[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Dude pointed out some good stuff:
[quote]Motley Monk wrote:
Homosexual marriage: The law of unintended consequence?
With the initial wave of glee receding a couple of weeks after the State of New York approved so-called ?homosexual marriage,? the law of unintended consequences has now predictably come into play.
As reported in a New York Times article, some companies that heretofore have provided ?domestic partner benefits? to homosexual partners who have been living in domestic partnerships are now requiring these employees to get married if they want their partners to qualify for health insurance. In the State of New York, these companies include Corning and IBM; in Massachusetts, Raytheon has moved in this direction. All three are providing a ?grace period? for homosexual domestic partners to comply with the marriage requirement.
These decisions have forced proponents of so-called ?homosexual marriage? to reassess.
Why?
The federal government does not recognize these so-called ?marriages,? requiring corporations to comply with federal law.
The goal of achieving ?equal treatment under the law? has now caused homosexual advocacy groups to wonder if they?ve pressed too far and too fast. According to the New York Times article, proponents will now argue that, until the matter is settled at the federal level, companies should stick to their current policies providing the current option to domestic partners.
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I don’t blame the companies for making this policy adjustment. If gay couples want the benefits of marriage, they should also accept the responsibilities of marriage.
That said, there is still discrimination at the federal level, since companies are required to treat domestic partner benefits as income, and gay employees have to pay taxes on those benefits while straight employees don’t.
[quote]SexMachinepart2 wrote:
I have no idea what you’re talking about. You cannot use that coat of arms unless you are the holder of the title associated with it. Doesn’t matter if you’re from one of the families in the list you posted above.[/quote]
Who made you the Coat of Arms police? Why the hell do you even care if he has a coat of arms as his avatar?
By the way, I find your user name, SexMachinepart2, offensive. Please change it immediately,.
[quote]SexMachinepart2 wrote:
I have no idea what you’re talking about. You cannot use that coat of arms unless you are the holder of the title associated with it. Doesn’t matter if you’re from one of the families in the list you posted above.[/quote]
Who made you the Coat of Arms police? Why the hell do you even care if he has a coat of arms as his avatar?
By the way, I find your user name, SexMachinepart2, offensive. Please change it immediately,.
Thanks for your compliance.[/quote]
And who made you policeman of this thread? If two posters want to fight about a coat of arms it’s none of your business. You like sticking your nose in places it doesn’t belong don’t you?
[quote]SexMachinepart2 wrote:
I have no idea what you’re talking about. You cannot use that coat of arms unless you are the holder of the title associated with it. Doesn’t matter if you’re from one of the families in the list you posted above.[/quote]
Who made you the Coat of Arms police? Why the hell do you even care if he has a coat of arms as his avatar?
By the way, I find your user name, SexMachinepart2, offensive. Please change it immediately,.
Thanks for your compliance.[/quote]
He is obviously the coat of arms police.
No idea what the rules actually are and yet enforcing them with gusto.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
Who made you guys the self designated, anti-self designated forum police, forum police? [/quote]
Lol[/quote]
You’re supposed to say “Who made you guys the self designated, anti-anti self designated forum police, forum police.” I’m not even sure I put that together right…I’ve a headache now and will need to lie down for a bit.
[quote] Vatican Reverses Stance On Gay Marriage After Meeting Tony And Craig
July 13, 2011 | ISSUE 47?28
VATICAN CITY?In a stunning and unexpected reversal of long-standing doctrine, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the Roman Catholic Church’s unequivocal support for gay marriage Tuesday, just hours after meeting Stonington, CT couple Tony Ruggiero and Craig Housinger.
The papal decree?which authorizes priests to administer the sacrament of holy matrimony to same-sex partners and explicitly states that “homosexual relations between two consenting adults is not, and never has been, a sin”?was reportedly a direct result of the pope sharing an afternoon of engaging conversation and hearty laughter with the gay couple.[/quote]
[quote]brnforce wrote:
Shut up ZEB and the rest of you homophobes.[/quote]
Good argument, you should go to competition with such flawless reasoning and rhetoric. [/quote]
Convincing ZEB to change his mind on any topic is a masochistic pursuit. No one could convince that airbag that the world was round if it was in his head otherwise. I just like to say what a large amount of people on here want to say and vent a little. Maybe, just maybe, ZEB will realize that his opinion (just like mine) isn’t important and won’t spend all day throwing insults and negativity everywhere… Wait, now I’m trying to have him change his mind… shoot.
