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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I understand that to a point and certainly don't agree with religious business owners etc discriminating against people in "the real world" but religions by their very nature discriminate in order to follow whatever their religions rules are. Like already stated Livia couldn't get married in a synagogue because her husband wasn't Jewish, my mother couldn't get remarried in the Church because she was divorced, women aren't allowed become Priests which would be blatant sexism in the "real world" etc. So imo, a church shouldn't be forced on this one issue by government because if they're forced on this one thing then they should be forced on all of them and not be allowed to discriminate against anyone over anything and then they wouldn't have any exclusive rules anymore and would not really be that religion anymore.

I do however think that if it's a big issue for gay people they are well within their rights to put pressure on their religions themselves to try and get some reformation on the issue

Yeah, I've agreed with every post in the thread so far apart from the one claiming that that homosexuals dont actually want to marry in churches and are mostly just no-gooders causing trouble and challenging the system.
I think most people have a similar stance on this subject. Government shouldn't pressure, each priest and vicar should personally decide, and voices to convince them to do so should be heard.