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Originally posted by dorkfish87
Where I grew up, we had a saying. "If you feel the need to say you aren't racist, you're probably racist."
I say yo you sir, if you say something and add to the end " but I'm not a homophobe" then you likely are.
This goes further than just an issue of marriage there is a wider social component to this. This institution of Marriage is in tatters, divorce is up and the number of individuals entering into marriage is down. We also allow homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples when it comes to adoption and even IVF and other means of having children. Where will this stop, what’s next will it be preventing discrimination against those who wish to marry close relatives or will it be slowly lowering the age of sexual consent, it makes me worry for my children and my grandchildren. What a contrast in time this is I now live compared to my parents’ generation. Homosexuals will soon be able to get married, have a couple of kids, then go and get divorced and their kids can spend a couple of months in a young offenders institution then go on the Jeremy Kyle show and moan about how the cause of their drug addiction is because of “dad and dad’s” divorce.
My question to you is simple. How is allowing gay people to get married hurting YOU???
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by Xcalibur254
Again same sex couples in a civil partnership have the exact same rights as heterosexual couples in a marriage.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by snowspirit
If you are not religious and wish to enter into a legally binding commitment to your partner you don’t need to go to a church, just head to a registry office.
reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
It means that my local church may have to allow homosexual marriages, my church minister who may have a religious objection to gay marriage could be forced to take part in them (as the original legislation sough to do). It could force my religious grouping to change it is an erosion of my religious practices and believes , it is part of the increasing secularisation of our state that I feel is responsible for many of our social problems. It is the state interfering with my faith
Originally posted by azamber
reply to post by Credenceskynyrd
Sorry, I didn't realize that suicides by homophobic parents were such a problem! Forgive my insensitivity! lol