MikeyT Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10185567/Gay-marriage-is-officially-legal-in-the-UK.html Gay marriage is officially legal in the UK after the Queen gave royal assent to the new laws, paving the way for the first same-sex weddings by next summer. The Queen gave her approval to the Bill – one of the most radical pieces of social legislation of her reign – this afternoon. It opens the way for the first legally recognised same-sex weddings to take place in England and Wales by next summer and brings the centuries-old understanding of marriage as being solely between a man and a woman to an end. Many MPs took to Twitter to say they were "delighted" with the news. Mike Weatherley, Tory MP for Hove and Portslade, said it had been "completely at odds with an open and democratic society to exclude gay couples from the important institution of marriage". Baroness Thornton, shadow equalities minister in the House of Lords, said there was a "huge 'hear, hear' when the Lord Speaker announced royal assent", followed by "lots of smiles and cheerfulness". Earlier this week, peers gave their assent to the third reading of the Government’s same-sex marriage bill without a formal vote after a short debate in the Lords. They also backed plans for a review of pension arrangements for gay couples. At the time, Baroness Stowell, the Government spokesman who steered the bill through the Lords, told a chamber packed with peers wearing pink carnations, that it was an “historic†achievement. But opponents accused the Government of using a parliamentary “bulldozer†to speed the change through. The passage of the Bill brings an end to one of the most acrimonious debates of recent years which has divided the Conservative party and, at times, pitted Church against State. The Coalition for Marriage, the group which orchestrated opposition to the Bill, is now set to transform itself from a single-issue campaign into what could be one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the country. The C4M has built up a database of around 700,000 supporters through its petition against the redefinition of marriage. Its leaders now believe they have enough support to influence the outcome of the 2015 election. They have compiled a list of 39 of the most marginal seats they plan to target and in which enough people signed the C4M petition to suggest they could swing the election result. They plan to challenge candidates of all parties to back a list of commitments to introduce new legal protections for workers such as teachers and registrars who hold to a traditional line on marriage. They will also be campaigning to open up civil partnerships to allow family carers and unmarried siblings to benefit from the same inheritance tax exemptions as married couples.
MooseBreath Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Finnegan and LargeAl can be heard screaming in pure joy (and, minutes later, pain in the case of Finnegan as Al rods his anus with his thick shaft).
purpleronnie Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Finnegan and LargeAl can be heard screaming in pure joy (and, minutes later, pain in the case of Finnegan as Al rods his anus with his thick shaft). Moose is fantasizing again.
21st Century Fox Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Finnegan and LargeAl can be heard screaming in pure joy (and, minutes later, pain in the case of Finnegan as Al rods his anus with his thick shaft). You need a crowbar to pry yourself out of that closet.
I am Rod Hull Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Finnegan and LargeAl can be heard screaming in pure joy (and, minutes later, pain in the case of Finnegan as Al rods his anus with his thick shaft). Finnegan only bums ethnic minority types, Al is waaaay too English for him.
purpleronnie Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Not a fan of this to be fair. I'll get abuse, I know. But why? How anyone wouldn't want equality is beyond me.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Since literally the second this was confirmed my phone hasn't stopped ringing with offers of marriage from men. As if this wasn't always going to happen!
I am Rod Hull Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 But why? How anyone wouldn't want equality is beyond me. Maybe some people are not comfortable with sexual deviance? Just saying..
purpleronnie Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Maybe some people are not comfortable with sexual deviance? Just saying.. Nice trolling.
RedHux Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Maybe some people are not comfortable with sexual deviance? Just saying.. If they're not comfortable with sexual deviance they should doing sexually deviant things. It's hardly rocket science.
Fox92 Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 But why? How anyone wouldn't want equality is beyond me. It denies a potential child either a father or mother? Don't know really, but the old statement of 'I just dont think its right' is for me... It has turned what was moral wrong into a civil right, and what's stopping people from marrying their immediate family now? Surely that should be made legal because of equality?
I am Rod Hull Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 How else do you reply to trolling? Because I dont agree with it i`m a troll am I?
purpleronnie Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Because I dont agree with it i`m a troll am I? If you think gay sex is sexual deviance then yes.
MikeyT Posted 17 July 2013 Author Posted 17 July 2013 This thread is going to become interesting indeed.
purpleronnie Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 It denies a potential child either a father or mother? Don't know really, but the old statement of 'I just dont think its right' is for me... It has turned what was moral wrong into a civil right, and what's stopping people from marrying their immediate family now? Surely that should be made legal because of equality? eh? Are you talking about gay couples adopting because that is a seperate issue. Whats morally wrong with it?
Mark_w Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 It denies a potential child either a father or mother? Won't somebody please think of the fictional children?
leicsmac Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 It denies a potential child either a father or mother? Don't know really, but the old statement of 'I just dont think its right' is for me... It has turned what was moral wrong into a civil right, and what's stopping people from marrying their immediate family now? Surely that should be made legal because of equality? Slippery slope fallacy. Just because this law has been passed, doesn't mean that other related laws would automatically follow. This whole argument has been over the semantics of one word that despite predating it has somehow got tied up in the web of organised religion in any case.
I am Rod Hull Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 If you think gay sex is sexual deviance then yes. I think two men putting their erections into each others bums for sexual pleasure is...
bovril Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 I think two men putting their erections into each others bums for sexual pleasure is... Well marriage should put a stop to all that sex for pleasure nonsense.
purpleronnie Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Won't somebody please think of the fictional children? I think two men putting their erections into each others bums for sexual pleasure is... why?
Guest MattP Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 Don't see the fuss, it's two consenting adults, why not? Good move from Call me Dave as well, removes the 'Homopobic Tories' card from the Liberal deck. People will be fcuking kids and animals in 200 years anyway. Peter Tatchell will be delighted. Adoption is a different matter and the sick fcukers who throw unknowing kids into relationships with two blokes at a young age just to satisfy their own perverted political stance will hopefully all one day get whats coming to them.
I am Rod Hull Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 I grew up in a small village where men were men and sheep were frightened, this kind of thing to me is just moral and social degradation. I would like you to respect my views on said matter.
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