{"id":903,"date":"2011-12-02T13:03:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agraham.org\/blog\/?p=903"},"modified":"2024-06-26T18:03:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:03:06","slug":"the-united-homophobes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agraham.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/the-united-homophobes\/","title":{"rendered":"The United Homophobes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120113003611\/https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/News\/Dundee\/article\/18458\/former-snp-leader-gordon-wilson-voted-off-dundee-citizens-advice-bureau-board-because-of-same-sex-marriage-comments.html\">Gordon Wilson<\/a> has got together with 199 friends to launch a campaign against gay marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Their petition obviously includes the slippery slope fallacy. You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/scotlandformarriage.org\/about-us\/\">about them here<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>indeed Scotland for Marriage is backed by both religious and non-religious groups. It is an expression of the breadth of concern within Scottish society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Those organisations?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CARE for Scotland<\/li>\n<li>The Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of Scotland<\/li>\n<li>The Christian Institute<\/li>\n<li>Destiny Churches, Scotland<\/li>\n<li>The Evangelical Alliance<\/li>\n<li>The Family Education Trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That seems really broad, 5 religious groups and 1 non religious one? (assuming FET is not religious which I am slightly sceptical of).<\/p>\n<p>Given that <a href=\"http:\/\/agraham.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/23\/church-attendance-figures\/\">Church attendance in England<\/a> is between 2-3% you would think any significant increase on that would be shouted from the church rooftops on Scotland. So how broad is that breadth of concern?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2011\/08\/12\/61-per-cent-of-scots-support-gay-marriage\/\">Recent surveys<\/a> showed 61% support with 19% opposed.<\/p>\n<p>From a comment on that Scotsman article<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIn the British Social Attitudes Survey 2010: 75% of those questioned believed their religious leaders should not to influence their voting behaviour 67% believe religious leaders should stay out of government decision making. 45% of Britons believe that the involvement of religious leaders would have a deleterious effect on policy. Only 25% of people believe religious involvement would produce better policy. 73% of respondents believe that \u201cpeople with very strong religious beliefs are often too intolerant of others\u201d. This view was held by 82% of people who class themselves as non-religious, and 63% of those who consider themselves religious. The Humanist Society of Scotland commissioned a separate poll asking the Scottish census question, \u2018What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?\u2019. In response, 42% of the adult population in Scotland said \u2018None\u2019. When asked \u2018Are you religious?\u2019 56% of the same sample said they were not and only 35% said they were.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Keep the bishops out of politics and the priests out of children.<\/p>\n<p>My post yesterday on <a href=\"http:\/\/agraham.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/01\/still-no-arguments-against-gay-marriage\/\">gay mariage<\/a> was timely it seems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Gordon Wilson has got together with 199 friends to launch a campaign against gay marriage. Their petition obviously includes the slippery slope fallacy. You can read about them here indeed Scotland for Marriage is backed by both religious and non-religious groups. It is an expression of the breadth of concern within Scottish society. 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