Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:10 am  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

Of course not, but marriage is for people of the opposite sex and always has been. If homosexuals want to be legally bound together then whats wrong with having a civil partnership? A religious ceremony would be a sham at a homosexual wedding.

I'm ashamed that you're a Wiganer.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:17 am  

Rock God X wrote:

It's a dangerous tactic anyway. Remember that nutter who said Hurricane Katrina was God's way of punishing the people of New Orleans? We'd only need some coincidental extreme weather in the months following the test wedding and they'd all be creaming their kecks in righteous excitement.

TBF there is widespread support in religions for the fatalistic notion that nothing, at all, ever happens unless god wills it.

Which, if later today I win a small fortune off the bookies at Cheltenham, and then go out and get totally wasted, is strangely pleasing.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:32 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Rock God X wrote:

It's a dangerous tactic anyway. Remember that nutter who said Hurricane Katrina was God's way of punishing the people of New Orleans? We'd only need some coincidental extreme weather in the months following the test wedding and they'd all be creaming their kecks in righteous excitement.

TBF there is widespread support in religions for the fatalistic notion that nothing, at all, ever happens unless god wills it.

Which, if later today I win a small fortune off the bookies at Cheltenham, and then go out and get totally wasted, is strangely pleasing.

Then there's the ones who attribute the good stuff that happens to God, and the bad stuff to Satan. I know who they would think was responsible for your decadent afternoon.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:20 pm  

Marriage is older than monotheism, never mind the fscking church. Don't let them hijack the narrative with this "marriage belongs to us" bullshit. No. It. Doesn't.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:36 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

:lol:

I seem to remember it being some fundamentalist minister, but I wouldn't totally surprised if I was mistaken.

It was Pat Robertson IIRC.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:50 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Then there's the ones who attribute the good stuff that happens to God, and the bad stuff to Satan. I know who they would think was responsible for your decadent afternoon.

It may be true, I often have the devil's own job picking any winners

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:58 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

Wasn't that the president?

Pat Robertson ?

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:02 pm  

Gareth1984 wrote:

It was Pat Robertson IIRC.

Aye, that's the chap. Seems he had similar observations to make after the Haiti earthquake.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:09 pm  

Pat Robertson also own slaves. I kid you not.

Re: Is John Sentamu totally bonkers? : Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:56 am  

The anti-abortion nutters have turned up outside a clinic now What is it with these religious freaks that makes them think any of us need saving?

The anti-abortion nutters have turned up outside a clinic now What is it with these religious freaks that makes them think any of us need saving?