Gay Marriage Bill Passed (UK)

This allows gay people to religiously marry if their denomianation allows it. So Catholic weddings wouldn't happen but Liberal Protestant weddings might happen.

Discuss.

Hate is such a weak emotion

People will be people and same sex marriage should be allowed. As it isn't effecting anybody.

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......So someone could easily lie about there religion and do it?

The distinguished Techno spake:

......So someone could easily lie about there religion and do it?

Well yes, but most gay people do that anyway so they don't get pestered by Catholics.

Hate is such a weak emotion

But, still, what's the point of only allowing certain religions if it's that easy?

To build a stronger society.

Hate is such a weak emotion

I don't see how this accomplishes that.

Well eventually Gay Marraige becomes the norm. Then it will be seen as normal for children to have gay parents. This means that this type of family is acceptable socially and brings society together.

Hate is such a weak emotion

Yes, but how is that accomplished by only allowing certain religions to do it? That seems like it would further splinter society instead of being unity.

The distinguished Moulder spake:

Oh noes! Equal rights for all, including homosexuals. -faint-

I'm fine as long as the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. :D

Hate is such a weak emotion

UPDATE: This Bill will come into effect next summer.

Hate is such a weak emotion

The distinguished LinkZelda spake:

Well eventually Gay Marraige becomes the norm. Then it will be seen as normal for children to have gay parents. This means that this type of family is acceptable socially and brings society together.

That sounds like the Overton Window.

I'm predestined to have free will.

Did you come away enlightened? :-D

I'm predestined to have free will.

The distinguished HullBreach spake:

The distinguished LinkZelda spake:[quote]Well eventually Gay Marraige becomes the norm. Then it will be seen as normal for children to have gay parents. This means that this type of family is acceptable socially and brings society together.

That sounds like the Overton Window.[/quote]

I think that eventually all religions will accept it. It's inevitable.

RaidaR2000 is amazing and is less gay than I am. -KylennR

Just the other day gay marriage was pass through the house now on it way to be signed by gover. Which is a big step for the opposite sex and United States of America.

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The distinguished M.J kInG spake:

Just the other day gay marriage was pass through the house now on it way to be signed by gover. Which is a big step for the opposite sex and United States of America.

When using this board, please be as clear and specific as you can. While it seems you are referring to Illinois getting set to legalise gay marriage, your wording might be misinterpreted as referring to the U.S. Senate and the ENDA bill. For either instance, it would be best to start a new thread.

Catch my drift.

The topic header pretty much explain what im talking about.


The distinguished Limxzero spake:

The distinguished M.J kInG spake:[quote]Just the other day gay marriage was pass through the house now on it way to be signed by gover. Which is a big step for the opposite sex and United States of America.

When using this board, please be as clear and specific as you can. While it seems you are referring to Illinois getting set to legalise gay marriage, your wording might be misinterpreted as referring to the U.S. Senate and the ENDA bill. For either instance, it would be best to start a new thread.[/quote]

A true developer

Same sex marriage is not that big a deal in my opinion. I don't understand why it is such a big deal. Besides the fact that the Bible says it's wrong, where as the Bible also says some pretty crazy things. Gay people don't bother me as a general point; although, what does bother me, is the huge gay-marriage supporters that try to call me an ass and accuse me of being anti gay whenever I say the word gay.

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The Bible states that marriage is meant for a male and female, but many people mistake this for saying that same-sex relationships are forbidden totally. Basically, the Bible says that every Christian should wait until marriage for intimate situations. The Bible basically forbids people of the same gender to have intimate situations under any circumstances. This does not mean that gay people cannot have a relationship, it just means that they cannot do anything that comes with marriage. Now, I think we all know that not very many people follow the wait until marriage rule. So I personally have mixed feelings towards same-sex marriage. The Bible says that we have free will and should treat everyone with the same respect, and if someone else decides to disregard what the Bible says, that's really not my business. As a Christian I should be supportive of them and as should everyone. Sorry for the mini bible study guys.

RaidaR2000 is amazing and is less gay than I am. -KylennR

The distinguished raidar2000 spake:

The Bible states that marriage is meant for a male and female, but many people mistake this for saying that same-sex relationships are forbidden totally. Basically, the Bible says that every Christian should wait until marriage for intimate situations. The Bible basically forbids people of the same gender to have intimate situations under any circumstances. This does not mean that gay people cannot have a relationship, it just means that they cannot do anything that comes with marriage. Now, I think we all know that not very many people follow the wait until marriage rule. So I personally have mixed feelings towards same-sex marriage. The Bible says that we have free will and should treat everyone with the same respect, and if someone else decides to disregard what the Bible says, that's really not my business. As a Christian I should be supportive of them and as should everyone. Sorry for the mini bible study guys.

