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Tory MP Calls for Churches to be Banned From Holding Marriages if They Refuse Gay Couples [UK]
Pink News ^ | 9/2/11 | Jessica Geen

Posted on 09/06/2011 6:43:10 AM PDT by marshmallow

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To: marshmallow
They can "plan to move forward legislation to allow gay marriage in religious institutions" as much as they like. They cannot force a church to marry two people if they don't feel it is appropriate.

Personally if my Baptist Church agreed to "marry" two men, or indeed two women, I would walk out.

21 posted on 09/06/2011 7:36:22 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Caulkhead

oh, I’m not tarring all of Blighty. I lived close to Seven Dials for some time and well, it is a nice place to live — great part places near Churchill Square! But this tory mp is nutz!


22 posted on 09/06/2011 7:39:01 AM PDT by Cronos (www.forfiter.com)
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To: Vanders9
They cannot force a church to marry two people if they don't feel it is appropriate.

Churches unite people in HOLY matrimony. Homosexuality isn't HOLY. It's an abomination. It goes against the God of nature and natures God.
It's impossible to unite homosexuals in HOLY matrimony. All they can get is a sheet of paper.

23 posted on 09/06/2011 7:43:01 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: concerned about politics

The Muslims will take care of the homosexuals. Whatever happened to tolerance? Remember the call to be tolerant of alternative lifestyles?


24 posted on 09/06/2011 7:43:21 AM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: concerned about politics
Good point. Please don't judge us because of Oboma. It was just a fluke.

Millions of idiots voted for that fluke.

25 posted on 09/06/2011 7:46:37 AM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: marshmallow

Remember when Britain was Great?


26 posted on 09/06/2011 7:46:55 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: cherry

No - our head of state is also head of the church.


27 posted on 09/06/2011 7:47:31 AM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: BykrBayb; Salvavida

My word, an American Freeper advocating absolutist monarchy!


28 posted on 09/06/2011 7:50:19 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: marshmallow

This is exactly what we will have here if all the lilly-livertarians get their wish of “civil unions” for all.


29 posted on 09/06/2011 8:00:30 AM PDT by fwdude ("When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...")
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To: Sans-Culotte
If you think that a little thing like "separation of church and state" (or indeed any constitutional absolute) is going to stop the gay lobby, I would suggest you need to reappraise the enemy. Oh, they'll use that as a stick to beat us with, limit our freedom, cirumvent our influence, but if it gets in their way they'll easily and conveniently forget about it.

In other words American, don't think that's going to save you. The constitution is not much use without the political and moral will to uphold it.

30 posted on 09/06/2011 8:01:34 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: cherry
On the contrary, Britain is one of the few countries in the Western world that still has a State religion.

It shouldn't have. But it does.

31 posted on 09/06/2011 8:04:02 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: concerned about politics

That is indeed my current understanding.


32 posted on 09/06/2011 8:05:30 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: Travis McGee
It still is. "Great" is short for "Greater", as in "Big".

In other words, it's a geographical term, not a political assertion.

33 posted on 09/06/2011 8:07:56 AM PDT by Vanders9
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To: indylindy
This is your answer. Destroying religion has always been top priority.

Exactly. And some of the densest still can't seem to get it.

The pink mafia really doesn't care if destruction comes in the form of direct legal confrontation at the behest of their fascist puppets and lap dogs in the government or by emptying your pews as they've successfully done with the ELCA and other denomination who've taken their bait.

34 posted on 09/06/2011 8:11:01 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Some of those dense folks are on our side of the aisle.

They got their way in setting up the destruction of our military, it is becoming less and less moral with the repeal of DADT.

Now it is the churches. Best way to clear the pews on Sunday is force the gay agenda from the pulpit.


35 posted on 09/06/2011 8:23:46 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Vanders9

Oh, brother.


36 posted on 09/06/2011 8:25:13 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: marshmallow

I did not know this “conservative” was the archbishop... I mean, it’s not like he is being an Imam, commenting mosques, but instead dignifying them above their reputation for untold homosexuality


37 posted on 09/06/2011 8:25:22 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: marshmallow

Well, this is the end result of gubberment defining marriage. People have been conditioned to think a piece of paper from the state determines if one is married or not, to the joy of the statists and homosexualists. So a marriage becomes just a lousy state contract that can be broken and resumed as long as the state says its OK. And many accept any impossibility as marriage as long as the state says it is marriage.

Live by the sword, die by the sword. The more people rely on their faith to define and protect marriage, the better of the institution will be, just like edjumcations and charity. Its just a shame the state has the power to punish when folks reject the homosexualist and statist take on marriage. Pope Leo XIII saw this coming 130 years ago.

Freegards


38 posted on 09/06/2011 8:25:45 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: marshmallow

So this “Tory” is against freedom of religion. Got it.


39 posted on 09/06/2011 8:27:15 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Great Britain is the name of the island, on which most of the United Kingdom subsists.


40 posted on 09/06/2011 8:40:02 AM PDT by dangus
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