Gay Marriage Bill passed by UK Parliament
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melodysparksYou know, I do not like when people say they are not prejudiced but then in the next breath make a comment to contradict their original statement.
Someone I work with says she doesn’t have a problem with anyone being gay, that she has gay friends, but the next words out of her mouth is that they should not be allowed to marry as it is wrong. Civil ceremony is ok, but not marriage.
I say what a load of poppycock.
Regardless of the fact that I argued that the word marriage and its current definition came from medieval times and the Franks the word was created by the church about the institution of marriage rather than the fact that the union of two spouses that had taken place for thousands of years prior to the Franks and their medieval church invention of the word.
Technically, every ceremony of marriage in the UK is a civil ceremony as the registrar has to be present unless you marry in church then according to the "definition" it is a marriage. Tell that to all those couples married like myself in a registry office.
What does it matter if two people who love each other want to officially stand up and declare their love and tie them-selves up in officiality whether they are gay or heterosexual. It is still a “marriage” no matter what you call it. But out of courtesy it should still be referred to as marriage.
Changing the definition and minds of those less open minded sticklers should not in this day and age be so hard, unfortunately language and peoples attitude takes time to change. In 30 years people will be wondering what the whole fuss would be about and marriage between homosexual couples will be a frequent occurrence.
Well done Parliament for passing the Gay Marriage Bill although it should never have had to go this far in the first place just to change the "definition" of the official union of two people of the same gender in love
Someone I work with says she doesn’t have a problem with anyone being gay, that she has gay friends, but the next words out of her mouth is that they should not be allowed to marry as it is wrong. Civil ceremony is ok, but not marriage.
I say what a load of poppycock.
Regardless of the fact that I argued that the word marriage and its current definition came from medieval times and the Franks the word was created by the church about the institution of marriage rather than the fact that the union of two spouses that had taken place for thousands of years prior to the Franks and their medieval church invention of the word.
Technically, every ceremony of marriage in the UK is a civil ceremony as the registrar has to be present unless you marry in church then according to the "definition" it is a marriage. Tell that to all those couples married like myself in a registry office.
What does it matter if two people who love each other want to officially stand up and declare their love and tie them-selves up in officiality whether they are gay or heterosexual. It is still a “marriage” no matter what you call it. But out of courtesy it should still be referred to as marriage.
Changing the definition and minds of those less open minded sticklers should not in this day and age be so hard, unfortunately language and peoples attitude takes time to change. In 30 years people will be wondering what the whole fuss would be about and marriage between homosexual couples will be a frequent occurrence.
Well done Parliament for passing the Gay Marriage Bill although it should never have had to go this far in the first place just to change the "definition" of the official union of two people of the same gender in love
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Date: 2013-02-06 12:07 pm (UTC):-)
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Date: 2013-02-07 04:29 pm (UTC)So right you are! And way to go Parliament! ^_^