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Originally Posted by Russ D
Right, I'm back. I needed time away from the wind-up artist because I'm rattled enough tonight as it is.
I'm not saying gays should not be together. I'm not against gays having their own 'commitment ceremonies' or whatever they're called (pardon my ignorance on these matters, new names are seemingly brought out every day). What I object to is a marriage between 2 same-sex people in a church. Jesus rightly never said anything nasty about gays and to the best of my knowledge neither have I. It's just the way I see marriage, yeah, maybe there is a religious aspect to it. Don't tell me I need to keep religion out of it because that is my right to do so and as you all know, I have never told anyone they MUST believe or they MUST to things the Christian way. I have never preached on here, neither have I tried to convert anyone.
In my opinion marriage is something given to us from God. If you want to disbelieve or diagree with that then fine, that's your right, just don't say "you're wrong".
I'm not going to campaign the ensure marriage for gays is outlawed, I'm not that type. I'm just upholding my views. I feel more comfortable with the traditional family unit of a mother and a father.
PS Apologies if my attitude earlier offended anyone.
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Well the site was grinding along - you didn't miss much. You sounded like you needed to clear your head.
This is interesting and something we picked up earlier. I agree a homosexual marriage is not something that a christian church should market (if thats the word), our resident BB does too.
Now we agree on the civil ceremony too, whatever you want to call it. Jerrik doesn't.
What is next then is for the civil ceremony to have the same result in law as the civil marriage. The affect it has on property ownership, inheretance, DNRs, divorce, etc.
A family unit as mother father and child, optimal yes, but these days it is often father or mother and child, I would also add that grandparents and extended family are a critical part. As a couple with limited parental support child rearing is hard, I cannot imagine how single parents manage. Anyway to get to the point of this sentance, a loving couple bringing up a child is probably better than a single parent regardless of sex (though will need some explaining, the Times article had a 6 year old who understood the situation and her biological father and her lesbian mum were both an integral part of her life.).