What I find very irritating is churches campaigning against it. Naturally, they have a right not to conduct marriage ceremonies for gays within their churches, but they want to extend that to an area that's none of their business, civil marriage services, which is what most gay couples would want, I'd imagine...
PS - If gay marriage was legal, but a pair of gays was moaning because they couldn't get married in church like their parents, I'd tell 'em tough shit...
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Re: Gay marriage, what do you think?
Abolish marriage altogether or allow everyone to marry (including bigamy). Either way is good.
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Weren't there a bunch of anti-gay marriage protests/demonstrations in France recently? I always thought France was pretty progressive on the (w)hole. What's up with that?Svartalf wrote:Equal rights under the law, regardless of gender.
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I think that was by a bunch of catholic hardliners...FBM wrote:Weren't there a bunch of anti-gay marriage protests/demonstrations in France recently? I always thought France was pretty progressive on the (w)hole. What's up with that?Svartalf wrote:Equal rights under the law, regardless of gender.
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Hardline cafflicks trying to impose their outdated views and prevent change... our equivalent to Merkin evangelical right.FBM wrote:Weren't there a bunch of anti-gay marriage protests/demonstrations in France recently? I always thought France was pretty progressive on the (w)hole. What's up with that?Svartalf wrote:Equal rights under the law, regardless of gender.
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Maybe if teh gaiz promised to dress in black and wear little white collars...
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Don't they dress as nuns already?
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In all fairness, they're not wanting to extend. They're wanting to preserve the status quo. Gay marriage is new, and the civil law never permitted it in the western world until, like 10 years ago, and most places on the globe still don't permit it.JimC wrote:What I find very irritating is churches campaigning against it. Naturally, they have a right not to conduct marriage ceremonies for gays within their churches, but they want to extend that to an area that's none of their business, civil marriage services, which is what most gay couples would want, I'd imagine...
PS - If gay marriage was legal, but a pair of gays was moaning because they couldn't get married in church like their parents, I'd tell 'em tough shit...
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But, what does the Baghavad Gayta say about it?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:It's every British chaps right to marry a chap even if a chap doesn't really want to! That's in the Manga Carta.
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I'm strongly for it. I haven't heard or read any good reason to be against it.
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Needs apostrophe..somewhere else..Clinton Huxley wrote:It's every British chaps right to marry a chap even if a chap doesn't really want to! That's in the Magna Carta.
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Why did CNN run the Heritage dude's opinion?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/a ... ?hpt=hp_t3
the supremes won't say anything finally, as "it will end the discussion". They want to discuss for 40 more years.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/a ... ?hpt=hp_t3
the supremes won't say anything finally, as "it will end the discussion". They want to discuss for 40 more years.
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Did I miss something?Gawdzilla Sama wrote:We had a lovely time at our wedding.
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Typical Supremes... Can't hurry love.Tero wrote:Why did CNN run the Heritage dude's opinion?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/22/opinion/a ... ?hpt=hp_t3
the supremes won't say anything finally, as "it will end the discussion". They want to discuss for 40 more years.
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Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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