The bible also stated that you cannot do the following things either. Can you count how many you have done? I can.

1. Burning any yeast or honey in offerings to God (2:11)

2. Failing to include salt in offerings to God (2:13)

3. Eating fat (3:17)

4. Eating blood (3:17)

5. Failing to testify against any wrongdoing you’ve witnessed (5:1)

6. Failing to testify against any wrongdoing you’ve been told about (5:1)

7. Touching an unclean animal (5:2)

8. Carelessly making an oath (5:4)

9. Deceiving a neighbour about something trusted to them (6:2)

10. Finding lost property and lying about it (6:3)

11. Bringing unauthorised fire before God (10:1)

12. Letting your hair become unkempt (10:6)

13. Tearing your clothes (10:6)

14. Drinking alcohol in holy places (bit of a problem for Catholics, this ‘un) (10:9)

15. Eating an animal which doesn’t both chew cud and has a divided hoof (cf: camel, rabbit, pig) (11:4-7)

16. Touching the carcass of any of the above (problems here for rugby) (11:8)

17. Eating – or touching the carcass of – any seafood without fins or scales (11:10-12)

18. Eating – or touching the carcass of - eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, any kind of black kite, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. (11:13-19)

19. Eating – or touching the carcass of – flying insects with four legs, unless those legs are jointed (11:20-22)

20. Eating any animal which walks on all four and has paws (good news for cats) (11:27)

21. Eating – or touching the carcass of – the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon (11:29)

22. Eating – or touching the carcass of – any creature which crawls on many legs, or its belly (11:41-42)

23. Going to church within 33 days after giving birth to a boy (12:4)

24. Going to church within 66 days after giving birth to a girl (12:5)

25. Having sex with your mother (18:7)

26. Having sex with your father’s wife (18:8)

27. Having sex with your sister (18:9)

28. Having sex with your granddaughter (18:10)

29. Having sex with your half-sister (18:11)

30. Having sex with your biological aunt (18:12-13)

31. Having sex with your uncle’s wife (18:14)

32. Having sex with your daughter-in-law (18:15)

33. Having sex with your sister-in-law (18:16)

34. Having sex with a woman and also having sex with her daughter or granddaughter (bad news for Alan Clark) (18:17)

35. Marrying your wife’s sister while your wife still lives (18:18)

36. Having sex with a woman during her period (18:19)

37. Having sex with your neighbour’s wife (18:20)

38. Giving your children to be sacrificed to Molek (18:21)

39. Having sex with a man “as one does with a woman” (18:22)

40. Having sex with an animal (18:23)

41. Making idols or “metal gods” (19:4)

42. Reaping to the very edges of a field (19:9)

43. Picking up grapes that have fallen in your vineyard (19:10)

44. Stealing (19:11)

45. Lying (19:11)

46. Swearing falsely on God’s name (19:12)

47. Defrauding your neighbour (19:13)

48. Holding back the wages of an employee overnight (not well observed these days) (19:13)

49. Cursing the deaf or abusing the blind (19:14)

50. Perverting justice, showing partiality to either the poor or the rich (19:15)

51. Spreading slander (19:16)

52. Doing anything to endanger a neighbour’s life (19:16)

53. Seeking revenge or bearing a grudge (19:18)

54. Mixing fabrics in clothing (19:19)

55. Cross-breeding animals (19:19)

56. Planting different seeds in the same field (19:19)

57. Sleeping with another man’s slave (19:20)

58. Eating fruit from a tree within four years of planting it (19:23)

59. Practising divination or seeking omens (tut, tut astrology) (19:26)

60. Trimming your beard (19:27)

61. Cutting your hair at the sides (19:27)

62. Getting tattoos (19:28)

63. Making your daughter prostitute herself (19:29)

64. Turning to mediums or spiritualists (19:31)

65. Not standing in the presence of the elderly (19:32)

66. Mistreating foreigners – “the foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born” (19:33-34)

67. Using dishonest weights and scales (19:35-36)

68. Cursing your father or mother (punishable by death) (20:9)

69. Marrying a prostitute, divorcee or widow if you are a priest (21:7,13)

70. Entering a place where there’s a dead body as a priest (21:11)

71. Slaughtering a cow/sheep and its young on the same day (22:28)

72. Working on the Sabbath (23:3)

73. Blasphemy (punishable by stoning to death) (24:14)

74. Inflicting an injury; killing someone else’s animal; killing a person must be punished in kind (24:17-22)

75. Selling land permanently (25:23)

76. Selling an Israelite as a slave (foreigners are fine) (25:42)

Really unless you have done absolutely NONE of these, people just need to stop picking and choosing and lay off quoting 18:22 for a while.

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