Baron Pepperpot
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Good job the government didn't say that when our move to Falmer was in the balance. 'Oh, we've got more important things to review...'
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Equal Marriage
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Good job the government didn't say that when our move to Falmer was in the balance. 'Oh, we've got more important things to review...'
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
And in a number of years people will look back and wonder what all the fuss was about.
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
Today the Queen has granted Royal Assent and signed the Equal Marriage Bill into law, so now homosexual couples can legally have weddings rather than civil partnerships, with all the legal rights thereof.
Of course no institution will be forced to perform homosexual weddings, and quite rightly so, but they will now be fully and legally available for those groups and individuals who do wish to have them.
I'd like to dedicate the next natural disaster to this decision, in advance of a member of the clergy telling us that it is the wrath of the heavens...
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,315
true. but if various narrow minded groups hadn't made such a fuss over it, this change could have spent 5 minutes being waved through. i've found it most odd that anyone should be so bothered, and bemused that arguments against are so illogical.
Marshy
Well-known member
The 'I now pronounce you man and wife' was outdated and being changed by couples anyway, because it was person and role not person and person.
"I now pronounce you married" it is just words, it's not as important as the documents being signed.
Marshy
Well-known member
Really, every wedding i have been to its still man and wife or husband and wife
Marshy
Well-known member
Does anyone get married in church anymore...... got to be a minority these days
stripeyshark
All-Time Best Defence
- Dec 20, 2011
- 2,294
Yes. I didn't mean every wedding changed it. 'Man and wife' defines the man as a person and the woman as a role in relation to him, so some considered it sexist and outdated so changed it to 'husband and wife' to define both by their roles in relation to each other. Some are not bothered by the wording and stick with tradition of 'man and wife', but it has been changed to husband and wife.
If they can make that change, they can, if the couple wish, simply pronounce them 'married' or if they want 'husband and husband', he'll, I imagine if the couple want, they can still do 'husband and wife' and follow it with a comment about picking the roles hemselves, or acknowledging they all know who is the wife, etc. There is flexibility in vows and the words used these days.
Is the whole bill about the wording?
The whole bill is about equality. The terminology used in the ceremony is between the couple getting married and the person conducting the ceremony.
pork pie
New member
Ha, you are here are you? When are you marying your boyfriend? I bet you will look sweet in a white dress!
The difference is, that Falmer was not discussed for weeks in the Chamber. Hopefully, they will now get on with overturning the stupid ban on hunting.
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
Ha, you are here are you? When are you marying your boyfriend? I bet you will look sweet in a white dress!
The difference is, that Falmer was not discussed for weeks in the Chamber. Hopefully, they will now get on with overturning the stupid ban on hunting.
No, we would both wear trousers, as most men do.
pork pie
New member
What will you be wearing to the World Cup when it is Qatar? Chains?
The Large One
Who's Next?
Ha, you are here are you? When are you marying your boyfriend? I bet you will look sweet in a white dress!
The difference is, that Falmer was not discussed for weeks in the Chamber. Hopefully, they will now get on with overturning the stupid ban on hunting.
You are trying to talk about things way, way, way beyond your understanding.
Why do you need to show yourself up so often, especially as this has nothing to do with you?
brakespear
Doctor Worm
you try too hard.Ha, you are here are you? When are you marying your boyfriend? I bet you will look sweet in a white dress!
The difference is, that Falmer was not discussed for weeks in the Chamber. Hopefully, they will now get on with overturning the stupid ban on hunting.
brightonrock
Dodgy Hamstrings
- Jan 1, 2008
- 2,482
On the contrary, if he'd tried harder at school he wouldn't come across as so stupid.
Puppet Master
non sequitur
- Aug 14, 2012
- 4,055
Pork pie you are a dick.
End of.
End of.
HawkTheSeagull
New member
I think the government need to spend more money on education, particularly in Pork Pie's local area - maybe spend more money on care in the community too, that would support things in Palaceland too !!
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
No like the good little poof I am, I will obey your stereo-type and stay at home making quiche and ordering pink curtains.
I am deeply sorry for appearing on a football forum too. Doubtless that will confuse you as I am not supposed to like sport. I can assure you that I am here because I love the game, and not to solicit young men.