quisquose   10 #289 Posted March 13, 2012 Exactly. Marriage is a Christian ceremony, the Bible says homosexuality is sinful therefore it's contradictory for two gays to marry.  So you would be okay preventing people of other faiths and none, irrespective of their sexuality, getting married as well? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeadingNorth   11 #290 Posted March 13, 2012 Pretty much sums it up for me. Quite why homosexuals have to campaign for religious marriage is beyond me  They are not campaigning for religious marriage. They are campaigning for civil marriage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeadingNorth   11 #291 Posted March 13, 2012 Exactly. Marriage is a Christian ceremony  Marriage is not a Christian ceremony, unless the people getting married want to involve a church. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sharrowman   10 #292 Posted March 13, 2012 Marriage is not a Christian ceremony, unless the people getting married want to involve a church.  yeah brother Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RootsBooster   24 #293 Posted March 13, 2012 Exactly. Marriage is a Christian ceremony, the Bible says homosexuality is sinful therefore it's contradictory for two gays to marry.  Sorry, where exactly do you get that from?  Since when has marriage been a Christian ceremony? Sure you can have a Christian marriage but that doesn't mean that marriage is exclusively a Christian thing. Mine definitely wasn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rickiethecat   10 #294 Posted March 13, 2012 Sorry, where exactly do you get that from? Since when has marriage been a Christian ceremony? Sure you can have a Christian marriage but that doesn't mean that marriage is exclusively a Christian thing. Mine definitely wasn't.  Well if you're not a Christian why would you want to get married? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Alien52 Â Â 10 #295 Posted March 13, 2012 Well if you're not a Christian why would you want to get married? Â Ask a silly question....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JFKvsNixon   11 #296 Posted March 13, 2012 Well if you're not a Christian why would you want to get married?  To make a public and legal commitment of your self to your partner? I'm flabbergasted that you need to ask a question. Genuine question, why do you need to ask this question? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Womerry2 Â Â 10 #297 Posted March 13, 2012 If I am allowed to say I'm married after a wedding ceremony where there was an enforced absence of Christian symbolism, why can't a homosexual couple be given the same right? Â They have that right. There is nothing in Law to prevent a couple in a Civil Partnership to refer to themselves as married. I think I might have mentioned this before... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JFKvsNixon   11 #298 Posted March 13, 2012 They have that right. There is nothing in Law to prevent a couple in a Civil Partnership to refer to themselves as married. I think I might have mentioned this before...  Apart from they're not actually married though, and haven't had a wedding? If all we're doing is arguing over a word why is it such a big deal to offer equality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rickiethecat   10 #299 Posted March 13, 2012 To make a public and legal commitment of your self to your partner? I'm flabbergasted that you need to ask a question. Genuine question, why do you need to ask this question?  I asked that question so that somone would fall into my little trap, congratulations on being the one to do so.  When I asked "if you're not a Christian why would you want to get married?" I was expecting someone to say something like "To make a public and legal commitment of your self to your partner?" at which point I would say "Fine - that's what civil partnerships are for".  So if two gays want to make a public and legal commitment of themselves to their partner, they already can do in the form of a civil partnership and therefore have no need whatsoever to get married. So why are they getting so angry about it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
quisquose   10 #300 Posted March 13, 2012 I asked that question so that somone would fall into my little trap, congratulations on being the one to do so. When I asked "if you're not a Christian why would you want to get married?" I was expecting someone to say something like "To make a public and legal commitment of your self to your partner?" at which point I would say "Fine - that's what civil partnerships are for".  So if two gays want to make a public and legal commitment of themselves to their partner, they already can do in the form of a civil partnership and therefore have no need whatsoever to get married. So why are they getting so angry about it?  If somebody want's to get from A to B, fine - that's what the back of the bus is for. No need to use the seats at the front, why get so angry about it?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
