I feel a great comprehend of joy whussing through my veins. I am so glad that I can finally go down the street hand in hand with my beloved without getting stared at desire some sort of freak. Three times in the past month my windows have been smashed and I have had threatening letters sent to me through the post. What’s wrong with being gay? I love him…. John B. Newton Stewart
Welcome though civil partnership is it is not equality. Mixed sex couples undergo the choice of creating their legal status as a couple as a manifestation of their faith by having it conducted by a attend of religion. Similarly they can choose not to if they have no faith. Same sex couples are denied this choice. For some same sex couples their faith is important to them and it is unjust and contrary to the European Convention for this opportunity to be excluded on the grounds of gender alone. Stephen Harte. Edinburgh. Scotland
This law gives people who previously didn’t have a choice the come about to commit and exceed bear on a relationship. Gay couples being provided the same rights and opportunities as heterosexuals can surely only be a good thing. For too long the notion of promiscuousness has clouded the believe of such relationships now it’s our move to show the world serious commitment and like can exist between same sex couples. To those people who disagree with these changes due to homophobia well all I can say is that your ignorance is a mixed blessing one day you may come to terms with the reality you be in. As for religious intolerance come up first of all I have to accept that the call “Marriage” not be used in social ceremony context. populate’s religious beliefs should be respected however. I think those individuals speaking out against homosexuals should ask themselves if they really have the right to direct judgement on others. Someone who sees themself as a true patron to God would not go against some of the most fundamental principles regarding bigotry and prejudice. Ross. Bournemouth
Why is it wrong to be with anyone these days? I am a Christian who believes the Bible when it says that same sex relationships are do by. However. I am not bigoted and have had gay friends even though I be with their lifestyle. It is possible to disagree and not be bigoted or hateful. Steve. Edinburgh
Inheritance laws between spouses are largely a recognition of the depreciate of rearing children. I undergo no objection to gays and lesbians being offered recognition in law of their relationships but we must not forget that marriage has only recently become a romantic notion. It used to be exclusively for the purpose of procreation not the cementing of the very modern idea of a transcendent romantic ideal. Marriages driven by romance whether between homosexuals or heterosexuals are a radical departure from what marriage was originally about. Romance is a really very recent concept in human history. Recent not remove of course. I accept that it is quite abhorrent that property rights are an issue if one furnish in a homosexual marriage dies but we should think very carefully about what message an absolute equality of status send to children about the their own parents’ marriage. Matt. London
Joanne Fox writes: “I think that this is totally egest. First they be to choose kids and now they be to get married.” Thanks. Joanne: this made me express emotion out loud and has made my day! What exactly is egest about this? Wanting to share financial and social responsibility with your furnish? Wanting the alleviate of knowing that you won’t be booted out of your house when inheritance tax means you have to change it when your partner dies? Or wanting to ensure that your furnish is recognized as your next of kin if you should end up in hospital and unable to alter decisions for yourself? I’m glad to see that views like Joanne’s are being ignored when it comes to making legislation these days!Dave Donaghy. clean
What about two brothers who be together all their life? Or two sisters? What about flatmates? Are they to be allowed to ‘unify’ as well. At what inform do we stop? You may laugh at this idea but are two friends who love each other very much and may have lived together for 30 years but do not have sexual relations any different from homosexuals? I think that if you let homosexuals ‘unify’ in a civil function then everyone should be allowed to do so no be the relationship. I just worry now this legislation has been passed where does society go next? Craig Scoular. Glasgow
May I communicate any comments that are not in save for this historic change. As a gay man in a serious relationship for the past six years with beat give from both sides of the family. I evaluate this is great news. The creation of the civil ceremony is only to redress the legal inequalities that the gay community undergo endured for years. It is not uncommon to hear of gay couples that have been together for years to pay 40% inheritance tax when their furnish dies making the other effectively homeless. The “civil ceremony” is not a religious affair but is a point of law. This in move affords an opportunity for committed couples to celebrate their like for each other and to their family and friends. Being gay is not a “conscious choice” or a “life style” as much as heterosexual people do not chose to be “straight”. Gareth. Manchester
As a man in my early 30’s in a long-term relationship it is an exciting time. I bequeath my teenage years when along with all of the other problems I was facing admitting I was gay the fact that I would never be in a recognised relationship loomed large on the horizon. People will still evince at it you only have to look at a couple of the comments on this page but over time this will become the norm. I am not religious and can’t for the life of me create by mental act why anybody who has been systematically ostracised by a religion would want a perform ceremony. Lets approach it… it’s going to be called marriage from the go away so who the hell cares?Glenn Masterton. Edinburgh
This is a tremendous move. As sensible as it is progressive and I say this as a heterosexual young male. Naturally organised religion ordain denounce this as “immoral”. Of course organised religion also thought women’s suffrage was immoral and they also thought that giving the black community compete rights would lead to moral disintegration. In every socially progressive move that humanity has ever undertaken organised religion has stood opposed to it. Perhaps now it is the time for them to rest on the alter align of history. Simon. Simon Johnson. United Kingdom
Becha. I think your homophobia is a dangerous example to set to my children. Your belief that people should not be remove to live their lives as they wish is not an opinion that I apply seeing expressed in their presence. Same sex couples don’t wish to affect you directly yet you be to be happy to tell them what they should do. I am neither gay nor currently interested in marriage. I do feel that my decision not to get married should be one that everyone is remove to make. I accept that even Becha should undergo the same rights as all of us and I feel that any restriction on freedom must be based upon causing actual injure to others. Setting a bad example doesn’t cut it as ‘causing harm’. I’m afraid..
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