Swivel-eyed loon speaks on gay marriage

[Old Greg]

Shouldn't they get a refund?

Partial refund. But if they've been using income splitting, they have to pay full whack retrospectively.

[original PM]

Is marriage for people who have previously been married?

why repeat the mistake!

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Is marriage for people who have previously been married?

Did you not read what I said? the basic principle is that it is between a man and a woman - this is agreed upon by all religions/faiths.

[Old Greg]

I think that is the crux of the anti gay marriage argument yes!

Which bit?

[VectraMan]

When somebody comes along and says hey marriage is for everybody, then it is ridiculing the very idea and ideal of marriage.

So who is marriage for? You say it's a holy institution, which suggests you think it's only for people that practice a religion. Yet marriages have been being performed in registry offices for a long long time and for people with no religious convictions whatsoever, not to mention whilst sky diving naked (I saw it on telly so it must be true).

[Mich the Tester]

- those who believe marriage to be a holy institution which should produce healthy families (if the person adopts the right attitude and ethics into their life).

Difficult for me to believe anything is a 'holy institution' if I don't believe in a god. I'd say it's a human construct that has been changing through the centuries and will continue to do so. Without a god telling us what to do, we have to muddle along.

[Old Greg]

Did you not read what I said? the basic principle is that it is between a man and a woman - this is agreed upon by all religions/faiths.

Roman Catholics don't believe marriage is for people who have previously been married.

You object to the idea that marriage is for everybody, so is marriage for people who have previously been married?

[TheFaQQer]

Did you not read what I said? the basic principle is that it is between a man and a woman - this is agreed upon by all religions/faiths.

No it isn't.

[Old Greg]

Difficult for me to believe anything is a 'holy institution' if I don't believe in a god. I'd say it's a human construct that has been changing through the centuries and will continue to do so. Without a god telling us what to do, we have to muddle along.

Marriage certainly predates Judaeo-Christianity.

[Old Greg]

No it isn't.

Stop wheeling out your 'facts'.