Any mad, swivel-eyed loons on here?

[d000hg]

The bible describes divorce not really as wrong per se, but rather that marriage causes a permanent and irrevocable effect. In much the same way as if you have an abusive father, you can't change the fact they are your parent, if you hate your spouse they are still married to you. In both cases, you can leave them behind.

If you don't believe in the supernatural then a "marriage bond" like this has no meaning of course, but hopefully that explains the reasoning behind it - not that divorce is evil but that it isn't possible so to speak.

[d000hg]

I've never really got religious values.
gay marriage is a sin, but buggering young boys is acceptable

No it isn't you silly troll.

He actually wrote that, I'm well impressed. How do gay animals, i.e. Pigeons, ducks and penguins stand in God's eyes?

Animals murder each other and have multiple partners too, they're clearly very very naughty. What kind of argument is that for humans to have gay marriage when animals don't get married in the first place? The whole point is we're not penguins.

[proggy]

Religions are a joke, they keep abandoning (albeit slower than society) their values when they are shown up to be racists/homophobic/misogynistic etc.. what is left? Hopefully in 50 years they will die out altogether (western ones anyway), looking at the declining number attending church when this lot of OAPs all die out the churches will all become pubs/flats.

[Old Greg]

The bible describes divorce not really as wrong per se, but rather that marriage causes a permanent and irrevocable effect. In much the same way as if you have an abusive father, you can't change the fact they are your parent, if you hate your spouse they are still married to you. In both cases, you can leave them behind.

If you don't believe in the supernatural then a "marriage bond" like this has no meaning of course, but hopefully that explains the reasoning behind it - not that divorce is evil but that it isn't possible so to speak.

So how does adoption work in the eyes of God? Is it in much the same way sin, as remarriage after divorce?

[proggy]

So how does adoption work in the eyes of God? Is it in much the same way sin, as remarriage after divorce?

Why take your values from a 2000 year old document that was written be people who didn't know the earth was round? Insanity.

[Old Greg]

Why take your values from a 2000 year old document that was written be people who didn't know the earth was round? Insanity.

I agree, but it appears that such people not only exist, but believe that their freedoms are infringed if other people are granted the liberty to marry the person they love.

[proggy]

I agree, but it appears that such people not only exist, but believe that their freedoms are infringed if other people are granted the liberty to marry the person they love.

Can't we just kill all religious (except maybe buddihsts and Hindus) people and start again. :nazi:

[Old Greg]

Can't we just kill all religious (except maybe buddihsts and Hindus) people and start again. :nazi:

Don't forget the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujerat and the current anti-Muslim pogrom in Burma.

[vetran]

Gay marriage? We'll put a stop to that 'human BUG', says Nintendo ? The Register

A bug that permitted same-sex marriage in a Nintendo game was a mistake by the developer rather than a victory for equality, we're told.

Gamers playing Tomodachi Collection: New Life - the latest version of The Sims-like role-playing game for the 3DS handheld - noticed they had the option of allowing male characters to marry and raise children together. Oddly, though, female avatars (Miis) were not allowed to wed other female avatars.

Previous editions of Tomodachi Collection did not permit any same-sex marriages, geek culture blog Kotaku noted.

The gay wedding "feature" introduced in New Life generated a bit of local buzz: "In Japan, some Tomodachi Collection: New Life owners seem thrilled by the bug, posting photos of their gay couples online," Kotaku reported. "In the images, male Mii characters ask each other to go steady, propose marriage, go on honeymoons, bathe together, and raise children."

[d000hg]

So how does adoption work in the eyes of God? Is it in much the same way sin, as remarriage after divorce?

I don't see why it would be. Nothing you can do can change the fact of who their biological parents are, the bible describes marriage as the same type of indelible, unalterable truth.