[ABANDONED] Left At The Altar

[Daarwyrth]

[TITLE] Left At The Altar.

[VALIDITY] Invalid for nations that banned marriage, Invalid for nations that don't have Marriage Equality, Invalid for nations that banned religion

[DESCRIPTION] Ever since @@NAME@@ said 'yes' to marriage equality, an increasing number of same-sex couples are exchanging their marital vows. Your nephew and his fiance are among them and due to their religiousness they wish to do this before God as well. On their way to the altar however, they are informed the priest has had a change of heart and refuses to conduct the marriage ceremony on religious grounds. Before you even had the time to blink, your distraught nephew and the stoic priest have dragged you onto the chancel, a church full of silent family members watching you with narrowed eyes.

[OPTION 1] "According to verse 1123a, paragraph 7891h, section 2238 delta-bravo in the book of Detergents, or was it Determination? Delirium?" begins @@RANDOMMALENAME_1@@, the priest who left the grooms at the altar, in a slow, monotone voice. "In any case, it is said by the holy scriptures that a man shall not marry another man like they would a woman. Or was it 'lay with a man'? Either way, I have the right to refuse to marry these two, as it is against my conscience and religious beliefs to do so. You can't force me." he pauses. "Or can you?"

[EFFECT 1] priests have stopped paying income taxes as they claim it strokes against their religious beliefs

[OPTION 2] "But what about our religious beliefs?" asks your nephew between violent sobs, his fiance trying to calm him down. "Our faith tells us that a marriage is void if it is not conducted before the face of God! We've spent weeks trying to find a church that would have us and now we risk our marriage being condemned in the face of the Divine! This refusal infringes upon our religious freedom, to practice our faith in a way that aligns with our conscience and beliefs! You have to protect our rights by forcing him to marry us, @@LEADER@@, you have to!"

[EFFECT 2] sermons are more often led by the parishioners than priests these days

[OPTION 3] "Alright, I've had enough of you lot!" suddenly your niece of five rises, often frightening the family with how eerily mature she is for her age. "While you stand here squabbling over nothing, I could have been discussing the validity of Kant's moral imperative with my fellow compatriots," she gestures to her cousins, one eating a booger out of his nose and the other burbling his lips with his finger. "If you would just ban the institution of marriage altogether, we could all save ourselves some irrevocably valuable time. Nietzsche's Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy won't discuss itself, you know..."

[OPTION 3] 'divorce lawyer' has become a synonym for 'redundant'

[Trotterdam]

#759

[Daarwyrth]

#759

Ah, and I thought I had CTRL-F'ed all the possible key words for this issue. Ah damn it, this really sucks, I was really happy with this issue draft there are differences between the one you linked and this draft though

[Australian rePublic]

Even this is null and void, there are still want to point out
1. If you wish to make the priest specifically Christian, then use the correct Bible verses. Making it specifically Christian, but using incorrect Bible verses is insulting to everyone. If you don't want to make it specifically Christian, then keep in mind that an imam or a rabbi wouldn't be any less opposed to this than a priest would

2. Change of heart? He either agreed to it in the first place or he didn't. This is not something an experienced Christian priest would change his mimd about

[Daarwyrth]

Even this is null and void, there are still want to point out
1. If you wish to make the priest specifically Christian, then use the correct Bible verses. Making it specifically Christian, but using incorrect Bible verses is insulting to everyone. If you don't want to make it specifically Christian, then keep in mind that an imam or a rabbi wouldn't be any less opposed to this than a priest would

2. Change of heart? He either agreed to it in the first place or he didn't. This is not something an experienced Christian priest would change his mimd about

1. It's not meant as an insult, it's a bit of satire like every issue has. The entire portrayal of Violetism in this game could be perceived as offensive but it's not, it's considered as a joke by most people and they understand all of this is meant to be with a wink. The Deuternomy bit is a small innocent joke, nothing else.

2. As someone who has been involved for years with the Catholic Church in the past, I disagree emphatically with you here. Even our most experienced priest wasn't sure about everything all the time and had moments where he agreed with something but a few days later - after having thought it over for example and or discussed the matter with someone else - they changed their mind or expressed a rethought opinion. Priests, Imams, Rabbi's, none of them are infallible. They're just as human as you and me and therefore have all the room and right to change their mind even if they agreed to something in the first place. Or sometimes it even happened that they were told from higher up that they couldn't do this or had to change their opinion/mind about something. I have seen it myself for years back when I was still part of the Catholic Church.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Aside from the deal-breaking duplication, this is a great issue. Please keep writing!

[Daarwyrth]

Aside from the deal-breaking duplication, this is a great issue. Please keep writing!

With the amount of ideas I have, I won't be stopping anytime soon thanks!

But I will abandon this specific draft as it is accidental duplication indeed. I really thought I had scoured thoroughly through the issues, but I will look even better next time!