tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post5635753951596414238..comments2024-03-11T09:39:22.914+00:00Comments on Ex Umbris Et Imaginibus: The Charade Begins....AgainFather Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910574198138234820noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-18045897288863029322011-01-21T13:58:40.509+00:002011-01-21T13:58:40.509+00:00The passing of the Civil Partnership Bill in the m...<i>The passing of the Civil Partnership Bill in the most undemocratic means possible is another issue. Apart from undermining marriage in the State...</i><br /><br />As I see it, gay marriage is inevitable. It became inevitable when people stopped seing marriage in terms of procreation and mutual self-denial. From the 1960s onwards marriage was repackaged as a civil institution for the pursuit of mutual *happiness*. Looking at it from that perspective there really is no reason why gay couples should be denied marriage. In order to defend the traditional family Catholics need to make the case for rethinking the popular conception of marriage and instead viewing it as primarily for the purposes of procreation.<br /><br />I don't think who we vote for will make much difference to the abortion issue. The next government, whatever its potential composition, will almost certainly legislate for the X Case; any decision to go beyond that would need to go to referendum.<br /><br /><i>As orthodox Christians we may be becoming a minority in Ireland</i><br /><br />We already are.shanehttp://lxoa.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com