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The thing I don't get is that she was not involved in a religious ceremony, so where do her religious beliefs come into it ? If she was against any civil partnerships on religious grounds then it is inconsistent for her to enable civil hetero partnerships. If marriage is a god-y religion thing, her very job would be sinful.

So refusing to officiate civil partnerships cannot be based on religion be cause she is not joining together under the sanction of god. Heck she isn't even marrying.

She's just a bigot who thinks mumbling to the spirit in the sky (be doo da da da da da) gives her a pass on humanity.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 02:43:35 PM EST
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Re: Welcome civil partnerships ruling (none / 1)

Civil partnerships in the UK are not available for straight couples but the point still stands that as registrar she is presiding over non-religious ceremonies and marriages so why pick only on gay couples in this instance?

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 02:59:39 PM EST
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