UK: the Government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

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Permalink Reply by RoyW on June 3, 2013 at 5:01am

Amen. May our great countries return to the God that made them great. May they forsake these immoral ideas of a couple being anything other than a husband and his lifelong wife. May our men once again become men and our ladies become ladies. May we follow God's guidelines in Scripture. I pray for this Scriptural model to become again the standard all over our world. Help us to do this according to Scripture or I fear another power will cause it to happen and that we do not want. I pray against the power of immorality and against the power of terrorism. May both depart our shores. In Jesus name. 

Permalink Reply by Lena J on June 3, 2013 at 5:29am

Father God, I stand in agreement with Roy and Rachel, in the Mighty Name of Messiah Jesus. Yes, oh yes, Lord, please stop this wickedness which is rapidly spreading from country to country. Please let those in control here on earth realize that even though they legalize same sex marriage, it is still against what You have define marriage to be: one man and one woman uniting as one. Please let them see that this sinful act of self-gratification will only lead to their eternal destruction, in the end.

Father, You are our only hope. It's time for the world to refocus on the teachings of Your Holy Word; for in them they will find Truth and Life. It is better to obey Your laws and commands rather than man's.

Amen.

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on June 3, 2013 at 9:34am

Here's the next step that's already underway:
'Neither' Now an Acceptable Gender in Australia (Posted May 31, 2013)
You don't have to be a man or a woman in Australia anymore if you don't want to be. An appeals court today ruled in favor of a Sydney activist who goes only by the first name Norrie, who identifies as "neuter," and who wants to be legally recognized as such, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. "As a matter of construction … the word sex does not bear a binary meaning of 'male' or 'female,'" the appeals court wrote in its unanimous ruling. Norrie's state government briefly agreed to list her as genderless for a few months, before changing its mind and deciding that everyone must be either male or female. The appeals court rebuked that logic, and while technically the ruling only applies to those who, like Norrie, have had sex-change surgery, it could be used as precedent for all manner of gender queer people. Norrie was pleased, saying, "It's not good enough if the law is just for the majority of people."

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on June 3, 2013 at 9:48am

Of course, last month the Boy Scouts in US finally was finally beaten down with the blessings of many churches and religious organizations; so far just one Christian organization has organized a counter:
(Newser)   The Boy Scouts of America's decision  last month to allow gay members was made with the blessings of many churches and religious groups—but not all of them. And here's a pretty significant opponent: The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America with 45,000 congregations and 16 million members, says it will now urge its followers to leave the Scouts, reports CNN. The Boy Scouts says Baptist churches currently sponsor nearly 4,000 units, containing more than 100,000 kids.

 

Permalink Reply by feet breath on June 3, 2013 at 11:46am

Praying

Permalink Reply by Lena J on June 4, 2013 at 12:18am

When we consider the words of God's living Bible, we know that in the end times, it would be as in the days of Noah: many didn't believed God, many didn't wanted God; many wanted to do what "feels" right. Isaiah 5:2o,21,25 could not make it any clearer of the consequences of changing God's Word: "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!...Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against His people, and He hath stretched forth His hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the street."

Prophecy is about to come true; we see it unfolding right before our eyes. Still, we need to keep praying, for there might still be some lost souls who need to be saved.

"And be not conformed to this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2

Jesus is Lord! His Word is Truth and Life!

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on June 6, 2013 at 7:16pm

"Rest of the Story" June 5, 2013 12:06

UK's same-sex marriage act moves closer to becoming law: Same-sex marriages could begin taking place in the UK as early as next summer

LONDON, UK — The UK parliament’s House of Lords voted down an attempt to derail a gay marriage bill by a 2-1 majority Tuesday night, moving the UK closer to legalizing same-sex marriage.
  “Pleased Lords vote to give ‪#SameSexMarriage Bill safe passage to Committee by 390 to 148. Yay!” British lawmaker, Stephen Williams of Bristol, posted on Twitter. Williams describes himself in his Twitter bio as “liberal, gay, Welsh-Bristolian.”
   The bill has several more procedural hurdles to clear in the upper house. Were it to pass, same-sex marriages could begin taking place in the UK as early as next summer, the BBC reported. Currently, only civil partnerships — a legal classification with fewer protections than marriage — are available to UK couples of the same gender.
  The lower House of Commons voted to pass the bill on May 21 with 205 votes. Prime Minister David Cameron, a staunch supporter of same-sex marriage, introduced the bill.
More from GlobalPost: UK gay marriage bill passes House of Commons
  “The government may have won the vote today, but what was clear from the debate was the huge opposition to almost every part of the bill,” said Colin Hart of the Coalition for Marriage, an anti-marriage equality campaign group that called Cameron a “marriage wrecker” for his support of the bill.
  Pro-gay marriage campaigners were no less ready to back down. “In the last 24 hours alone, opponents of equality in the House of Lords have compared loving, committed relationships to incest and polygamy,” said Ben Summerskill, chief executive of the gay rights group Stonewall, in a statement posted on their website. “Britain’s 3.7 million gay people don’t deserve to be second class citizens in their own country.”
  The debate over same sex marriage in the UK has elicited some decidedly wacky quotes, from Tory parliament member Sir Gerald Howarth’s worries about the “aggressive homosexual community” to former Conservative Party chairman Norman Tebbit’s musings over a potential lesbian queen.
In discussing her vote against the bill with BBC radio on Wednesday, Conservative peer Baroness Jill Knight made a point of saying that she had nothing against gay people.
  “We’ve all got friends who are homosexuals,” said Knight, 88. “They’re often extremely clever, very, very good at artistic things, very, very good at things like antiques. Knowledgeable. And certainly no reason at all to say they’re not loving.”

(Lol, so many UK friends here on AAG I have broken down and subscribed to UK news feed; Irish granma Moira must be rolling in her grave that I care about "those bloody Brit heathens").

Permalink Reply by Lena J on June 7, 2013 at 4:55am

This from my friend and prayer partner:

I AM PRAYING WITH FERVOR.... BUT REMEMBER THE WORDS OF OUR  LORD IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS:  JESUS TOLD US  "LET NOT - DO NOT ALLOW - YOUR HEARTS TO BE TROUBLED.   FOR THESE THINGS MUST NEEDS COME TO PASS.."  HE ALSO TOLD US TO BE  OF GOOD CHEER - FOR HE HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD!  WE  MUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE  WORDS!

 

THESE EVILS ARE TAKING PLACE IN PREPARATION OF THE  ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION  - THE ANTICHRIST - COMING INTO  POWER.

 

BUT WE REJOICE - BECAUSE OUR CHRIST IS COMING SOONER THAN  WE THINK, TO SOUND THE TRUMP AND GATHER US TO HIMSELF IN THE CLOUDS!   HALLELUJAH!

 

YOURS IN CHRIST, RR

Permalink Reply by RoyW on June 7, 2013 at 5:37am

Amen.