Britain's PM faces gay marriage revolt as plots swirl

[Cybermat47]

I see marriage as a union between two people who love each other, not a man and a woman.

[HundertzehnGustav]

marriage for hetero only here.

marriage,
from my POV is a religious thing.
and IMO religion stinks and is creepy.
maybe IMO marriage stinks and is creepy too.
dunno yet, have not tried, and most likely never will.

officially living together,
for reasons that have nothing to do with religion (PACS) but only to represent an union of homosexuals, is okay with me.
They share a bed, a house, a shower, give them similar tax cuts etc than normal [and i stand by that word] people get when living together and forming a Household.



where i see trouble up ahead is adopting and somehow having children...
There the poo hits the fan... "i got two daddies and my biological mother"
i do not see that end well for the Kids. Not at all.

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

marriage for hetero only here.

marriage,
from my POV is a religious thing.

Why?

[HundertzehnGustav]

do not really know, not in a sense where i can put my Finger on a paragraph or an article.

i guess marriage was done by the church, at the church back in the old times, and not at the town hall / mairie / rathaus.
Therefor Marriage, even though today done in both variants; the official ceremoniy and the optional religious ceremony if desired has, to my mind, its roots in religion.

Gustav, you have it backwards.
If you trawl back to the last major gay marriage topic Haplo kindly produced a link which unfortunately for him destroyed that line of arguement
The early church in rome started getting in on the marriage business which was a civil/governmental matter.
At the end of the day marriage is what it always has been, simply a business contract.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

At the end of the day marriage is what it always has been, simply a business contract.

In some respects.

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Gustav, you have it backwards.
If you trawl back to the last major gay marriage topic Haplo kindly produced a link which unfortunately for him destroyed that line of arguement
The early church in rome started getting in on the marriage business which was a civil/governmental matter.
At the end of the day marriage is what it always has been, simply a business contract.

That is what a history book says.
I still associate marriage with church and religion though...
cannot help that feeling.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

That is what a history book says.
I still associate marriage with church and religion though...
cannot help that feeling.

I got married at a golf club...and I don't even play golf!

[kranz]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I see marriage as a union between two people who love each other, not a man and a woman.

Why do you restrict marriage to a union between people?
I love my cat. Every morning he comes to me and rubs at my legs. When I show him my fist, he hits it with his head. He allows being scratched on his belly.
According to cat experts it is a symbol of devotion and affection.
Why can't I marry my cat then?

Dear mods: please pay more attention to posts such as the one by user: Cybermat47 because they have deeply hurt my feelings.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by kranz

Why do you restrict marriage to a union between people?
I love my cat. Every morning he comes to me and rubs at my legs. When I show him my fist, he hits it with his head. He allows being scratched on his belly.
According to cat experts it is a symbol of devotion and affection.
Why can't I marry my cat then?

In the event that you are actually being serious here - because your cat cannot legally consent to take part in such a union, in the same way that a child or a lump of coal or a blow-up doll cannot legally consent to it. Another adult human, regardless of sex, can.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

In the event that you are actually being serious here . . .

I don't think he is, and I'm hoping not, but a good response - I would've just shouted names!

[HundertzehnGustav]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

In the event that you are actually being serious here - because your cat cannot legally consent to take part in such a union, in the same way that a child or a lump of coal or a blow-up doll cannot legally consent to it. Another adult human, regardless of sex, can.

But many other adults should not have the right to consent for lack of intelligence

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by kranz

Dear mods: please pay more attention to posts such as the one by user: Cybermat47 because they have deeply hurt my feelings.

Moderators can not moderate feelings. Hurt or otherwise. Sorry.

[kranz]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

In the event that you are actually being serious here

i've been serious 1189 times so far.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

because your cat cannot legally consent to take part in such a union,

a bad law needs to be banned. period. and one more period. period.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

a child

listen lady, i'm not a child molester (yet)

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

or a lump of coal

my father works in a coal mine. so what?

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

or a blow-up doll

you've been spying on me, haven't you?

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

sex

i bet you are a fine woman but sorry - it's too early for me.

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I don't think he is

very bad trolling.
0/10

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Moderators can not

OALD's impotence meaning 1 or 2?

[Oberon]

Cupcakes.


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