The BBC posed a question recently ' Is Gay marriage an election issue'?
I think yes.
I suspect that returning to this topic will unleash the ignorant comments I have seen in the past but this needs to be said.
Why do I think yes?
Firstly, I believe that some voters, who otherwise are indifferent, will wonder just what is going on. When Britain is in the depths of recession and economic gloom and, while there is a realisation that 'so called' austerity cuts need to be made, folks will wonder why the people, who they have elected, choose this moment to spend their time, not addressing the 'bread and butter' issues that affect the man in the street, but instead pander to a vocal minority.
Secondly, voters will ask, as I have done, why do homosexuals feel that they need to have their unions called marriage? People know and, like me, reckon that the 2004 Civil Union act, which afforded homosexual partners equal rights on a whole range of issues. So why the need for further legislation? OK, right-on pandering might be a reason but really?
I believe voters will see through the government's meaningless promises that 'no religious organisation will be compelled to offer marriage to homosexuals on religious sites'. Everyone knows that this is rubbish and that before the ink is dry on the legislation, the homosexual advocates, for whom no amount of progress is ever enough (until perhaps homosexuals are in the ascendancy and heterosexuals are a down-trodden minority), will be pushing for marriages to take place in churches and claiming all sorts of 'human rights abuses' when they are denied. We have seen this all before.
Christians certainly need only look back to the Abortion Act of 1967. When this was passed the impetus was to close down 'back-street' abortionists and care for the people who would receive abortions. These women were to be rape victims, women with social or mental issues etc. We were assured that there would be no 'abortion free for all'. We know the truth to the lies peddled by the politicians of that time (led by the bill's author Lord David Steele (of the Lib Dems parish) and can see these in the ever soaring number of abortions being performed in the UK
I actually think that this proposed legislation and the phony consultation that is being conducted ('we are consulting about the legislation but we will pay no attention to any comments that we receive!') may have a negative effect or backlash against homosexuals. Instead of just saying 'enough is enough' people might just say ' this shows we have already gone too far' - something similar to what is happening in people's response to the EU
Please feel free to comment but please try to answer the question 'What do homosexuals achieve by calling their commitment to each other a marriage rather than a civil union?'
I think yes.
I suspect that returning to this topic will unleash the ignorant comments I have seen in the past but this needs to be said.
Why do I think yes?
Firstly, I believe that some voters, who otherwise are indifferent, will wonder just what is going on. When Britain is in the depths of recession and economic gloom and, while there is a realisation that 'so called' austerity cuts need to be made, folks will wonder why the people, who they have elected, choose this moment to spend their time, not addressing the 'bread and butter' issues that affect the man in the street, but instead pander to a vocal minority.
Secondly, voters will ask, as I have done, why do homosexuals feel that they need to have their unions called marriage? People know and, like me, reckon that the 2004 Civil Union act, which afforded homosexual partners equal rights on a whole range of issues. So why the need for further legislation? OK, right-on pandering might be a reason but really?
I believe voters will see through the government's meaningless promises that 'no religious organisation will be compelled to offer marriage to homosexuals on religious sites'. Everyone knows that this is rubbish and that before the ink is dry on the legislation, the homosexual advocates, for whom no amount of progress is ever enough (until perhaps homosexuals are in the ascendancy and heterosexuals are a down-trodden minority), will be pushing for marriages to take place in churches and claiming all sorts of 'human rights abuses' when they are denied. We have seen this all before.
Christians certainly need only look back to the Abortion Act of 1967. When this was passed the impetus was to close down 'back-street' abortionists and care for the people who would receive abortions. These women were to be rape victims, women with social or mental issues etc. We were assured that there would be no 'abortion free for all'. We know the truth to the lies peddled by the politicians of that time (led by the bill's author Lord David Steele (of the Lib Dems parish) and can see these in the ever soaring number of abortions being performed in the UK
I actually think that this proposed legislation and the phony consultation that is being conducted ('we are consulting about the legislation but we will pay no attention to any comments that we receive!') may have a negative effect or backlash against homosexuals. Instead of just saying 'enough is enough' people might just say ' this shows we have already gone too far' - something similar to what is happening in people's response to the EU
Please feel free to comment but please try to answer the question 'What do homosexuals achieve by calling their commitment to each other a marriage rather than a civil union?'
