09-19-2017, 03:26 AM
I have only had conversations with the more fundamental Christians about this. They are definitely on the no side. The Pentecostal/fundamental church is pretty big (eg some get 8k plus through their doors on a weekend) My facebook feeds suggests that the more progressive Christians will vote yes. Pretty much all non-church people my age seem to be yes.
My gut feeling is that the vote will be close. The conservative congregations will have this thrown at them every week, the yes side doesn't quite have the same captive audience.
What disappoints me is that that when a no vote is suggested, suddenly that person is a bigot, homophobic and full of hate. They generally aren't, they just don't see marriage as a same sex thing, or see homosexuality as a moral issue, which they are against. Surely their view is just as valid as any other.
I also detest how some of the 'no' vote attacks advocates of SSM in a personal and derogatory way.
I find it odd that the many parts of the church argues for a whole range exemptions from discrimination, which seems to be to go totally against Jesus' teaching.
It would be interesting to know how many surveys were sent back before any real campaigning started. The whole survey is resulting in horrible division within the country and we would have been much better off if the politicians had the guts to make a decision. Another thing we can blame Howard and his generally bad government for (although the public discourse when he changed the marriage act was basically non-existent from memory). One day it would be great if politicians governed for the country, not their party!
My gut feeling is that the vote will be close. The conservative congregations will have this thrown at them every week, the yes side doesn't quite have the same captive audience.
What disappoints me is that that when a no vote is suggested, suddenly that person is a bigot, homophobic and full of hate. They generally aren't, they just don't see marriage as a same sex thing, or see homosexuality as a moral issue, which they are against. Surely their view is just as valid as any other.
I also detest how some of the 'no' vote attacks advocates of SSM in a personal and derogatory way.
I find it odd that the many parts of the church argues for a whole range exemptions from discrimination, which seems to be to go totally against Jesus' teaching.
It would be interesting to know how many surveys were sent back before any real campaigning started. The whole survey is resulting in horrible division within the country and we would have been much better off if the politicians had the guts to make a decision. Another thing we can blame Howard and his generally bad government for (although the public discourse when he changed the marriage act was basically non-existent from memory). One day it would be great if politicians governed for the country, not their party!