Secular weddings
Feb. 14th, 2017 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mtbcMany news stories evoke negative emotions in me, a current instance being the UK defence secretary suggesting removing the duty of care that the armed forces owe to their members when deployed. This morning I thus appreciated a pleasing piece of local Scottish news: the Humanist Society Scotland's permission to marry couples has been solidified. Holyrood is good for something after all.
I do not have strong opinions about marriage: I never managed to believe in God and have moved only further from doing so. Having grown up comfortably in a somewhat Christian environment I do think many positive things about religious communities and would be content to make do with some legalistic civil union arrangement for us heathens while leaving
I do not have strong opinions about marriage: I never managed to believe in God and have moved only further from doing so. Having grown up comfortably in a somewhat Christian environment I do think many positive things about religious communities and would be content to make do with some legalistic civil union arrangement for us heathens while leaving
marriagefor the churches. The Humanist Society Scotland are perhaps a bit French in how aggressively secular they are but I am happy to take their being granted clearer authority to conduct weddings as a sign of liberal tolerance in society. In these times such signs are most welcome.
