1651: Xboyfriend

[Keith]

"Can I tell you; if I lose my boyfriend to my ex-boyfriend, that will suck."


Lauren Hennessy

[WSEIII]

If the religious community wouldn't get up in arms about it I propose the following compromise. Make gay marriage legal so they get all the benefits but churches don't have to acknowledge their marriage.

also when Keith was talking about the afterlife I thought of Prince's song "Let's go crazy"

I recently attended a Catholic funeral and some parts you sat, sometimes you stood and then you knelt or sat. I was thinking of the cheer lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up sit down fight fight fight! I also thought the priest or elder got a little carried away with the incense.

[Sapgreenpeppers]

Originally Posted by WSEIII

I was thinking of the cheer lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up sit down fight fight fight!

My mom smacked me with her purse once for saying that exact thing, out loud, during mass when I was 15.

[Rufio]

Originally Posted by Sapgreenpeppers

My mom smacked me with her purse once for saying that exact thing, out loud, during mass when I was 15.

Coincidentally HIS mom also smacked him, except instead of being 15 he's 40.

[dannyhatch]

Originally Posted by Rufio

Coincidentally HIS mom also smacked him, except of being 15 he's 40.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME FRIES WITH THAT BURN?

Wait, fuck...

[Lanfear]

Originally Posted by WSEIII

If the religious community wouldn't get up in arms about it I propose the following compromise. Make gay marriage legal so they get all the benefits but churches don't have to acknowledge their marriage.

How is that a compromise? That should be the only option anyway!

Your government makes a decision on a legal matter (filling out a form to declare two people married which has certain legal implications e.g. taxes/custody of children/healthcare benefits/...) NOTHING a religious group says should have any relevance to that.

Here you always have to go to city hall and sign marriage papers first and if you feel the need to have a religious ceremony afterwards you are free to do that but that has no effect on whether or not you are considered married in the legal sense.

The situation in Germany is not ideal yet, we have same-sex civil partnerships but there are still some small differences to "normal" marriage. They are trying to get rid of these right now but we currently have a conservative government so it is haaaaaared ;-)
They voted on it in March and and it was defeated with the votes of the conservatives and liberals which is extra stupid as our openly gay foreign minister is a member of the liberal party.

[picard102]

Originally Posted by oie

Excuse me for considering the possibility that something other than what we can perceive might exist and worshiping it unquestionably based on a book of "symbolism".

ftfy

[JMG]

Great episode!

I really enjoy the Lauren episodes but is anyone else a little creeped-out by all the Chemda/Lauren sex talk and in jokes?

Note: no homophobe here (I actually enjoy lesbian porn!!)

[Keith]

Originally Posted by oie

A lot of people, Keith included, don't understand the symbolism in the Bible.

The Bible is like any other piece of literature. Not everything in it is meant to be taken literally. Taking it literally is for crazy people. Might as well believe that Cinderella actually traveled in a pumpkin carriage or that a genie came out of a lamp.

Did Mary, the mother of God, ascend into Heaven literally or symbolically [you idiot]?

[JSZilla]

I still do not understand how anyone is letting this by and quoting the U.S. Constitution. Maybe I'm a fucking idiot and don't have good reading comprehension.

"Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

If Marriage is a legal contract one makes with their respective significant other and can use tax and property related claims...Oh and a dog cannot . Just sayin'.

Clearly wouldn't gay marriage be a guarantee? If I decided one day to leave my girlfriend and say: hmmm, my buddy Austin is looking quite strapping. We hooked up and down the line decided we should get married. Or similarly Chemda and Lauren were ready to be married. By denying that how would this not infringe on...privileges, life, liberty, or property. Never mind the equal protection part.

PS: Always fun to have Lauren on.