{"id":5385,"date":"2013-02-02T08:57:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T08:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2013-02-02T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T13:05:04","slug":"2013feb02gaym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2013feb02gaym\/","title":{"rendered":"Joke Marriage debate Tuesday 5th February"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MPs will debate the Gay Marriage Bill on Tuesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members of Parliament will debate the Joke Marriage Bill, or ‘Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill<\/a><\/strong>‘, to give its full title, on Tuesday<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Christians are calling for prayer this Sunday, 3rd February, to strengthen the resolve of the Bill’s opponents and for a sizeable rebellion against the Bill from MP’s of all parties in the 2nd Reading Division.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that in a free vote in our House of Commons the Bill will pass, but a healthy rebellion will encourage the House of Lords to oppose this ill-thought-out measure which was not in any party manifesto.<\/p>\n

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond MP has backtracked over comparing ‘gay marriage’ to incest.<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0‘We don’t allow siblings to get married either’, he told a constituent, before his spokesman denied that he equated the two.<\/p>\n

But Mr Hammond is right. \u00a0Homosexual activity is exactly on a par with incest. \u00a0Homosexuals even talk about their ‘gay brothers’ and ‘gay sisters’.<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ said this:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And of course two men or two women lack between them the full set of complementary equipment to be ‘one flesh’ in the physical expression of marriage. \u00a0You can’t build a car with just bolts or just nuts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Christian Voice asked the Government repeatedly how two homosexuals will consummate their ‘marriage’.<\/p>\n

Initially, in their consultation they said it would be up to the courts to decide. \u00a0We said that was not good enough. \u00a0The Bill had to spell it out. \u00a0But now, on the face of the Bill, the Government say those in a ‘gay marriage’ will not have to consummate it at all. \u00a0Section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (grounds on which a marriage is voidable) will\u00a0‘not apply to the marriage of a same sex couple.’<\/p>\n

We also asked what will constitute adultery as a ground for divorce of a ‘gay marriage’. \u00a0Again, in their consultation the Government said it would be up to the courts to define ‘adultery’ in a homosexual context. \u00a0Now they say, in the Bill: ‘Only conduct between the respondent and a person of the opposite sex may constitute adultery for the purposes of ‘ the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (divorce on breakdown of marriage)’.<\/p>\n

The Government have failed to deliver, because they never could. \u00a0The homosexual lobby wanted equality in marriage. \u00a0What they have been delivered is second-class marriage, a two-tier system, a Joke Marriage Bill. \u00a0That will not stop them claiming to be ‘married’ and in the words of the Bill being ‘husband and husband’ or ‘wife and wife’ or usurping the time-honoured expressions ‘widow’ and ‘widower’.<\/p>\n

And how long will it be before the concepts of consummation and adultery vanish from our statue book because of the inability of homosexuals to become ‘one flesh’ in the complete emotional and sexual sense? \u00a0The currency of marriage itself – of every marriage in the land – will be degraded by these counterfeit marriages.<\/p>\n

Clause 1 of the 1297 Magna Carta is still in force. \u00a0It says this:<\/p>\n

1. FIRST, We have granted to God, and by this our present Charter have confirmed, for Us and our Heirs for ever, that the Church of England shall be free, and shall have all her whole Rights and Liberties inviolable. …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The front page of Magna Carta – The ‘Great Charter’ – of which Clause 1 is still in force.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Legal advice is that despite David Cameron’s ‘Quadruple Lock’<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0the Bill will open the door to a legal challenge\u00a0on the freedom of the Church of England not to conduct false marriages. \u00a0But if the C of E needs a\u00a0‘Quadruple Lock’ what is the legal position of every other church without it<\/span>? \u00a0They are being thrown to the homosexual equality wolves.<\/p>\n

At the very best, a church or denomination will be bogged down in court cases and lawyers’ fees for years defending itself against a gay activist law suit, brought with the financial muscle of the Government-funded Stonewall group and the rest of the homosexual industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christian Voice members and friends may feel free to print out this article and take it to church for prayer tomorrow.<\/p>\n

We have no doubt that Christians and other decent people will be contacting their MPs today, tomorrow and Sunday. \u00a0Their email addresses are here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/mps-lords-and-offices\/mps\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

You can also sign our Christ-centred petition:<\/p>\n

We the undersigned believe that marriage was ordained by God to be the union of one man and one woman and that marriage between two persons of the same sex can not and should not be legalised by any earthly government.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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