Comments on: Straight couple who pledged to divorce if SSM passed no longer committed to their vow /news/national-news/australian-capital-territory/straight-couple-refuse-divorce-marriage-equality/164600 Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Sat, 09 Dec 2017 11:02:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Hunter /news/national-news/australian-capital-territory/straight-couple-refuse-divorce-marriage-equality/164600#comment-600270 Sat, 09 Dec 2017 11:02:47 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=164600#comment-600270 The No campaign will never end is right, if they adopt the tactics of the “Christian” right in the US: they’ll just keep chipping away with lawsuits and “religious freedom” laws.

As for this couple, their whole publicity stunt was nothing more than bull-pucky to begin with.

And the definition of marriage hasn’t changed: it’s still the recognition by the community of the establishment of a new household.

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By: Robert McCormick /news/national-news/australian-capital-territory/straight-couple-refuse-divorce-marriage-equality/164600#comment-600263 Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:39:27 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=164600#comment-600263 Did they mean it or were they just looking for an excuse to divorce because their marriage was already in trouble and this was their way to avoid admitting they had both made a mistake in marrying in the first place?
The “Age of Responsibility” is long since past. Just look at our politicians and how they behave when something doesn’t go their way or they get caught out doing something, or failing to do something. They simply refuse to take any responsibility.
Methinks this couple is no different. One or other, despite the dinky little “Happysnap” above, wants out so rather than accepting they are responsible for the failure they want to blame someone, something, anything.
Their so-called “Vow” shows just how seriously they took their original, presumably Religious, Marriage Vows.
Though legal in the Secular World, Divorce is still frowned upon and not permitted in the Religious World – at least in the Christian Religious World. Under Christain Religious Law when you take that vow “To have and to hold, till Death do us part” it is taken 100% seriously. It means exactly what it says and it is further endorsed when any clergy states to the congregation ” Marriage before God is a sacred act and let no man/woman put it apart”.

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By: Dave /news/national-news/australian-capital-territory/straight-couple-refuse-divorce-marriage-equality/164600#comment-600246 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 05:17:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=164600#comment-600246 By golly the list is getting long. The No campaign promised us so many things would happen which just don’t seem to be shaping up.

Obviously, these clowns have backflipped on their promise at the first opportunity as if they never intended to keep it, how Christian of them. Then there’s Christmas going ahead despite the promise by Margaret Court that it wouldn’t. Then there’s various pollies who promised to support the result of the survey in Parliament who went on to not do so (Zed whatshisname and Tony Abbott, for example).

The No campaign lies will never end.

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