Same sex marriage........why not?

[boosmummy]

my final comment on this before i got off to bed: when you do the job (voluntary) i do, and you see the things i see, most people wouldnt care less who is going out with who, who is married to who, who is attracted to who, as long as those two people are happy and in love and there is no one beating or belittling or threatening or victimizing (or i honestly could go on with the stories and situations) the other person. I see and hear some of the most horrendous sights and things at work within hetrosexual; bisexual; homosexual relationships, granted mainly hetrosexual relationships that honestly, if this is what marriage means to some people then its a frightening world.

Good night you lovely people - peace out. xx

[veggiechicken]

Good night, Boosmummy, Sleep well and stay happy!

[FionaH]

Guess I just came out to you all

Well done Di, brave girl

I am a Christian, I believe in God, go to church sometimes.......God loves me, I heard tell he loves everybody.

My marriage is my business, anyone elses marriage is theirs. Thankfully I am NOT God so it is not my job to judge the rights or wrongs of anyone elses choices.

I don't think any Vicar should be compelled to perform a ceromony that is against their conscience however.

Yes the bible says that same sex sexuality is a sin, it also says that eating shellfish is an abomonation, Leviticus ch11 v12.

[zazen999]

Thankfully I am NOT God so it is not my job to judge the rights or wrongs of anyone elses choices.

How come this never came up in the Moderator's Meeting last Christmas? And we were so sure....

[di]

No vicar should be forced, but should that same vicar be allowed to judge, even if they don't intend?

[FionaH]

How come this never came up in the Moderator's Meeting last Christmas? And we were so sure....

Minor Deity, I said I was a Minor Deity

[FionaH]

No vicar should be forced, but should that same vicar be allowed to judge, even if they don't intend?

No they shouldn't judge, but it's not a perfect world. Now I am judging the Vicars......See? its all getting complicated again

[YFS]

To take that a step further though, if the said vicar (or whatever) had a problem with mixed race relationships and didn't want to marry such a couple I would hope that everybody would quite rightly say that this was an unacceptable stance. To me this issue is exactly the same.

A marriage is between people of the opposite sex, so that they can have the stability to stay together and raise children. The law gives them rights over each other, because bringing up children is very important.
So a mixed race marriage is just the same; two people of the same sex is different.

[cardiffsteve]

Minor Deity, I said I was a Minor Deity

Does that mean your under 18?

[FionaH]

Does that mean your under 18?

No it means I am a very short Goddess

[di]

Phew...thought you'd told a lie there Fi. xx

[FionaH]

Must remind MrH of the Goddess situation. The recycling needs to go out

[cardiffsteve]

Must remind MrH of the Goddess situation. The recycling needs to go out

Cant you just "think" the recycling out with your goddess powers?

[FionaH]

Don't be silly, thats what hubbies are for..........

[di]

I would like to say something on a serious note.

The last turn I ever expected my life to take is the turn it took, I just met someone that I had an instant attraction to and fell in love. Sadly, things went a little wrong, she's used to a carefree life, not a kiddie filled one. Then comes the PMT...as my vicar said to me, any woman that would 'choose' to be gay is out of her mind! (it's bloomin' hard work!). I didn't make a conscientious decision, I'm not following a trend (can think of far easier ones)....I just fell in love. One of the biggest reasons that it failed was how much it hurt my parents. Sat around the Christmas table and my Big sis being 'mocked' about how many texts she was getting from her new (number six or seven) man....my DS, dares to mention 'her' name and what she got him for Christmas, causing a deadly silence, followed by a swift change of subject.....I fell in love. I didn't set out to hurt feelings.

I really would like an answer to why my love is so bad, so bad that it's worse than any of the ten commandments? It's not even so bad as to figure in those! God is love............