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Originally Posted by Viv
Why not? It's discriminatory. Why should a heterosexual have the right to marry in the church and in a civil ceremony, but a gay person doesn't have the same rights?
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Because it's not your place to dictate to any religion what it must believe! Religions by their very nature discriminate as they require their adherents to actually adhere to the teachings.
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The church is medieval. It discriminates and that should be illegal. I am not in the habit of telling anyone anything, but I do support equal rights in all arenas. I would expect any reasonable person to do the same, is that illogical?
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So what if it discriminates? Who are you to dictate to religion (or, for that matter, to philosophy) what it must teach?
GET THIS THROUGH THAT HEAD OF YOURS: BELONGING TO A PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS FAITH OR PARTICULAR PHILOSOPHY IS NOT A RIGHT, IT'S A PRIVILEGE GRANTED BY THAT FAITH OR PHILOSOPHY TO WHOMEVER IT CHOOSES! ONLY THAT RELIGION OR PHILOSOPHY GETS TO DICTATE ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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