tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post2745549718785119580..comments2023-11-28T15:27:03.257+00:00Comments on TM's Blog: EqualityTattooed Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756762569823259874noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-8878835064387341032013-02-16T13:30:38.305+00:002013-02-16T13:30:38.305+00:00I'm still trying to figure out the issue.
Gay ...I'm still trying to figure out the issue.<br />Gay people CAN (legally) be married - just not in church.<br />The whole Christian church and gay marriage thing doesn't make sense to me - it's a bit like wanting to join the chess club to play bridge...<br />I'm pretty sure that gay marriage isn't done in many other religions and I don't think petitioning mosques/synagogues/other places of religious worship to allow gay couples to marry in them is happening so why the targetting of the Christian church to insist that they allow gay marriage?<br />Many straight couples marry outside of the church (but still legal marriage) so I'm failing to see why gay couples are having issues about being able to marry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931358582410160825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-66712256137121807592013-02-07T17:34:14.159+00:002013-02-07T17:34:14.159+00:00Even though your Dad is a Reverend, he is very pro...Even though your Dad is a Reverend, he is very pro "gay marriage" and would have conducted one if he had been asked to and it had been legal before he retired.Angelus-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790001833348977609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-42281097771741133832013-02-06T14:06:35.847+00:002013-02-06T14:06:35.847+00:00I wrote this morning about why the vote for was su...I wrote this morning about why the vote for was such a good thing. You seem to have smashed the arguments of the 'against' lobby rather well here. Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-48110167257114348952013-02-05T19:43:21.918+00:002013-02-05T19:43:21.918+00:00Thank you for being a sane individual! I don't...Thank you for being a sane individual! I don't understand why it's not a thing already either. Why are we even having this debate???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078202146118940939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-59194592751614652932013-02-05T17:43:31.175+00:002013-02-05T17:43:31.175+00:00I blogged about this too http://mymillsbaby.co.uk/...I blogged about this too http://mymillsbaby.co.uk/2013/02/gay-marriage-why-im-in-favour/ - the whole marriage being the 'gold standard' from which to raise children irks me. My son was born to two loving parents and we're not married. <br /><br />And what about those that have to undergo heartbreaking IVF because they can't have children. Does that make their marriage incomplete? No. Most definitely not. So if they can resort to adopting or using a donor, why can't same-sex couples?<br /><br />Gemma Mills (mymillsbaby)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02464873644473803073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-76866461238446865832013-02-05T17:35:42.322+00:002013-02-05T17:35:42.322+00:00Yes.
That is all.Yes.<br />That is all.Sardinetinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100828647660659428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-22803549173812863182013-02-05T17:09:39.221+00:002013-02-05T17:09:39.221+00:00I'm not quite sure I'd wish marriage on an...I'm not quite sure I'd wish marriage on anyone else right now! ;-)<br /><br />On a serious note, I agree with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-43596237576915387072013-02-05T15:16:06.002+00:002013-02-05T15:16:06.002+00:00Everyone deserves the right to bicker over napkin ...Everyone deserves the right to bicker over napkin colours with their future mum-in-law! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580191273349590067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-66846732940112836112013-02-05T13:49:47.436+00:002013-02-05T13:49:47.436+00:00Well said.Well said.Alicia Foodycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931796992646884249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-74079195357796248902013-02-05T13:44:56.394+00:002013-02-05T13:44:56.394+00:00Not a big fan of marriage, speaking as a bitter di...Not a big fan of marriage, speaking as a bitter divorcee. ;) But EVERYONE should have the right to get engaged as a result of a very strong ecstasy tablet to someone utterly unsuitable and then have them persuade you into marrying them given you did get engaged that one time and you're living together, regardless of their sexuality. <br /><br />And thanks for putting "gay marriage" in quotation marks. Because bisexual people entering into same sex relationships may want to marry, but it doesn't suddenly make us gay ;) xT!tu$ Al0n3https://www.blogger.com/profile/04145420483968707240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-89437791096115545232013-02-05T13:29:54.407+00:002013-02-05T13:29:54.407+00:00haha thankshaha thanksTattooed Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756762569823259874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-26995111999799512852013-02-05T13:29:35.014+00:002013-02-05T13:29:35.014+00:00They can currently have a 'civil partnership&#...They can currently have a 'civil partnership' which is slightly different to a marriage and carries different legal standing, it also specifically excludes any religious element. See more at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/17/gay-marriage-civil-partnerships<br /><br />Thanks for the rant :-)Tattooed Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756762569823259874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-37897635073260809552013-02-05T13:27:14.831+00:002013-02-05T13:27:14.831+00:00I think all the necessary ranting has already been...I think all the necessary ranting has already been done here. Very good. Carry on.Zoƫ Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14181158.post-87078485348737542812013-02-05T13:23:32.228+00:002013-02-05T13:23:32.228+00:00Hear hear to everything you say. Here are my thoug...Hear hear to everything you say. Here are my thoughts on the matter. I think we have the right to disagree with something. If the thought of gay people getting married upsets you, well, that's up to you. We can't control people's feelings or opinions. However. As a Christian, and a human being, I cannot see how ethically we have the right to tell ANYONE that they are forbidden to do something that the rest of the population is allowed to do, simply because of who they are. Weren't we doing that 50 years ago to black people? You cannot come on this bus because you are black. You cannot get married because you are gay. Same message. And that is what I struggle with. I honestly don't know where I stand theologically on the whole issue but I do know one thing - I want to love people as Jesus loved them. And excluding them from our church because of a "sin" doesn't seem Christlike to me..... and to be honest would mean than neither I nor any other member of my church could set foot in the place again.<br /><br />The gay parents thing. WHY ON EARTH does being gay make someone a bad parent? If a child needs "a mother and a father" where does that put single parents? If marriage is meant for the procreation of children, where does that leave the infertile?????<br /><br />Grrrr.<br /><br />I do have one flip side argument.... well not an argument actually, a genuine question. Forgive my ignorance but I thought gay people *could* get married. Is this just about being married in a church? Or is it just to be able to have the title of "married"? If being married is just about a title or bit of paper, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of marriage? And if civil ceremonies in registry offices don't count as marriage... where does that leave all those couples who chose not get married in a church? Genuine question.<br /><br />Apologies for the essay. But thank you for the post xxxxLauren - Big Eejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394543923687814421noreply@blogger.com