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[elisi]

Yay! MPs have approved legislation for same-sex marriage in England and Wales, despite the opposition of dozens of Conservative MPs.

Comments

[diebirchen.livejournal.com]

It's a simple matter of equal rights and protection under the law. That people can feel that's wrong is hard to understand.

[elisi]

It's funny, because as a Catholic I actually understand what 'the other side' are on about (well, the church's side, dunno about those that are just 'traditionalists'). But there is already a wide, wide gulf between Christian marriage and secular marriage, so I can't see why they're having such a fit concerning expanding the latter. It's... oooh it's like a Venn diagram, with the term 'marriage' in the middle, shared, and Christian marriage in one circle and secular marriage in the other.

(I have no idea if this will make sense to anyone except me. *g*)

[diebirchen.livejournal.com]

Makes sense to me. I'm a devout and church-going Lutheran. What I believe religiously is one thing. What I believe is right and fair to people of different beliefs in the secular world is another. Churches can decide the matter for themselves within their own church bodies, but the state is wrong to muddy the two. I lived in Britain for a year, in Austria for 6 months, and in Germany for 4 years. All have state supported religions. Thank God we don't here. It's bad enough as it is from the religious right, and I'm a religious person.

[elisi]

I'm a devout and church-going Lutheran. What I believe religiously is one thing. What I believe is right and fair to people of different beliefs in the secular world is another.
Exactly. And you can't impose one onto the other.

[diebirchen.livejournal.com]

Now if only everyone could see that.

[elisi]

Sadly, some people believe that their purpose is to impose... So trying to tell them otherwise does not compute.

[diebirchen.livejournal.com]

Not going to change. Sigh!

[elisi]

Alas...