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Thread #135653   Message #3095276
Posted By: Dorothy Parshall
14-Feb-11 - 04:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gay church 'marriages' set to get the go
Subject: RE: BS: Gay church 'marriages' set to get the go
Old episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie which viewed today:
two issues
1. gay marriage at the Anglican Church
2. Second wife for Moslem
(Mosque shares premises with its Anglican landlords)
1. Muslim "A" gets upset about the "abomination" and tries to find a new venue for mosque - turned down by everyone
2. First wife leaves home due to husband not saying unalterable "NO" to his mother
1. gay couple decide they prefer to marry in Toronto although a Muslim has agreed to cater reception with the best curry in town
2. Wife goes home; husband says "NO" to mother. Resolved.

1. Muslim and Anglican become new "friends" demonstrating in front of church. When told by the minister and the imam that wedding will not take place, they go off together for a beer - a root beer. Resolved.

What about next time? The community has been softened up. I'll bet a second go will not create a crisis. Or maybe it will and the third go... It is so hard for people to accept change. Second wives? Gay marriage? Finding a place for a mosque? The minister, "I christened him, how can I refuse to marry him?" Change comes hard but it does come, because some people, then more and more, think out of the rigid little box.