Do you agree with Same-sex marriage?

Apologies for your Idiocracy but marriage DOES NOT predate Christianity

No. Marriage should be a religious ceremony to celebrate the coming together of a man and a woman. Atheist heterosexual couples shouldn't be able to get married either. They should have state recognised civil partnerships.

It's basically one of the only subjects I can get super-passionate enough to revise for! That's still really cool, and probably means you have a lot more general knowledge than those of us who are following syllabi

According too?

Well for one it has already been changed. Same sex marriage is now legal.
Secondly having it so same sex couples are segregated into a different category of "partnership" is not equality. Equality is allowing people the SAME rights, not similar rights because they're not allowed a legitimate marriage like the rest of us.

But it's not the matter of concieving, its about love and pasison for one another. Just because two people love each other, doesn't mean they have to concieve - children is not the answer for all happy and loving marriages.

Article 12 of the human rights act.

The denial of same sex marriage was the last bastion of homophobia and discrimination. To see Ireland, a state traditionally rooted in the repressive ways of the Catholic Church, reject this discrimination showed that the tide has truly turned and can never go back. I am glad I have lived to see it.

Do you believe we should stone homosexuals?
Do you believe that masturbation is a sin?
Do you think we shouldn't eat pork?
Do you only eat halal/kosher meat?

Just because i didnt agree with you doesnt make me an idiot

So you believe in what is written in the bible but only for certain parts?

Why do you pick these parts?

Article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights.



PRSOM. You hit the nail to death.



Great post.



PRSOM again Thanks for doing the work for me.



I'd say "...last bastion of homophobia and discrimination in the UK" to be pedantic and leave nothing to ambiguity, and certainly not the last in the world.

Very heart-warming post to read as well. (I love that grin face too much.)



Isn't there something about not eating shellfish too? Or not wearing mixed fabrics?



Does that mean you've changed your opinion? Or was that literally just saying that you didn't agree with you back then, nothing more?



In a phenomenon called cherry-picking, do people have selectively-permeable blood-brain barrier (selective permeability in their reading skills.)

No. Marriage should be a religious ceremony to celebrate the coming together of a man and a woman. Atheist heterosexual couples shouldn't be able to get married either. They should have state recognised civil partnerships.

Civil partnerships are for same sex couples only.

I think you are thinking of civil marriages. Which is exactly the same as a state officiated religious marriage in terms of rights, but it's just not done with any religious connotations, in a religious building or by a religious official.

Marriages are not just religious ceremonies.

Isn't there something about not eating shellfish too? Or not wearing mixed fabrics?

Marriage is a separate entity to religion (pre-dates it even.)
Marriage offers reduced taxes and better hospital visitation rights to partners (making it institutionalised discrimination.)
Marriage is also a milestone for many people, and is an intrinsic part of our society, making it cruel to deny such.

The mixed fabric one rings a bell, not sure about selfish.

Are you an idiot? I gave my opinion on what it should be. I know how it currently is, that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. You have done nothing more than try to force your opinion on plenty of others in this thread.

No. People who aren't religious, whether they're heterosexual or homosexual, shouldn't be allowed to get married. Only religious people should be allowed to get married. People who are not religious should not be allowed to get married in a church, and be recognised by God, and should have to get a state civil partnership.

Oh, and for many people marriage does have strict ties with religion. No one has to subscribe to your belief system at all.

The passage says that anything from the sea that isn't a fish is forbidden, so calamari and mussells are out.

And again, marriage is not ONLY a religious ceremony. Marriage pre-dates your religion and all other Abrahamic religions. That's not a belief system, it is a fact.

Because I think marriage should be between a man and a woman.


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Ah, so you are thick, or at least do your best to appear so. Marriage is not only a religious ceremony, but it should be, in my opinion. You need to ascertain the difference between someone stating a fact and giving an opinion.

As for predating my religion, what religion is that? I'd be interested to know, given I'm an atheist. Quite frankly, I think people who are nonbelievers and get married in a church are complete and utter hypocrites.

Ah, so you are thick, or at least do your best to appear so. Marriage is not only a religious ceremony, but it should be, in my opinion. You need to ascertain the difference between someone stating a fact and giving an opinion.

As for predating my religion, what religion is that? I'd be interested to know, given I'm an atheist. Quite frankly, I think people who are nonbelievers and get married in a church are complete and utter hypocrites.