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AIBU?

To be very annoyed by this mailshot

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catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 12:03

Have just had the worst leaflet through my door I have ever seen from "MyArea for Marriage", imploring me to write to my MP to protest about marriage becoming a genderless institution. Best claims include "Kids need a mum and dad" and "people will lose their jobs for supporting traditional marriage". Whilst I love free speech, I have never been so annoyed by my doormat.

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baremadness · 12/01/2013 12:06

Yanbu at all I would have fumed at that. They didn't even have the courage to knock on the door and debate it out. Spineless bigoted twunts.

Greythorne · 12/01/2013 12:06

Tell me about it.

I got an email from a woman at school inviting me to go to a talk by a paediatrician, a philosopher and a psychologist about the impact of gay marriage on children. Apparently, I should attend because I will be shocked by what they say.

Fucking fuckwits.

catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 12:09

I bet you would be shocked Greythorne

bare yup, they posted and ran

twunts

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HollyBerryBush · 12/01/2013 12:10

I have a no junk mail plaquard, still get pizza leaflets ....

baremadness · 12/01/2013 12:12

Pizza leaflets....homophobic propaganda....yep that's the same

catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 12:13

I'm all for pizza

Not so much bigotry. Even if it comes with garlic bread

Apparantly "people will be punished for believing in traditional marriage"

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Sallyingforth · 12/01/2013 12:13

... then you need a junk food placard!

ResolutelyCheeky · 12/01/2013 12:22

Hey, Pizza, they mix meat with fruit! If that ain't a weird marraige I don't know what is?

PeggyCarter · 12/01/2013 12:30

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baremadness · 12/01/2013 12:33

In the uk marriage is a legal institution, not a religious one. Why is it so important for people to argue about something that will have no impact on them if they dont want to marry someone of the same sex?

HollyBerryBush · 12/01/2013 12:35

There are some very odd people out there.

I've just googled 'myarea for marriage' and can't find anything on t'interweb, who are they? or is this some ramblings of a person rather than an established group?

catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 14:12

I removed the name of my actual area and prelaced it withh "MyArea"

It's this lot

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catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 14:13

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baremadness · 12/01/2013 14:58

I wouldnt give them the airspace if i were you!

Alisvolatpropiis · 12/01/2013 15:01

That's awful!

I can't understand that way of thinking at all. I think marriage is really important,I also think everybody who wants to get married should be able to. Shouldn't even be an issue.

Can you complain to the council about the leaflets being put through letter boxes OP?

BigShinyBaubles · 12/01/2013 15:02

Thats awful! Not even fit for the recycle bin.
A friend once told me that a woman took a petition against gay marriages into her weightwatchers meeting and asked everyone to sign it! She soon got kicked out.

Narked · 12/01/2013 15:05

Scum.

Is there an alternative we can show support to? A way of reminding the fickle feckers that are politicians that non bigots also vote?

catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 15:06

Oh......good point bare

I will ask MN to delete

Alisvolatporpiis - I guess I support their right to hold their horrible views so I won't complain about the leaflets being distributed, but I will rant about how wrong they are

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RuleBritannia · 12/01/2013 15:10

Frankly, I would prefer to have a campaign against advertising leaflets, newsletters, pizza leaflets and anything else being pushed through our letterbox without being pushed all the way through so the letterbox closes again. Why should they be allowed to open our letterbox and leave it open for the cold to get in or warmth to get out?

Narked · 12/01/2013 15:11

I found this on the Stonewall site.

Cantbelieveitsnotbutter · 12/01/2013 15:13

My view on it waiting to be shot down
Reason for not welcoming / discouraging gays into religion is mainly (fluffed up into 'god says its bad') due to increase the population and therefore the number in said religion.
Now science has given a helping hand to that, what is the problem?!?

catgirl1976 · 12/01/2013 15:13

I shall make a donation, happy in the knowledge this twunty leaflet has had an effect on my actions

Just not the one they were hoping for :)

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manicbmc · 12/01/2013 15:16

Eh?

We have buses round here with 'Some people are gay, get over it!' on the side.

If these idiots were putting leaflets through peoples' doors and the homophobia was replaced by race, then they would rightly be arrested. They should be for inciting hatred against gay people.

Narked · 12/01/2013 15:20

Have just donated to Stonewall. That's another bit of a bus covered.

MammaTJ · 12/01/2013 15:22

A delightful quote from their website 'Peoples careers could be harmed'. Really? How?

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