On topic: It always amazes me the fervor of peoples hatred towards gays. It is all childish and shows how sheltered they are from the real world. The world is constantly changing and we all have to move on.
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
Hey, Check this out! The Pope changed his mind!!!
[quote] Vatican Reverses Stance On Gay Marriage After Meeting Tony And Craig
July 13, 2011 | ISSUE 47?28
VATICAN CITY?In a stunning and unexpected reversal of long-standing doctrine, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the Roman Catholic Church’s unequivocal support for gay marriage Tuesday, just hours after meeting Stonington, CT couple Tony Ruggiero and Craig Housinger.
The papal decree?which authorizes priests to administer the sacrament of holy matrimony to same-sex partners and explicitly states that “homosexual relations between two consenting adults is not, and never has been, a sin”?was reportedly a direct result of the pope sharing an afternoon of engaging conversation and hearty laughter with the gay couple.[/quote]
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what’s actually fun is :
“Scotland More Relaxed When Sean Connery Is Away”
in the “related articles” part.
[quote]brnforce wrote:
Brother Chris wrote:brnforce wrote:
Shut up ZEB and the rest of you homophobes.
Good argument, you should go to competition with such flawless reasoning and rhetoric.
Convincing ZEB to change his mind on any topic is a masochistic pursuit.[/quote]
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
Hey, Check this out! The Pope changed his mind!!!
[quote] Vatican Reverses Stance On Gay Marriage After Meeting Tony And Craig
July 13, 2011 | ISSUE 47?28
VATICAN CITY?In a stunning and unexpected reversal of long-standing doctrine, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the Roman Catholic Church’s unequivocal support for gay marriage Tuesday, just hours after meeting Stonington, CT couple Tony Ruggiero and Craig Housinger.
The papal decree?which authorizes priests to administer the sacrament of holy matrimony to same-sex partners and explicitly states that “homosexual relations between two consenting adults is not, and never has been, a sin”?was reportedly a direct result of the pope sharing an afternoon of engaging conversation and hearty laughter with the gay couple.[/quote]
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Lol, religion has a remarkable capacity to change with the times, errr, I mean to receive greater light and knowledge from god as men are prepared to accept it.
[quote]forlife wrote:
Lol, religion has a remarkable capacity to change with the times, errr, I mean to receive greater light and knowledge from god as men are prepared to accept it.[/quote]
I hope that you recognized the source of the article.
[quote]forlife wrote:
Lol, religion has a remarkable capacity to change with the times, errr, I mean to receive greater light and knowledge from god as men are prepared to accept it.[/quote]
I hope that you recognized the source of the article.[/quote]
Why question that now? Forlife gets most of his information on sites like this.
[quote]forlife wrote:
Lol, religion has a remarkable capacity to change with the times, errr, I mean to receive greater light and knowledge from god as men are prepared to accept it.[/quote]
I hope that you recognized the source of the article.[/quote]
I did, just saying I wouldn’t be surprised to see this happen at some point, given the history of religions evolving over time to reflect the morals of society (not that they ever see it this way). Many Christian churches already welcome gays, most recently American Episcopalians with their recognition of gay clergy.
[quote]forlife wrote:
I did, just saying I wouldn’t be surprised to see this happen at some point, given the history of religions evolving over time to reflect the morals of society (not that they ever see it this way). Many Christian churches already welcome gays, most recently American Episcopalians with their recognition of gay clergy.[/quote]
Lol, don’t worry you can surprised as it ain’t going to happen. The Catholic Church will never recognize same-sex marriage as it is not possible as it is not actually marriage.
That is (accepting gays) what reflects the morals of society today? Accepting gays? Well, then society is by and far behind the Catholic Church. We’ve been doing it for quite sometime.
Not only do we accept gays, we convert them, baptize them, and make them productive citizens of society, we also hire them without discrimination (ultimately, we’re the only ones that will be protecting gays when the tides turn back to prejudice against them). What we don’t do is play as if it is okay to act on their homosexuality.
The Catholic Church doesn’t see gays and straights, first we see persons with inherent dignity to be treated with certain level of respect as all are children of God. This is why the Catholic Church is one of the few religions that still advocate visiting prisoners.
So you maybe correct, some religions may accept gay marriage, but never worry the Catholic Church will still be its old, with open arms while rejecting modernism and teaching sinners to repent of their sins and become virtuous.
So, yes forlife we accept you, but we don’t accept you sinning and we won’t recognize your marriage to another man.
