We are all equall - ish!

[Troll]

I'm fairly ambiguous myself but I do like to try and stick to the principle that laws should not be full of exemptions,

We abandoned absolutes a long time ago in this country

[wendigo100]

I'm fairly ambiguous myself but I do like to try and stick to the principle that laws should not be full of exemptions, and certainly not on belief based grounds as that is the thin end of a potentially worrying wedge that can legitimise all sorts of unpleasant attitudes.

But aren't you removing choice? Suppose you feel strongly - nothing to do with religion - that a child should not be placed with a homosexual couple?

[Churchill]

But aren't you removing choice? Suppose you feel strongly - nothing to do with religion - that a child should not be placed with a homosexual couple?

And who are you?

What have your feelings got to do with it?

[shaunbhoy]

Some interesting points here, fellas (SB's excluded) and certainly some food for thought.

Well go and swallow some of this "food" and stop trying to run that pocket-intellect of yours on an empty stomach!

[wendigo100]

And who are you?

What have your feelings got to do with it?

Ah, so are you advocating that we tell people how to think? What opinions to have?

[Churchill]

Ah, so are you advocating that we tell people how to think? What opinions to have?

Not at all, just the opposite if you read between the lines.

[Lucifer Box]

Ah, so are you advocating that we tell people how to think? What opinions to have?

No, you can have whatever opinion you like, but we don't have laws tailored to individuals' opinions.

[Lucifer Box]

Well go and swallow some of this "food" and stop trying to run that pocket-intellect of yours on an empty stomach!

You make me larf, SB, so that makes you a top geezer in my book.

[shaunbhoy]

You make me larf, SB, so that makes you a top geezer in my book.

And what's more, I can also start an argument in an empty house!

[Lucifer Box]

And what's more, I can also start an argument in an empty house!

I bet you rarely win it though.