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Swedish PM to Force Priests to Conduct Gay Marriages, Compares them With Abortions
Breitbart ^ | JUne 24, 2017 | Chris Tomlinson

Posted on 06/24/2017 7:36:37 AM PDT by C19fan

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has announced that he intends to force all priests in the Swedish church to marry same-sex couples even if they disagree with gay marriage. The Swedish Prime Minister made his view clear in a recent interview saying, “no priest in the Swedish Church can refuse to marry same-sex couples.” Mr Lofven argued that it did not matter what the view of the individual priests was and even supports a motion to only allow priests who agree with same-sex marriage the opportunity to be ordained SVT reports.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: lgbt; priestsssm; ssm; swedenchurches
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This refers to priests of the state sponsored Lutheran Church of Sweden.
1 posted on 06/24/2017 7:36:37 AM PDT by C19fan
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Guess I won’t be buying any Audis.


2 posted on 06/24/2017 7:37:48 AM PDT by ealgeone
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Volvos and Saabs...


3 posted on 06/24/2017 7:39:33 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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Saing it’s so doesn’t make it so.


4 posted on 06/24/2017 7:40:12 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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you’re right!


5 posted on 06/24/2017 7:40:39 AM PDT by ealgeone
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The state church must now be forced to conform to the prevailing state ideology/

Lofven of course won’t dare to impose it on Islam.


6 posted on 06/24/2017 7:41:38 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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Sweden is forcing priests to perform abortions?


7 posted on 06/24/2017 7:42:50 AM PDT by null and void ( If you thought National Socialism (Nazism) was bad, wait until you see Global Socialism!)
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Gotta keep the butt buggerers happy as they go to hell...


8 posted on 06/24/2017 7:43:03 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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And it shows what happens to state churches. About abortion, does anyone ever consider the fact that gays many of be born because they are aborted? Or that it might’ve good if gays had home defense?


9 posted on 06/24/2017 7:43:22 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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Do it. Force the mullah to perform your gay wedding...

10 posted on 06/24/2017 7:43:39 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: null and void

The state controlled church.


11 posted on 06/24/2017 7:43:56 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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Yeah? What about the imams? Gonna force them to, too?

Yeah. I didn't think so. Cowards.

12 posted on 06/24/2017 7:44:37 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Liberals don’t seem to care.


13 posted on 06/24/2017 7:44:49 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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Just when you think Sweden can’t be anymore lost.


14 posted on 06/24/2017 7:45:34 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: null and void

Abortion is now just one of several “sacraments” for secularism instead of the main one. Soon enough pedophilia will likely be another at the rate things are going.


15 posted on 06/24/2017 7:45:58 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ealgeone

Made by Trolls in Manhatten....


16 posted on 06/24/2017 7:46:17 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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For a minute I thought that would include Roman Catholic priests.Oh,well...it's a government “church”...I guess their “pope” can make the rules.
17 posted on 06/24/2017 7:47:10 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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Made by Trolls in Manhattan....


18 posted on 06/24/2017 7:47:51 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: C19fan

That’s not a marriage.


19 posted on 06/24/2017 7:47:53 AM PDT by Trillian
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I think they are depopulating at a decent rate. May become Swedistan sooner than you think.


20 posted on 06/24/2017 7:47:57 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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