#ge

If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there? Why not allow three men or a woman and two men to constitute a marriage? ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#constitute #longer #man #marriage #means

In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.' ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#compassion #concept #cultivated #culture #described

My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#again #bit #cameron #david #government

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#dismantle #government #marriage #meaning #meaning of

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#larger #life #much #old #part

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#building #building blocks #enacting #fundamental #huge

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#basic idea #child #chooses #create #deliberately

The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians or parliaments should seek to alter or destroy that reality. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#church #destroy #governments #man #marriage

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

#become #doubt #importance #inclined #influence

All you'd have to do is get a sad look, and he'd try to do something for you. ↗

— Margaret O'Brien

#look #sad #something #try #you