How will you vote in the Marriage Equality referendum? Mod Note Post 1

Santa Cruz wrote: »

I dont trust the polls as it seems to be unpopular to give the view that you might vote No

Yes that's true. As the only reason for voting no I have heard so far is..

No... Because I'm a homophobic bigot

No... Because my religion tells me gay men (but not lesbians) will not go to heaven

No... Because I like to discriminate against minorities

Santa Cruz wrote: »

The aggressive behaviour of some of the Yes supporters e.g. tearing down No posters, attacking anyone with an opposing view etc. are putting off a lot of the soft Yes voters. I dont trust the polls as it seems to be unpopular to give the view that you might vote No so people wont tell the truth to the pollsters

Can people stop saying this. The No side seem to be able to spout any of amount of bullsh!t they like free of consequence and its apparently an attack upon their free speech if the Yes side destroys their non existent argument. The yes side fight for rights = attacking the no side, the 'victims' in all this. No side spouting drivel = having their deserved opinion which they apparently can't be challenged on as they're entitled to hold opinions with no evidence whatsoever to back up said opinions

Ive seen one too many posters coming on here , completely ignoring blatantly homophobic posters who were calling homosexuals unnatural, and then having the nerve to call the Yes side aggressive for defending themselves from insults as such.

engineerbrah wrote: »

LEVITICUS 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death

Are you protestant? Or did you quote from the kings bible by accident.

The original text in Hebrew says if a man lies (has sex with) a man in a woman's bed, it is an abomination.

The bible also says if you drink alcahol there is a special place reserved in hell for you, along with gay men. Wine' in Hebrew means grape juice, not alcahol. Which is widely misinterpreted.

If you believe in the bibles teachings, and you drink. You are as much a sinner as a homosexual. So much so, Corinthians 6:9 refers to people that drink and homosexuals as sinners, in the same sentence.

We're in for it now, Stormf***t has found this thread. :pac:

PopePalpatine wrote: »

We're in for it now, Stormf has found this thread. :pac:

Delete the reference before they do!

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Ezekiel 23:20 'There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.'

Funny. But don't ridicule a book people put so much faith in, you are only helping his bigoted cause.

shooterjay wrote: »

im a 30ish yr old male. i never understood homosexuality, but this vote made me think. i have to admit i am somewhat of a homophobic, i have and still do make gay jokes. i can tend to be a complete asshole as my long suffering wife will attest. i have one gay friend, who i never speak to anymore, not caus hes gay, caus he moved away, i prob should make more of an effort but so should he, i just assumed he was happy living his new gay life. i would have like to discuss this with him actually.
so, im gonna vote yes. why ? well i might be a an asshole, but we live in a free country, so if im free to be an asshole then they should be free to be gay and marry who ever the funk they want. t he fact that my formally "normal" friend is now in doneygall sleeping with another man, hasnt made one bit of difference to my life has made me see it would be stupid to vote no, there are plenty of other ways i can continue to be a asshole in everyday life.

I love this post!

Oh dear people really need to stop quoting a book that was written long after the mans death and has been translated so many times it has to be wrong. A good read thats it. I say that as a christian not a very good one but a christian anyway.

It also amazes me we have to have a referendum to entitle equality anyway pathetic the bill should have just been put into law

engineerbrah wrote: »

LEVITICUS 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death

Leviticus 21:17 "For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed; no man with a crippled foot or hand, or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles"

Leviticus 12:5 "But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days."

Leviticus 20:9 "For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him."

Everyone is put to death in Leviticus. It's one of, if not the, most insane books in the bible. Do you really wanna use it as reasoning?