Quote Originally Posted by Speed-X View Post
I wasn't trying to insinuate anything...yeesh. I was just going off of hypothetical statements. Its like, I would understand if a chapel refused to wed an interracial couple. Do I believe it's right? No, I don't believe doing that is right. Its stupid just like looking down on homosexual couples. But if that's part of their belief system, I don't see why they would need to be forced to do it. The couple would just find another chapel, simple as that. @Suicune's Fire

And that right apparently exists because of state and church separation

And basically what I was saying is that bigotry can go both ways. We need to be careful to NOT fight fire with fire. Christians shouldn't shove their beliefs down our throats as we shouldn't try to shove our beliefs down theirs. And by presumably forcing them to always take in certain parties to their community really IS shoving our beliefs down their throats. Either way it goes, it's not right.
Don't you "yeesh" me! xD Wait, seriously?! Like Sarah said, I can't believe they can refuse an interracial couple! Woah. People are so freaking dumb. HOW is equality ever going to happen if there's still segregation happening? Again, it's not about "shoving" a belief down someone's throat. Like I said, no gay couple would want to go near people who still have ridiculous prejudice against them. Heck, I don't.

Quote Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Sarah View Post
I'm glad this has happened and also ashamed that Australia is even behind the US now xD As soon as we get a new PM, it will happen though.

I still find it sad that religion governs stuff like this in so many places. I would say that the majority of straight couples in Australia do not get married in a church/religious place these days. Their ceremony has no ties to religion at all, yet they are still "married". So marriage has obviously moved beyond being a religious thing.

I don't think any gay couple (or interracial couple or whatever) would WANT to get married in a chapel where there was a chance they wouldn't be accepted. If they are religious they most likely belong to a religion or church that accepts them and doesn't shun them and therefore would get married there. xD Also seriously, chapels can turn away interracial couples?! That sounds so crazy to me. Its difficult for me to believe that sort of thing still goes on, even though I know it does.
This, exactly. There are so many arguments I could bring up with someone taking a religion standpoint with gay marriage. And there IS no other standpoint, to my knowledge. Most people I know aren't religious. Are they still gonna get married? Of course. It has nothing to do with religion and the fact that people are still clinging to that as their reason for being against it, in my mind, makes no sense.