Marriage does not mean a union between a male and female.
In plight of all the commotion created by those against the Civil Union Bill please take note of the below:
One of the main arguments I have seen on social media lately, is that the Government is proposing CIVIL union not a CHURCH union. Therefore, in my opinion the Church should probably voice its own opinion and ignite no further hurtful, demeaning statements. The church finds no objection to homosexuals and them being in committed relationship. On the one hand the church is resolute about the fact that gays getting married by a civil union goes against its teachings. But on the other hand, for a same sex couple to live together without having signed some sort of official documentation that makes them married, is to live in sin. In conclusion, it’s ok to be gay and be in a gay relationship but no marriage and no co-habitation.
On the opposite side of the Church, we find Pastor G. Manche. Recently, P. Manche claimedto have collected a total of 10,000 signiatures (worthless, if I may add) from the Maltese public against Civil Union rights. If we go back to 2013, this Pastor had claimed that he had mysteriously been given the ability to convert gay people to being "straight’. Not only does he publicly express his dislike to gays but wants to convert them back to being "straight’ — what a pity!
Malta is a democratic county and hence everyone should be able to express his ownopinion. Yet, I find it quite ironic that he is in charge of a fellowship titled “River of love” while simultaneously advertising hate against Gays and their rights.
“God loves everyone but he does not love everything.” Pastor G. Manche should probablyretain his position as a professional ballet dancer (as stated on the homepage of the River of Love website) rather than trying to pull attention with his emotional speeches and statistics.
Other people who are absolutely against civil unions claim that a gay couple raising children might influence the sexuality of their children, thus bringing up gay children. Well, straight couples only raise straight children right? I am not gay but one thing I am sure of: being around gay people will not make you gay. Science has not yet determined an invisible virus in the air that transmits "being gay’ from one person to another.
Last week, I heard somebody utter that “without the presence of a female or male figurepresent constantly in the home, children in gay families will not be raised properly as they should be.” I don’t think that any single parent has been declined rights to raise children because of the lack of presence of the other parent.
The way psychologists look at the family nowadays is on how their interactions with oneanother. Families that go through the same cycles, that follow certain patterns and that adjust to situations together. They are still families no matter what the sex and sexual orientation of the parents turns out to be.
In a democratic country, we claim the freedom of speech and belief. The Church mightforget or ignore the fact that not everyone living in Malta is a Roman Catholic.
Unfortunately, like many other situations this has ended up in a tug-of-war, you’re either on one side or the other. This is not a black or white situation. As yet I have not met a perfect family dynamic. (Feel free to tell me if you’ve met a family that is perfect). Every family has its flaws and arguments between members.
Will children, being raised in gay families be discriminated against? Children barely knowthe difference between right or wrong until adults teach them. But in the process adults will also teach them and raise them to discriminate and most likely will discriminate people for their social status, friends, sexuality and choices their whole lives.
Now redefine the word marriage for your own intellectual knowledge.
