tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post8607440814068837056..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: The UK's Religious Right Laments Same-Sex Marriage VoteAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-85850223725230796562013-02-08T17:51:28.983-05:002013-02-08T17:51:28.983-05:00Sheldon -- I hope not. The Religious Right has cau...Sheldon -- I hope not. The Religious Right has caused enough problems in the U.S. (and elsewhere, such as Uganda). I hope they don't make a mess of British politics too.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-17768490511128641802013-02-08T17:47:02.928-05:002013-02-08T17:47:02.928-05:00Sherry -- Aye. Whether the Religious Right likes i...Sherry -- Aye. Whether the Religious Right likes it or not, LGBTQ acceptance is the future.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-18367739573387078662013-02-08T06:21:34.966-05:002013-02-08T06:21:34.966-05:00England has their radicals as well, but they usual...England has their radicals as well, but they usually don't have as much influence on the government and culture. One of my favorite bloggers, Jonny Scaramanga of Leaving Fundamentalism, has told me that fellow Brits are often shocked when he talks about his upbringing. "I thought that only happened in the States", is what he usually hears from people.<br /><br />I don't know if you are familiar with his blog, here's a link:<br /><br />http://leavingfundamentalism.wordpress.com/ Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-50352541736977150072013-02-07T18:12:57.095-05:002013-02-07T18:12:57.095-05:00The religious right has it's head in the sand ...The religious right has it's head in the sand up on more than one issue. This is one of them, and frankly they are going to suffocate if they don't come up for air soon. Sherry Peytonhttp://afeatheradrift.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-13608523577585016672013-02-07T13:26:42.774-05:002013-02-07T13:26:42.774-05:00Infidel753 -- Yet another example of how the Relig...Infidel753 -- Yet another example of how the Religious Right (on either side of the Atlantic) has no sense of history of social change.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-80225810054666567582013-02-07T06:38:48.994-05:002013-02-07T06:38:48.994-05:00The last quote is especially striking in its dumbt...The last quote is especially striking in its dumbth. They say marriage "has never before been redefined", but the very fact that in most countries it no longer includes polygamy -- which it <i>did</i> include for most of history -- shows that it has indeed been redefined before.<br /><br />England's largest sect, the Church of England, was actually founded by King Henry VIII because he wanted a divorce and the Catholic Church, dominant in England up to that point, wouldn't give him one. It's a church that <i>came into existence for the sole purpose of</i> changing a fundamental rule about marriage. Now, of course, they too object to "redefining marriage" to include gays, which is of course "different", though no one can articulate exactly how.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com