't really believe it. They see no evidence for it. Many of them believe that though Jesus and Mary were involved with one another sexually (a secret, sexual ritual to bring about salvation), they were never married. So you may ask, "Wouldn't it be better if we said they were married rather than just having sex?" No. It would be best if we stuck to the facts. It would be best if we understood that there is nothing that says Jesus was married, so He wasn't. It doesn't say He was an alien, so He wasn't. And though John the Baptist called Him the Lamb of God, it doesn't mean that He was a man by day and a lamb by night ... so He wasn't.

Another Gospel
If you want to believe in another Gospel, there's much to choose from.. If you think Gnosticism is the way to go then you should find out more about it. A big issue with many Gnostics was bringing together the God of the OT with the Jesus of the NT. They couldn't do it so they decided that the God of the OT was the creator of the material world. Since the material world was bad, this God must be Satan. Jesus, on the other hand came to set us free through knowledge (gnosis - truth or 'secret knowledge' will set you free). This knowledge is that we are God. We have God within us already and we need to break free from all material ideas (which are bad - coming from the evil God of OT) and break into spiritual (which is good - coming from Jesus of NT). The way to this spiritual freedom is hidden, however, and there are secret rituals to help us get there (like the Mormons or the Free Masons have). Okay. There you go. The truth is, because most Christians have never really read the OT or been taught it well, it's easy for them to have this same thought. God of the OT is ... bad or angry. Jesus is ... good and loving. This is not the message of the Bible. The Bible says that Jesus is the image of God, His Father, the maker of heaven and earth. In the beginning was God and the Word was with Him. Nothing was created without Him - Jesus. He said, "If you think I came to destroy the law (the OT) you are wrong. I came to fulfill it."

Hidden Secrets
One last idea that I will write is about the hidden mysteries. Many of the Gnostics and those who are following their writings today (like those used to inspire the DaVinci Code) write about the secret, hidden, TRUE version of Christianity. Let's look back at one of the earliest Christian writings - from Paul. II Corinthians 4:2-5 "We have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God's message, but in God's sight we declare to every person an open display of the truth. But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing." WHY? "Because the god of this age has blinded them so they cannot see the light of the gospel of Christ who is the image of God."