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Originally Posted by Shasown

Any of you brokeback mountain brigade ever think that total pandering to your wishes is actually impossible?

To legislate in your favour would mean that they order ALL religions to accept gay marriages in churches mosques and synagogues, regardless of the religious beliefs of the organisation involved.

They are exempt from the the Equality Act anyway. If gay marriage is made legal, things will carry on as normal in those places.

he Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Jews, Muslims, in fact every religion just about would be up in arms, at the interference of state in religion.

Nobody's religious lives would be interfered with. They can stick with their dated beliefs of their own accord while other people are free to do what they like.

Even if this weren't the case, I find your view really populist. As if a law can only be enacted if it meets the approval of opinion polls and religious hierarchies. Think of all the laws that were passed in the 1960's extending the rights of ethnic minorities which initially met with overwhelming public opposition. Should they have just waited until the public were "ready for it"?

Thats a lot of votes and international relations up the Swannee. Aint going to happen as long as you have holes in your a***s

It has already happened in the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Canada and South Africa, not before time either. The Church and the the Muslim Council of Britain can chuck their toys out the pram all they like. They're not running this country.