Latest posts:
Rate this!
Richard Aust
Member - 7 posts
There is a significant difference between marriage and civil partnership - the former being supported by Christian Churches whereas the latter is generally not.
It's not a matter of homophobic bigotry but a matter of accuracy.
There is no conflict between not condoning homosexuality and loving your neighbour in the Christian sense.
As for 'How does this discriminate?' - like Kevin I'm not sure about that.
Rate this!
Richard Aust
Member - 7 posts
There are 18 countries listed altogether - at various stages of EU investigation - including the UK.
Perhaps this is a reflection of a mini rebellion against the centralised dictats from the EU.
Rate this!
Richard Aust
Member - 7 posts
My thoughts as wewll Fleur. In it's desperate attempts to be 'politically correct' successive governments - mainly Labour - have lost all sense of moral standards.
Rate this!
Richard Aust
Member - 7 posts
One of the main reasons we are seeing the gradual breakdown in the stability of British society is the breakdown of the family unit. Successive governments have introduced a range of legislative changes undermining the role and stability of the family unit. There will always be the need for some people to work on a Sunday but that should be the exception, and their choice, but not the rule. The forced opening on Sunday of yet more shops is a bad move, whether they are Christian bookshops or any other.
Rate this!
Richard Aust
Member - 7 posts
The problem here is that you cannot change people's firmly held beliefs overnight - legislation or no legislation.
Antony - I think you'll find it's not that 'being gay is a sin' but it's certain behaviours which are regarded as sinful, but I'm sure someone will correct me.
It is unfortuntate that abusive terms like 'homophobic bigot' are being used but it doen't change the liklihood that the majority of people in the UK probably still consider that homosexuality is morally wrong - whether or not so-called 'gays' say they are born that way. In fact, in today's youth culture the term 'gay' is used to mean bad, poor quality, unacceptable etc.
By trying to compare homosexuals to Jews, Christians, disabled etc Antony's argument is invalid - such people are not generally regarded as 'immoral'
I suspect it's for these reasons that so-called diversity in the workplace is slow to happen and not actively encouraged by those who regard support of some behaviours as fundamentally wrong. Philip is right - employment policies will not change beliefs.
As for those who advocate no discrimination of any sort - that risks leading to a failure to learn the difference between right and wrong and therefore lead to anarchy.
There is far more to Equality and Diversity, and in my opinion more important issues, in the workplace than dealing with sexuality.
0 (0)
