Posted on 07/06/2010 12:47:10 PM PDT by TaraP
Homosexual "weddings" should be celebrated in churches, a Government minister has said in defiance of religious teaching.
Chris Bryant, who once posed in his underpants on a gay dating website, said he wanted clergy to be "much more open" to the idea of treating civil partnership ceremonies like traditional marriages.
However, his suggestion goes directly against the rules of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church, which state that only the union of a man and a woman can be celebrated by a priest in church
It comes as the Government is pushing through an Equality Bill that religious groups fear will force them to give jobs to homosexual youth workers or secretaries, even if their faith maintains that same-sex relationships are sinful.
The minister replied: "All my friends who have entered into a civil partnership refer to it as their 'marriage' or their 'wedding' so the most important issue is that nobody should be discriminated against because of their sexuality.
"I would like to see churches be much more open to the idea of gay relationships or partnerships being celebrated in church."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
and funded by tax dollars of course
I am sure these are “oopen marriages” too
“This is exactly why some religions are against gay marriage. They knew it wouldn’t be long before they were forced to sanctify them.”
You’re right on the money there. My husband was having an argument about gay marriage with a friend of his who was gay and the minute he brought up the issue of “what if certain churches won’t marry a gay couple” his friend shut right up—it was apparent he knew this would be the next step after gay marriage was made legal.
I had my own experience with this last year. I perform wedding ceremonies for relatives and friends, and last year did a wedding for a co-worker’s son.
After the wedding, a bunch of the groom’s family members came up to tell me how much they liked the ceremony I’d written and delivered, and the groom’s step-brother, who is gay and in a long-term relationship, asked me how often I do weddings.
I couldn’t help but feel like he was wondering if I would officiate at a ceremony for him. It’s something I would adamantly refuse to do, and it caused me quite a bit of worry (both on the legal front—I don’t think he’d sue me for refusing, although that’s always a concern—and from a “you’re such a bad person; you must be a homophobe” angle).
It’s coming, so get ready.
“The church should not be mandated on what ceremonies they can or cannot perform for whatever reason.
Stay in the United States and thank God for the establishment clause. “
Most libtards think the Primary purpose of the Establishment clause was to protect the Government from a state church, but it was also to protect the Churches from the Government and Government meddling.
Vickie Gene Robinson has said exactly this here in the U.S. We are just a few years behind Great Britain in perversion.
That's because many of the Libertarian mindset despise religion and those who embrace it. They don't care if Christians are oppressed and churches overrun.
Selective "liberty?"
What makes you think a measly constitutional “establishment clause” will stand in the way of this Abominstration?
The 1st way they will punish churches for refusing to marry gays will be to remove their tax exempt status.
I doubt the same will happen to mosques.
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