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« on: October 09, 2012, 06:38:07 AM »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/08/archbishop-canterbury-gay-marriage-tory

'The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, has accused David Cameron of "plundering" the institution of heterosexual marriage to promote same-sex marriage rights. Allowing gay marriage would cause deep divisions in society "without giving gays a single right they do not have in civil partnership", he said.

At a Coalition for Marriage rally on the fringe of the Conservative conference in Birmingham on Monday, Carey joined David Burrowes, the backbench MP for Enfield Southgate, and former MP Ann Widdecombe in protesting that neither the Lib Dem nor Tory 2010 manifesto included a pledge to legalise gay marriage.

Carey claimed that in some countries where same-sex marriage had been made legal – including Mexico, Brazil and the Netherlands – it had led to unforeseen consequences such as three-person marriages.

Asked about opponents of gay marriage being described as "bigots" – on one occasion by Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister – Carey said: "Let us remember the Jews in Nazi Germany. What started against them was when they started to be called names.

"And that was the first stage towards that totalitarian state. We have to resist them. We treasure democracy. We treasure our Christian inheritance and we want to debate this in a fair way." '


Funny in a sad sort of way.
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 07:24:49 AM »

Someone needs to hurry up and die.
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2012, 07:30:56 AM »

Carey always was an idiot - that was actually why he was appointed.
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2012, 12:06:23 PM »

Carey being Carey.
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2012, 12:37:30 PM »

Carey claimed that in some countries where same-sex marriage had been made legal – including Mexico, Brazil and the Netherlands – it had led to unforeseen consequences such as three-person marriages.

Yet this bigot wants to debate the issue in a fair way? Gimme a break.
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2012, 06:48:11 PM »

That isn't really a use of godwins law.
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