*sigh* On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012, Brent Wallis <brent.wallis@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/churches-scaremongering-on-same -sex-marriage-say-greens/story-e6frg6nf-1226397808679
My Gay friends are really pissed off at this nonsense.
Why must the Greens continually insist that an individuals rights to freedom of association/religion is somehow anti same sex marriage. The tone of this obviously biased story is that people of religious bent are drones willing to listen to what is preached.
The article reports that the top clergy have issued statements against marriage equality. Obviously they do so because they expect a significant portion of their congregation to do as they are told.
For heavens sake please re read what I said. Your words here have completely ignored my statement: A persons associative choice does not implicitly imply that they are ignorant.
Mixing that up with religious mumbo jumbo will illicit responses like this Australian trash every time.
From the article: # "The legislation before parliament won't force church groups to marry anyone # they don't want to," said Senator Hanson-Young.
That's a passive aggressive statement. It works against the cause...why the fuck even say it? Answer: Makes the person making it look like some sort of hero for the cause. Outcome: Some people on the fence will fall the wrong way. BW