tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post4419871298379418056..comments2022-07-15T02:55:52.810-07:00Comments on Media Frenzy UK: The truth about the Coalition for MarriageStu2308http://www.blogger.com/profile/14697810037342886122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-29672408064360150992012-03-12T01:57:53.160-07:002012-03-12T01:57:53.160-07:00Surprise, surprise... not. Now both sides know eac...Surprise, surprise... not. Now both sides know each other's lobbying structure, and how does that help?<br /><br />The coalition which abolished slavery was religiously seeded, but there was nothing sinister about that. Everyone knows that the process led to positive reform and was energised by the broadest cross-section of society possible, after years of debate.<br /><br />Can we now start debating the question in terms? Can black be redefined as white by the passing of a law? What is the goal of the proposed legislation? What meaning attaches to the 'm'-word that is absent elsewhere? What penalties should attach to those who refuse to perform marriage for different groups?<br /><br />This seems to me a Lilliputian "big-endian / little-endian" fracas. I have yet to detect the substance, other than a wish to reclaim a word in the same way as "nigger" or "queer".<br /><br />All that will happen is that we will end up with a series of qualifiers: "gay marriage", "christian marriage", "common law marriage", "civic marriage" etc. So long as the civic rights are clear and fair, what else do we seek?IanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253355099725083006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-24444194198282584812012-03-06T05:24:35.727-08:002012-03-06T05:24:35.727-08:00Excellent bit of digging. My own spot checking led...Excellent bit of digging. My own spot checking led to me these thoughts:<br /><br />1. Have they imported whoesale from Scottish petitions? There are many Scottish clerics from what I can tell. Hardly adds to credibility of separate response to Sct vs Eng/Wales consultations.<br /><br />2. Have they imported wholesale name entries from separate euthansia petitions? There are a few matching entries.Paul McMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935930337910136624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-20698686243952692692012-03-02T06:21:54.444-08:002012-03-02T06:21:54.444-08:00This sort of article should be posted on Press for...This sort of article should be posted on Press forums, if not submitted directly to the national Press in some way...Free-thinking Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10660222947529788602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-20208709343698277002012-03-02T02:44:50.760-08:002012-03-02T02:44:50.760-08:00Nicely doneNicely donefaceInTheCrowd1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03191784300664562403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-46392820016019461042012-03-02T02:24:38.212-08:002012-03-02T02:24:38.212-08:00This is great work.This is great work.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014268453359393391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-1588839152515648512012-03-01T09:37:10.371-08:002012-03-01T09:37:10.371-08:00Excellent. We need to get this sort of stuff to ...Excellent. We need to get this sort of stuff to the major pro press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570145195855387943.post-16802527197818709052012-03-01T02:59:20.550-08:002012-03-01T02:59:20.550-08:00GREAT workGREAT workTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432954981722087013noreply@blogger.com