The Church of England and same sex marriage...

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It's very true that legalising it wont force churches to perform homosexual marriages.
I pointed it out to guy i often argue with on another forum around 10 times, every time getting the same comeback: "Well it IS forcing churches to accept homosexuality." I asked how, i got the response "How does it NOT?".
I explained that the government is considering legalising it with churches able to opt out of performing them AND it doesn't force them to change their minds on homosexuality and "accept" it. Then i got the "Well it IS forcing churches to accept homosexuality." response again...

The larger religious denominations are allowed to control what other denominations can legally do now, apparently.:mad:

Obviously some people still have a big problem with the secular nature of some acts we do in society... You can get married at the Registry Office IF and only IF there is no religious component to your wedding... If it's going to be religious, then it's got to be performed by a church. No church who disagrees or disapproves of homosexual marriage would have to perform it, but it means that those churches that would accept to do so would be performing a perfectly valid civil operation... ie taking the place of the Registry Office. Even I, who am not a British citizen understand this notion.. Tell your mate to get a life and check this out at his local Registry Office. He's obviously misinformed!