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# Equal rights, sure.
But I don't get why they want to get married, when Ye Goode Booke is quite specifically against it.

Mind, I don't get much of why you'd be into Christianity as a gay in general anyway, so maybe I should just shut up and carry on with my knitting.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 11:54, archived)
# Try this one:
img.ly/images/4299990/full

Details marriage in the bible rather well.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:04, archived)
# Fucking hell
I'm glad the 4th one is no longer law! I don't want to keep them or loose money :(
(I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:07, archived)
# This is a nice long list
skepticsannotatedbible.com/women/long.html

It's actually marked "Misogyny" but it showcases the Bible's attitude towards the fairer sex all the better for that.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 13:54, archived)
# ^this^
I even understand people wanting to get married in churches purely based on architectural choice.
But wanting to get married in the eyes of a lord that hates you is very weird.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:06, archived)
# i know they have said there will be 'special rules' that mean a church can't be forced into performing them if they don't want
but does that hold with other houses of worship for different faiths?

i dunno, i tend to keep out of it as i'm not learned on such stuff.

it just sounds like a rebrand of cival partnership, but with some new locations, to me, but then what do i know.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:26, archived)
# To quote an excellent John Grant song...
"Jesus hates pretty much anything you want him to"

I'm sure plenty of Christians ignore the one line in the new testament against homosexuality, especially as it is listed alongside being drunk as a sin in that particular list. If they have a problem with gay weddings, they should have a problem with anyone getting drunk at a wedding too.

I can't help but feel that the making out being gay is specifically at odds with Christianity when 90% of the modern world is at odds with some part of the bible, is fueling a lot of homophobia. The media likes conflict, but I don't think gays vs Christians is entirely true.

I wonder if the thing many Christians have a problem with is simply change. Ultimately, religion is going to be attractive to people who like tradition.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:51, archived)
# It's like organized religion is just a load of made-up contradictory bullshit used to control the masses in less enlightened times.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 13:06, archived)
# Ye Goode Booke didn't invent the concept of marriage
so whatever it says is irrelevant anyway
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:07, archived)
# It is rather strange
(I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:08, archived)
# To c&p something someone said on Facebook
which I thought sort of summed it up, I don't really think religion has much part in the whole thing: "the question comes down to whether you see marriage as a religious institution or a secular one. I don’t think, in reality, that we can say anymore that in this country it is a religious institution. The state recognises marriages made in many religious traditions and also marriages made without any religious tradition being involved. It is pretty clear that it is a secular institution. Therefore, the decision about what ‘marriage’ is shouldn’t be based on what anyone’s holy book says, but on what is best for people and for the state. Personally, I can’t see how you could argue that gay marriage is bad on either of those grounds, and it has clear benefits to the individuals who want to get married, so it should be allowed so long as no individuals or Churches who don't want to be involved aren't forced to be (which they aren't). There ought to be nothing more to the debate than that."
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:31, archived)
# Good point. I always thought marriage was religious.
But I suppose my mate and his wife got hitched in a non-god ceremony thing, so, yeah. Gays should be allowed to do that.

Just not religious marriage, or whatever (depending on whether or not that religion wants to marry gays, in which case I'd say it should be quite welcome to say either way).
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:36, archived)
# this person obviously does not understand Facebook
Facebook is not for intelligence, it is for POST THIS ON UR WAL IF UR AGENST GAYS AND RAPE IGNORE IF U WANT A VIRUS
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:39, archived)
# 99 PERSN'T OF PEOPLE WONT PASS THERE MATH'S TEST THIS YEAR
WILL U BE IN THE 2 PERSENT THAT DO???
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 12:54, archived)
# hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 13:06, archived)
# Marriage wasn't invented by Christianity, it pre dates it by thousands of years.
Also, in ancient Greece it wasn't uncommon to have same sex marriages.

But I have no idea why people want religions that frown on that sort of thing to marry them. Just invent your own version of that religion, that's what everyone has done historically because it's all made up bollocks anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 13:19, archived)
# ^Pretty much all this
also marriage is shit, give it up
/divorce blog
(I helped save b3ta! hekim 66 ɐʇƐ𐐒 ʞɔnℲ uooW, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 13:39, archived)