Gay marriage

[Mich the Tester]

I wish it were so, the Queen is head of State and Head of the Church of England, the two are entwined hence the explicit exclusion of the C of E in the bill. The C of E has a mandate that it must marry people if lawful whether they believe or not. This is not the case with other faith groups.

So you're saying that the C of E will be obliged to marry people when that goes against their religious beliefs?

If that's the case I'd argue that gay marriage should be legalised, but not until the obligation has been removed from a church to carry out that marriage. Registry offices are a different matter IMO.

[proggy]

Isn't that your match.com profile?

No actually is was how your wife described you, btw tell her im good for next Monday!

[SimonMac]

No actually is was how your wife described you, btw tell her im good for next Monday!

See now make up your mind, first you accuse me of being gay and now you are saying I have a wife, please keep your insults relevant and coherent.

HTH

[vetran]

Marriage was used for registry office weddings, its no longer religious.

C of E explicitly excluded in legislation.

[vetran]

See now make up your mind, first you accuse me of being gay and now you are saying I have a wife, please keep your insults relevant and coherent.

HTH

That's a Kylie..

[Gibbon]

So you're saying that the C of E will be obliged to marry people when that goes against their religious beliefs?

If that's the case I'd argue that gay marriage should be legalised, but not until the obligation has been removed from a church to carry out that marriage. Registry offices are a different matter IMO.

No, as I said there was an explicit mention that the C of E will not be forced. The danger is that will be challenged once the bill is approved.

[Mich the Tester]

No, as I said there was an explicit mention that the C of E will not be forced. The danger is that will be challenged once the bill is approved.

So perhaps it isn't yet time to legalise gay marriage, until the issues around forcing a religion to service it are sorted out?

[Gibbon]

So perhaps it isn't yet time to legalise gay marriage, until the issues around forcing a religion to service it are sorted out?

As alluded to earlier, the answer should be to separate state and church but the C of E wouldn't want that as it would lose political power and other favours.

[TheFaQQer]

Depends on the religion, anyone who follows Christianity for example sees homosexuality as a sin. Unless they pick and choose what parts of the bible they believe, in which case they can't really call themselves Christians.

The Bible prohibits shaving and cutting your hair as well, so does that mean that you aren't a Christian if you do either of those things?

[darmstadt]

The Bible prohibits shaving and cutting your hair as well, so does that mean that you aren't a Christian if you do either of those things?

Nah, thats bollocks: