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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostAnother problem in the UK is that heterosexual couples even if they are non-religious have to say religious things in the marriage ceremony by law.
Vicars always look so much happier at weddings where the people are actually believers
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostAnother problem in the UK is that heterosexual couples even if they are non-religious have to say religious things in the marriage ceremony by law.
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Originally posted by k2p2 View PostSo why can't we call that civil partnership a marriage? I don't think the Christian Church has a monopoly on the concept.
Everything else was just shacking up together with varying degrees of legal protection when it went pear shaped .
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostCommon law marriages don't exist in England. It's a common myth that it exists which is why people get shafted if someone they have lived with for decades dies without making a will or they split up.
Oh and not all Christian denominations believe exactly the same thing. Some have more modern liberal views then others and have no problem with homosexuality.
Another problem in the UK is that heterosexual couples even if they are non-religious have to say religious things in the marriage ceremony by law.
Ideally civil partnerships should exist for all, and those who want a religious aspect can get married in the Church of the Christian denomination that accepts them.
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heterosexual couples even if they are non-religious have to say religious things in the marriage ceremony by law
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So why can't we call that civil partnership a marriage? I don't think the Christian Church has a monopoly on the concept.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWe still have common law marriages don't we, though how they work I can't be bothered to look up.
Oh and not all Christian denominations believe exactly the same thing. Some have more modern liberal views then others and have no problem with homosexuality.
Another problem in the UK is that heterosexual couples even if they are non-religious have to say religious things in the marriage ceremony by law.
Ideally civil partnerships should exist for all, and those who want a religious aspect can get married in the Church of the Christian denomination that accepts them.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWhy not leave gay marriage as a civil matter and religious marriages for those who comply with whatever rules the religion concerned lays down.
Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIdeas about marriage evolve with time. Under Roman law, a couple were married if they considered themselves to be married. There was also a strict form of marriage that did not permit divorce.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostMaybe my wife is more like a child than I realized. Despite her assertion that I am a child ("The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys").
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Ideas about marriage evolve with time. Under Roman law, a couple were married if they considered themselves to be married. There was also a strict form of marriage that did not permit divorce.
Maybe the answer is to ban marriage between straight couples for a year and allow it between gay couples and then see how that looks.
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Actually, it would make more rational sense to insist on marriage for heterosexual couples because they make up the overwhelming majority and (can't be arsed to look for the link) they are statistically more likely to raise well behaved kids.
Ah!
http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/5632
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Why not leave gay marriage as a civil matter and religious marriages for those who comply with whatever rules the religion concerned lays down. In fact there is a business opportunity to set up a "functional religion" whereby one can hire a church and have whatever ceremony one wants
Ah well, since when were the religious ever rational?
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