"Conservatives"

[fpb]

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/british-mp-urges-government-to-force-churches-into-same-sex-unions?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4aa5467bd0-LifeSiteNews_com_Intl_Headlines09_08_2011&utm_medium=email

What is breathtaking is that no British news medium seems to have given this any attention.

Comments

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

Nonsense. If a commentator said "welcome to a game, and both sides have already scored" there would be no implication that there might be further scores. You made an assumption which you are now defending in linguistic terms... after telling me you're a terrible linguist.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

"both sides have already scored" is not the same kind of statement as "some religious bodies already have gay marriage". It is only comparable in that the goals already scored are final events, that cannot be revoked or altered. When you say that "some religious bodies have already accepted gay marriage", you mention only one thing that has already taken place, that is final, that cannot be altered; the one thing that you do not anticipate is that the score might in any way change against that particular decision.

[sabethea.livejournal.com]

If I have "already bought a television", it does not mean I have a television for eternity! The damn thing will break at some point and I may not buy a new one. Equally, the damn law may change and I may have different rights.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

That was not what you said.