Just in case those of you in the US thought your politicians had cornered the market in spouting nonsense in their campaigning against gay marriage, one of ours has apparently decided that it opens the door to bigamy and child marriage...
Ho hum.
The story's featured in the Huffington Post.
Also marriage-related and in the news, on a possibly lighter note (unless you're the couple concerned!), it helps to check the credentials of the photographer before you hire them... (heck, almost anyone could take better photographs than that lot... possibly even with their cell/mobile phone camera!)
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The classic slippery slope "argument," about as logical as saying that a high five would "open the door" to a handjob.
It's just a modern version of the same logic that goes into superstition, and that's if they actually believe it and are not just trying to find any sort of reason to be against it besides "it makes me uncomfortable."
Whats the problem?
From what I read he didn't say anything at all wrong. Actually it sounded more like he would support the campainers if they would agree on what they are campaining about and not just a general idea with nothing specific.
A perfectly harmless remark made in a letter addressed not to the public but someone else. And you have to remember that these government officials have to be open to the wider view of everyone and NOT just the lgbt community.
Read what is written and not what is implied.
Sorry, no
I did read what he said and it is NOT a harmless remark. He's against gay marriage because of religious reasons, his religion not the religion of whoever is getting married, and because it only affects a few thousand people a year. That is classic bigotry, because he is saying that it does not matter because this is a minority. And he makes the argument that it opens the door for polygamy and lowering the age for marriage. Then he makes a statement that things were taken out of context; the context was a constituent asking him to support gay marriage. He refused and gave these reasons. He may have had other reasons that he thought made him look better but these are the ones his constituent reported to the paper because they are the ones that matter. Same old, same old.
I read what was written and not what was implied. I don't know what you read but this is why I don't normally allow religious or political posts here. And why I'm closing comments on this post and removing it from the front page.
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
What does MP stand for?
Aside from Military Police in the army of course :) ??
MP = Member of Parliament
The elected politicians, as opposed to the bishops and Their Lordships (which nowadays tend to be appointed by politicians rather than elected... although it's still a post for life and each time a new elected government is formed, a whole host more are appointed to rebalance the party ratios...
Tories = Conservatives, currently in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats (who everyone thought were on the opposite side of the political spectrum, but changed colours for a bite at power) - so you may also hear the satirical "Con Dems" from time to time.
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!