Posted on 08/02/2013 8:38:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I understand, but I never said “blessed by the church” I said blessed by government.
I’ve read words like “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s”
To me, such a ceremony falls within that statement. It does not condone nor bless the union required by Caesar.
By executing the “ceremony” the Caesar-ordered action is accomplished, but it doesn’t necessarily mean ‘blessed’...a court cannot mandate that. Were it to think it could, it would be an outright declaration of war on religion. Emotion and heartfelt religion cannot be mandated by tyrants.
Why would they have to sue what’s left of Henry’s Church to get them to allow Gay “marriage?” What’s this world coming to?
Sadly, you are right. Only they disguise them as legitimate adoptions.
• “straight” boys’ or girls’ activity group (like Boy Scouts)
• a marriage-oriented dating service (like e-Harmony)
• religious wedding venue (like Methodist Ocean Grove)
• an adoption program (like Catholic Social Services)
• ethical/spiritual counseling (like by an Armed Forces chaplain)
• a counseling program supporting kids’ natural sex/gender identity (like NARTH)
Anything at all related to gender-normal child development, relationships, courtship, weddings, family-building, fertility, adoption, ANYTHING...if you don’t rewrite your program content to affirm the LGBT gender perspective, mark my words, they will take you to court, and shut you down.
Even many "conservatives"--- even many pastors--- only find the LGBT thing mildly nonsensical. Silly. Or merely transiently obnoxious. They do NOT know the totalizing nature of the coercion we are facing.
I think I read these were rental-womb births, so they may be the biological offspring of one of the men.
That’s even sicker. Just when I think these perverts can’t possibly plumb any lower . . .
California courts, iirc, ruled that insurance must cover assisted reproduction services for homosexual couples, because the fact that their couplings do not result in children shows they are “infertile.”
Crazy days ...
Practicing homos would not meet that criteria.
I’ve seen this movie before except Henry VIII was in it.
At least he was pushing for a hetero (unholy) marriage.
Time to start a new religion.
This one’s simple.Any clergyman...or group of clergymen...who wish not to perform “marriages” that are recognized as such under the legal definition of the word...can simply surrender,clearly,officially and formally,his/her powers to do so and,after having done so,modify their “holy matrimony” ceremony to be in keeping with their *faith* but not in keeping with legal requirements.Then,these clergymen can say to a pervert couple “I *can* not perform a marriage that’s legally recognized by the government and I *will* not perform any kind of religious ceremony that blesses your “union”.
Just as I predicted years ago. They will not stop until churches are forced to comply.
the church should sanction and perform the marriage.
The opening statement by the Priest/Pastor should be “The church is illegally forced to perform this UNHOLY union.”
The Priest/Pastor should then say “This unholy union is blessed by Government and condemned by God.”
Wrapping it up, “I unwillingly pronounce you Man and Man in damnation.”
Your comment makes me realize that having the pastor of church sign a marriage certificate would not be enough. They would not be happy until the pastor will recite the exact words that they would demand.
More recent family pic here:
Doesn’t the surro-daughter look amazingly happy?
Wow, looks like she’d take your leg right off, doesn’t she? One angry girl.
RE: Churches should say they only perform ceremonies of Holy Matrimony for members in good standing.
Is Queen Elizabeth still a member in good standing in the Church of England?
Now that Christianity is all but destroyed in England, I wonder if these gays will demand the muzzie population support them as well?
And gays wonder why many hate them. This will only make them more unpopular.
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