Same Sex Marriage Referendum Mega Thread - MOD WARNING IN FIRST POST

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Vote no or someone could tell our children that god isnt real.

That referendum is going to be hilarious.

I think it boils down to this referendum simply being the latest in a line of social shifts that demonstrate just how wrong a dogmatic catholic/christian/non-secular state is.
Since the foundation of the state it's people have been expected to adhere to the principles of Catholic teaching, and it's ability to speak with authority on so many things.
But, since the 80's and the emergence of AIDS, a disease that forced sex out of the shadows and into the discussions taking place in many a household as well as on the media, we have seen the authority of the church become more and more tenuous, as the people find that, in fact, the church and the christian way of living your life does not have all the answers, and is frequently giving direction simply to focus the communities "faith", with divergent points of view instead becoming dangerous and so persecuted, something to fear and eradicate.
Treatment of Jews in Ireland link, treatment of women link, treatment of unmarried mothers link, treatment of people seeking contraception link, treatment of homosexuals in Ireland link, so many examples of this state getting it wrong, under the moral guidance of a Christian church.
So, as we approach yet another event that may well demonstrate the uselessness of the Christian world view we should understand why Christians and Catholics in particular are so afraid.
They fear it's all been a waste of time.
They fear that they are on the wrong side of history.
They care not about the souls of the gay population, a group surely damned for heinous acts they are judged to carry out, no they are more fearful about their own selves, that something they cannot understand is out there and is contrary to their world view, a thing that can be just as beautiful as any other expression of love, and they fundamentally hate it.
I just don't believe many Christians who preface their statement with "I don't hate gays but....", they do, it's all over their commentary, they refer to being gay as "a choice", " a lifestyle", as if anyone would choose to endure the misery heaped upon them by such fools?

Roll on tomorrow morning, and roll on a YES in the end, and lets consign these fear mongers a little more to history.




Sorry about the rant