Gay marriage in places of worship

[Magic.]

I know this topic has probably been done to death now, but I just saw a "4thought" film on it and it made me kinda annoyed. "Should same sex couples be allowed to marry in places of worship?"

Basically 4thought tv is like a 5 min film on channel 4 in the UK, addressing big issues from many different points of view. Tonight's was from a Church of England priest.

His view was that gay marriage did not stand with the churchs view on marriage, which I knew already. He went on to say gay people could not "biologically" have sex, which I guess is true if we're talking reproduction. Then he started talking about humans not being biologically programmed to have sex with many partners. That I have a big problem with. I see his point, multiple partners spreads disease etc, but what does that have to do with gay marriage? Two people making a commitment to one another in front of a God they worship has nothing to do with sleeping around.

As far as I'm concerned (as someone who is bisexual and believes in a "God" but not religiouslu) is that if God is gonna judge people for who they fall in love with that is FINE. But let God do it, man shouldn't be taking it into his/her own hands to judge people. Gay people have just as much right to be religious as straight people, so why shouldn't they be allowed to marry in front of their God???

[I had a little poke around and couldn't see anything recent on this, feel free to close mods if I'm being blind and not seeing something ]

[thebigmole]

I think that gay couples should be allowed to get married in churches but in no way should churches be FORCED to marry gay couples. We argue that all arguments against gay marriage are meaningless because they are religiously based and religion doesn't belong in the law, but it goes the other way. A church is private property belonging to religion, and therefore the government can't infringe upon what they believe. The bright side is that there are churches that are wiling to perform gay marriages, and why would a gay couple want to get married in a place that doesn't support what they are doing anyway.

[George^^]

I agree with thebigmole, no church should be forced, but it should be an option. Just because people are LGBT, doesn't mean they're not religious, on another website, I found out most other LGBT's who are athiests, aren't always against God because he's 'against' gays, but for other reasons. (I'm not against him because I'm pansexual and his followers are against gays.)

[Magic.]

Reading back my post I sound like I think churches should be forced, I don't. I think those that don't are maybe a little ignorant (frankly), but it is ultimately their choice on their property. I'm just glad that the government in the UK has permitted marriages within willing places of worship.

[~Mr. Self Destruct~]

Well, as Churches ar private organizations, is pretty much up to them as to whether they allow same-sex marriage within their premises.

[Liz94]

The Uk government hasn't yet made gay marriage legal, they have made civil union, but this is not the same as marriage.

What should heppen is this, the Government should pass a legislation legalising same-sex marriage. Then it should be down to individual priests, vicars, preachers etc if thier church/house of God allows it to happen.

I am a lesbian Christian and when I find the women I want to spend the rest of my life with I will want to get married in a house of God. It is very important to me.

[Anthropomorphic]

Marriage itself is a civil institution. The right to marry should be open to any and all legal, consenting adults. As for the ceremony portion of the marriage, although I personally believe strongly that gays should be able to get married, but a religious institution has no obligation to host such a ceremony.

[Digilodger]

Originally Posted by Magic.

I see his point, multiple partners spreads disease etc,

No, you don't get it, Bryden, . If we allow polygamy, then all the nerds, geeks, and shy people in the world would revolt, but not because of diseases. I mean, think of it this way: All the popular guys would get all the girls . . . And then we not-popular-at-all guys would stay virgin "until the end of time"

Polygamy is a BRUTAL system!!!