Christian couple threaten to divorce in protest against same-sex marriage

[Johan]

He says he'll get divorced because "marriage of any couple is important to God..." But he also says he'll continue to live with is wife. What does god say about living in sin?

[aitm]

He says he'll get divorced because "marriage of any couple is important to God..." But he also says he'll continue to live with is wife. What does god say about living in sin?

Stop picking on believers Jo….goddamn man you are mean and evil and….other stuff too.

[Solitary]

How in the hell does anyone know what God wants? Do they have infinite wisdom like He does? Not only that, but how in the hell does that change anything? Talk about stupid! 

[Munch]

How in the hell does anyone know what God wants? Do they have infinite wisdom like He does? Not only that, but how in the hell does that change anything? Talk about stupid! 

See, the bible is actually similar to pennys book from inspector gadget.

It has a direct wireless link up to gods moon base.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

The important thing to remember here is that in the US at least some dimwitted pol will read this and propse a 'special kind of" marriage with extra superduper tax breaks for heterosexual marriages performed by a recognized pastor and vote to exclude all other marriages because "religious freedom" blah fucking blahbity blah blah blah. .

[kilodelta]

Holy fucking shit... they have their fingers on a button that will launch World War 4... those fucking geniuses. I'm sorry for the gay folks that wish to get married in the land down under. The silver bullet. Damn.

[the_antithesis]

Let 'em.

[Atheon]

Holy fucking shit... they have their fingers on a button that will launch World War 4... those fucking geniuses.

That'd be quite a feat, skipping right over World War 3 and going straight to World War 4! But if Microsoft can do it with Windows...

[Hijiri Byakuren]

Holy fucking shit... they have their fingers on a button that will launch World War 4... those fucking geniuses. I'm sorry for the gay folks that wish to get married in the land down under. The silver bullet. Damn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZIutRz9hw

[Mermaid]

ON NO! How would I be able to survive if some bigoted ignorant couple get a DIVORCE!?

[SGOS]

ON NO! How would I be able to survive if some bigoted ignorant couple get a DIVORCE!?

That's precious.  Talk about cutting off their noses to spite their face.  As a form of protest, it's just dumb.

[Mike Cl]

That's precious.  Talk about cutting off their noses to spite their face.  As a form of protest, it's just dumb.

But so very Christian.

[Aletheia]

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/06/10/christian-couple-threaten-to-divorce-in-protest-over-same-sex-marriage/

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    Australian Nick Jensen says that if same-sex marriage is introduced, he and his wife will divorce.

I wonder how this effects gays or changes the minds of other heterosexual couples? 50% of marriages end in divorce anyway, so seeing another divorce really has no shock value.

Furthermore, doesn't this desecrate the "sanctity of marriage" when this can be thrown away over something so trivial?

    Writing in the Canberra CityNews, Mr Jensen says he will continue to live with his wife, Sarah, and their children â€" and they will still consider themselves married. But they will no longer be legally married.

As most Christians understand it, marriage is supposed to prevent people from living in sin. Cohabitation without marriage is considered a sin. So, how does committing one sin in protest of another sin resolve the issue in God's eyes?

    He wrote: “Marriage is the union of a man and a woman before a community in the sight of God. And marriage of any couple is important to God regardless of whether that couple recognises God’s involvement or authority in it.

Then, this means that gays aren't married in the sight of God? Well, that seems to solve things:

"Marriage is the union of a man and a woman before a community in the sight of God."
"Gay marriage is the union of gay person and a gay person before the community not in the sight of God."
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Phew, that was close. So other forms of marriage are possible if they are recognized by the community but not God.

    “If our federal parliament votes to change the timeless and organic definition of marriage later on this year, it will have moved against the fundamental and foundational building block of Australian society and, indeed, human culture everywhere.

This is nothing new. Shifts like this have been used to break traditions before - such as slavery, second class treatment of women, child labour, etc. There's nothing wrong with moving against fundamental and foundational building blocks of any society, especially when these views turn out to be wrong. Seriously, what foundational building blocks of Australian society are we talking about? I thought Australia started out as the dumping ground of the undesirables from Britain?

    “Indeed, it raises a red flag when a government decides it is not content only having sovereignty over land, taxes and the military â€" but ‘words’ themselves.

Red flag? Words change regardless of any given government. They change as ideas and views change. It comes as no surprise that as views about the LGBT community change, so too will the words associated with them will change.

    “This is why we are willing to divorce. By changing the definition of marriage, ‘marriage’ will, in years to come, have an altogether different sense and purpose.”

Glad they were able to figure it out. By divorcing over this, this will have given  marriage a different sense and purpose. Instead of being one involving unity and love, it has now become a political tool intended to hurt others - albeit, ineffectively.

    Mr Jensen works for the American Christian Lobby, who campaign against same-sex marriage.
    Canberra CityNews has faced a backlash from Facebook fans for publishing Mr Jensen’s article â€" with many saying the magazine should be “ashamed” to give such few views a platform.
    One reader said: “What a stupid article, you may as well have written about how two crazy people still believe the world is flat. Geez. Homophobic propaganda.”

No surprise. Same-sex marriage has zero effect on heterosexual marriages. Wishing to disrupt the happiness of others for little to no reason is sadistic. So, yeah, feeling "ashamed" would be appropriate.

    Editor Ian Meikle told news.com.au: “The article does not reflect the opinion of the paper. It’s an unusual love story, and what would life be if people didn’t have different ways of life.”
    In the ongoing debate on same-sex marriage in Australia, the first National MP said yesterday he would vote in favour.

The article does reflect badly on the paper regardless of its true opinion. It's not a love story of any kind and does not show what life would be like if people didn't have different ways of life. This is a politically motivated stunt by individuals who are unhappy about the manner in which other people live their life - even though said people do not affect them in any way.

The paper has supported what amounts to hate speech.

[Mike Cl]

The paper has supported what amounts to hate speech.

Yeah, I agree with you.  This is not a love story--it's a hate story.  And it amounts to a temper tantrum of a small child who throws himself down on the floor and holds his breath until he passes out.  So, let the little shits hold there breath and pass out.