Posted on 08/10/2015 6:04:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
A historic moment in the movement to have same-sex marriages recognised in church took place in St Paul’s Cathedral in Dundee.
Paul Hastie and Steven Gray were married in Dundee’s registry office, before the first ever service of blessing was held in the cathedral on Saturday.
The day was an important one for the Scottish Episcopal Church, which has not yet agreed to solemnise same-sex marriages but is considering changing its rule stating a marriage has to be between “one man and one woman”.
Conducting the service, the Very Rev Jeremy Auld said: “Sadly at this point in the law we cannot yet marry them here but we can give them the Church’s blessing on their marriage and I’m really pleased to do this.
“This is a pretty historic moment in this church and this cathedral, as it is the very first in Dundee and most of Scotland. Finally we in the Church can celebrate human love as a gift from God irrespective of gender.”
More than 100 people turned out for the religious service and gave support.
Afterwards Paul and Steven said they were delighted to be able to have the religious ceremony in the cathedral and to be playing a part in history.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecourier.co.uk ...
Ignominious would be a better adjective than historic for this event.
the “couple” were “delighted” ...to be “playing a part....in History”
Im certain that theyre rather in the habit of playing -the -part....
how sad
An old Scottish limerick for you:
There once was a man from Dundee
Who buggered an ape in a tree
The results were quite horrid
All ass and no forehead
Blue balls and a purple goatee
Hey, don’t blame me, I didn’t write it.
Okay, now did you hear the one about the man from Nantucket?
That was a very fine verse; sing us another one, just like the other one...
A veritable black mass. Perverting the role away from the God made way.
The place is now unholy.
“... celebrate human love as a gift from God irrespective of gender”
This heretic “reverend” equates the physical act of sodomy with love. May him and his “church” burn in hell forever.
Blasphemous.
I’d like to but the only two other limericks I know cannot be repeated here, i.e. the man from Natucket and “There once was a man named McNair”.
Learned them about 60 years ago and somehow they stuck with me. At one time I used to be able to recite en toto ‘Abu Bakr may his tribe increase...” but that’s about all I can remember of that old poem.
Do know my high school’s unofficial cheer against our rivals Poly.
City’s got the spirit,
City’s got the guts,
City’s got Poly by the nuts,
Pull, team, pull”
One of the oldest high school football rivalries in America.
Baltimore City College High School versus Baltimore Polytechnic Institute/High School.
Musta misread that part in Galatians 3:28.
Jesus, have mercy on these people. May this suffering that we are putting upon ourselves in so offending you, purify us that You will give us another chance some day to properly honor You.
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