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The same sex marriage is a human rights issue

the gay mirror-age
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same sex mi-rage

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Pericles,

Suse said "I know you are religious, but I believe a 2000+ year old book written by humans who say they believe in invisible beings in the sky, should not be ruling our present dsy society in any way.
Politics and religion shohld not be mixed at all in our secular country".

Key words "should not be ruling our present dsy society in any way"

So I asked about killing, theft etc.

Having majored in Religious Studies and English, I'm well aware of the inconsistencies, contradictions and mistakes in the Bible. and how did Suse get any knowledge of my religiosity or of its positive, neutral or negative aspects?

Is Mise , as a former misguided 'religious' person, I had no trouble working out where you stand on religious and social issues as a whole.

Of course, I don't really 'know' you well at all, as none of us can really know anyone else on a forum like this one.
You can get a feel for someone's writing style and usual general views about general knowledge and current affairs after you have had several 'conversations' with them over time.

At the end of the day, we can only know someone as much as the information they give about themselves on this site. Even then, one can always lie about that anyway.

I don't mean to upset people's religious feelings or faith, but as this is an opinion forum, I will give my opinion and views on the subject and on what others say.

Religion should not be a part of any decision re legalising gay marriage, as that is a legal issue, and no one else's business.

Cheers,
Sues.

I played chef at a gay resort up here in Far North Queensland out of Cairns, Turtle Cove.
During my three months stint they hosted the "Gay and Lesbian Olympics"
I have never seen a more repulsive exhibition of abnormality in my life and for an ex copper it was hard to take.
However I am not gay and the money was too good to knock back plus all perks etc and home was only a twenty kilometer drive away.
Friends bought the place unaware from Melbourne as well as a local funeral parlor and needed management until they could fill the positions.
I* couldn't give a crap about tay people just as long as they stay out of my space.

Marriage is s social issue and those who were married under the current Act have every right to object to the changing of the status of their union; it boils down to a civil rights issue.

However, as I believe in fair play, I'd be happy for there to be a referendum on the issue of same sex marriage; let the people decide, have a democratic decision that all can live with.

"you know that most vegetarians eat animal products?"
Including blood, skin, meat and even bone. Now Is Mise you can't compare the definition of a vegetarian to Christianity. The first is clearly defined and understood to be as it is, where as Christianity is far more abstract and debatable as to what it really means to be christian.
Josephus, I do not present a "Hollywood" version at all but rather a truthful version of Christ. As for "It is easy to use sarcasm and emotive criticism of facts to gain the support of simple minds." Just because my words do not fit with your modern sanitised version of Christ's teaching does not make me wrong and you right. There was far more revealing facts about Christ in the gospels, and there is more than 4 of them, than what is revealed in todays versions.. The Catholic Church was responsible for the censoring of the new testament, removing or even banning unacceptable teaching so that the gospels would reflect their thoughts on Christ, Not the original facts as written but a later sanitised version.
Christ was gay! It don't sound good for many of today's followers well, tough! Its the way things were, can;t change history, unless you are the Catholic Church.