list of which way mps voted in gay marriage bill

My MP voted against. Apparently he thinks it's a slippery slope that will eventually lead to polygamous marriage and the complete destruction of moral values in this country, or something like that. In other words, he's a bit empty up top.

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Original post by pol pot noodles

My MP voted against. Apparently he thinks it's a slippery slope that will eventually lead to polygamous marriage and the complete destruction of moral values in this country, or something like that. In other words, he's a bit empty up top.

It is a slippery slope. What next, people will be able to marry their pets? They love each other, where's the problem?

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Clare~Bear

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Original post by Harry Callahan

It is a slippery slope. What next, people will be able to marry their pets? They love each other, where's the problem?

Pets can't consent to sex or marriage though.

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Clare~Bear

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Original post by Ferrero Rocher

Can we please remember that five of the Labour Muslim MPs voted for gay marriage before crying out that all Muslims are homophobic?

Nobody has mentioned Muslim MPs on this thread apart from you.

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Original post by Clare~Bear

Pets can't consent to sex or marriage though.

But it's about equalityyyyyyyyyyawwwn

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Original post by Harry Callahan

But it's about equalityyyyyyyyyyawwwn

Equality between humans. A pet is a human is it? Why do people need to come up with absolutely retarded anologies? What ever happened to judging something on a case by case basis? Homosexuality and beastiality are in no way comparable and anyone who thinks they are frankly deserves to be punched in the throat.

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Original post by pol pot noodles

Equality between humans. A pet is a human is it? Why do people need to come up with absolutely retarded anologies? What ever happened to judging something on a case by case basis? Homosexuality and beastiality are in no way comparable and anyone who thinks they are frankly deserves to be punched in the throat.

So I can marry my dad then? We're both human.

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Original post by Harry Callahan

So I can marry my dad then? We're both human.

What did I say about retarded anologies? Go stand in the corner and hang your head in shame.

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ameritus

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Original post by Harry Callahan

So I can marry my dad then? We're both human.

If you want to shag your dad then go ahead weirdo, just don't expect the state to endorse that relationship :facepalm:

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shadowdweller

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Original post by Harry Callahan

So I can marry my dad then? We're both human.

By what logic will same-sex marriage being legal lead to incestual marriage becoming legal?

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Original post by ameritus

If you want to shag your dad then go ahead weirdo, just don't expect the state to endorse that relationship :facepalm:

Original post by pol pot noodles

What did I say about retarded anologies? Go stand in the corner and hang your head in shame.

The reason you can't marry your sister is because of inhreeding. No chance of that marrying your dad, so where's the problem?

This is the thing. It opens up all sorts of precedents.

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Psyk

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My local MP in Leamington voted for it, which is good.
The MP in my home town (John Redwood) voted against, surprise, surprise :rolleyes:

Sometimes I wished I still lived there so I could vote against him. He's been Wokingham's MP my entire life, I think it's about time for a change.

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stuart_aitken

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I'm against marriage full stop. Meaningless pagan tradition. It's all just social desire. Nothing is physically achieved by it. We're supposed to be a modern world yet there are still so many dark-aged things :confused:

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cambio wechsel

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Original post by Clare~Bear

You have to be at least a tiny bit homophobic to be against it though. Because you're saying that gay people shouldn;t have the right to marry like straight people can, which is discriminating against them and not giving them equal rights, which everyone should have.

I'm not sure. There were a number of MPs who were at pains to make it clear that they supported gay marriage but could not support specifically this bill, with more than one suggesting it as poorly drafted.

Original post by Clare~Bear

Pets can't consent to sex or marriage though.

Animals can certainly consent to sex. We anyway don't construe all sex between animals as non-consensual, "oh look, that one dog's raping the other". More problematic, perhaps is their capacity to withhold consent. But even this generates difficulties only in the case of the passive party. If my great dane is buggering me, informed consent (at least on his part) doesn't seem an issue. Certainly it wouldn't be top of my list of concerns at that point in time.

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ameritus

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Original post by Harry Callahan

The reason you can't marry your sister is because of inhreeding. No chance of that marrying your dad, so where's the problem?

This is the thing. It opens up all sorts of precedents.

Not really, you can still have a baby with your sister if you want to. A marriage is not a prerequisite to having a child. The reason you cannot marry immediate family members is because of that - they're a select few people who constitute your family.

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Original post by Harry Callahan

The reason you can't marry your sister is because of inhreeding. No chance of that marrying your dad, so where's the problem?

This is the thing. It opens up all sorts of precedents.

No, the reason you can't marry your sister is because that's incestual. It doesn't open any sort of precedent at all, because most people are able to grasp the difference between completely different situations. Only a complete and utter retard would think that incest and homosexuality are in any way shape or form similar.
Seriously, why are you unable to look at different scenarios without comparing them to completely irrelevant anologies?

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