Muslims stirring it

[shaunbhoy]

I liked the last fella, this one, not so much. The Pope to me is more of an office than a person, but perhaps my view is odd.

I agree with you CM. It is a bit like a rock group......you don't have to like all their songs, but you can't help tapping your feet and singing along to the ones that you like. And I am sure he is better live than he is on DVD.

[cailin maith]

Will you stand for pope next time. I will vote for you! Best of all, being Catholic, drinking is virtually compulsory. I often feel like an outsider at church being teetotal.

I'm far too busy to be Pope

You should do it, afterall, you are the card carrying one among us.

None so pure & all that

[TheFaQQer]

It must be a big hat

Sometimes, it's hard to remove the hat afterwards

[Hawk]

I found it weird CofE wanted to be exempt from having to make the choice, since the new laws explicitly state no church can be pressured into doing gay marriage or sued for refusing to do it.

BUT if CofE can have an exemption, why not other groups. Seems a bit of a pickle to me, whichever side of the fence you're on.

One rule for the Church, who have been enjoying a certain notoriety of late, but another rule for business....

Seems very odd

[d000hg]

What a great respresetative for the catholic church, a bimbling old man barely holding it together.

It's really our culture which doesn't respect the elderly, unlike many cultures.

I liked the last fella, this one, not so much. The Pope to me is more of an office than a person, but perhaps my view is odd.

It doesn't seem odd to me, but I'm not a Catholic - I thought viewing him as the infallible representative of God was a fairly important part of being a Catholic, that's all.

One rule for the Church, who have been enjoying a certain notoriety of late, but another rule for business....

Seems very odd

No it's the same rule for both the church of England and businesses; neither can conduct gay marriages.

[BrilloPad]

I'm far too busy to be Pope

You should do it, afterall, you are the card carrying one among us.

None so pure & all that

I don't drink enough.

Anyway - you cannot be pope. My card says "do not call the pope a buttmunch".

[Hawk]

No it's the same rule for both the church of England and businesses; neither can conduct gay marriages.

I believe the Church of England could, but want to be able to opt out. So, discrimination is ok if its the church, just not a business.

[shaunbhoy]

So, discrimination is ok if its the church, just not a business.

Is there much of a business case for conducting Gay Marriages then?
I'd have thought the bottom was falling out of that market?

[BrilloPad]

BUT if CofE can have an exemption, why not other groups.

Because CoE is the official religion of the UK.

HTH

[d000hg]

I believe the Church of England could, but want to be able to opt out. So, discrimination is ok if its the church, just not a business.

No, businesses aren't allowed to marry anyone.