tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36538074.post7642499744380232625..comments2023-05-07T14:10:45.257+01:00Comments on Religion, Philosophy & Ethics at the University of Gloucestershire: Gay Rights, Faith and the LawDavid W...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14620079005028926064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36538074.post-17325086509344357692007-01-11T08:30:00.000+00:002007-01-11T08:30:00.000+00:00I have been waiting for this to be 'blogged'.
Fir...I have been waiting for this to be 'blogged'.<br /><br />First off, I will make clear I absolutely support the government and the lib dems on this one. To allow businesses- because thats what we are talking about here, not individuals homes - to actively discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation is fundamentally wrong. The important thing here is we are talking about a group of people, long suffering in many cases, finally being afforded rights that quite frankly we should be ashamed they have to be afforded them, and not simply assumed, in the first place. <br /><br />It seems to be a minority of highly conservative christians who have the biggest problem with this, my message to them would be look deeper into your faith and I think you will find christianity is not anti-gay at all. If they disagree,I would suggest they change their job or career into a different spectrum, and not the public spectrum, because in this FREE country public services are for all, regardless of what colour someone is, what football team they support, whether they like sprouts or if their life partners name is Gilbert or Margeret!<br /><br />Christian voice's argument that somebody elses morality is being forced upon them is simply untrue. The act is designed to avoid exactly that - the forcing of one groups morality onto everyone else. This is untrue. no-one is forcing them to operate hotels, no-one if forcing them to work in a public sector, the act is simply making sure those who hold discriminitive viws on a group of people can not discriminate against them in the public sector.<br /><br />finally - a comment on the below;<br /><br />' .....activities they find perverted, disgusting or simply against the clear, unequivocal word of God."<br /><br />Whomever believes this clearly hasnt read the bible properly, because it is anything but the clear unequivocal word of God, and using words like perverted and disgusting is simply shameful. Jesus - the historical man that I have read about - I'm pretty sure, would be ashamed.jasonrpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225357679689486816noreply@blogger.com