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		By: Wedding Photography Chesterfield		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Outstanding items in this article. Now i&#039;m quite grateful to check your content. Many thanks a whole lot and i am having a look to contact you. Can you kindly shed me a mailbox?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Outstanding items in this article. Now i&#8217;m quite grateful to check your content. Many thanks a whole lot and i am having a look to contact you. Can you kindly shed me a mailbox?</p>
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		By: Paul		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/02/25/pe-gay-wedding-photo-sparks-hate-backlash/#comment-39780&quot;&gt;Josi&lt;/a&gt;.

SA is a backward country run by parasites - beautiful in it&#039;s nature , however the population is revolting !]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/02/25/pe-gay-wedding-photo-sparks-hate-backlash/#comment-39780">Josi</a>.</p>
<p>SA is a backward country run by parasites &#8211; beautiful in it&#8217;s nature , however the population is revolting !</p>
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		By: Wayne van Niekerk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wayne van Niekerk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BELOW IS A LETTER FOR THE WEEKEND POST LETTERS PAGE
Gay wedding photo message to the youth

I was in joyful disbelief that the Weekend Post published the recent beautiful wedding photo of Case van Der Touw and Shaun Luyt. It was a picture of real true love for all to see. I was, however, mortified to see some readers response in the following Weekend Post. But in answer to some of those readers: 
The message that photo sent to our youth is that love is a wonderful thing- it transcends all boundaries. It says that it is great to find love with someone of the same sex as that is the way you were created. And, Yes God did create Adam and Steve. And Alice and Jerry. Otherwise you are crediting creation elsewhere.
That photo shows gay youth that they are not alone. I wish I had known that as a teenager. There are some 800 million people around the world that are the same as you. As regard the ludicrous pregnancy statement, thank God that an additional 800 million people cannot give birth. We are, in fact, saving the planet.
That photo says that we live in a democracy where we will not discriminate against people based on their inherent characteristics like race, gender and sexual orientation. It says we are not the new apartheid /Nazi regimes of Uganda and Nigeria or 1940’s Germany but protect all our citizen with equal human rights. 
As regards homosexuality being against the Bible,  certainly not. David and Johnathan shared a same sex love story very clearly in the Bible and God did not condemn it, so what makes you bigots better than God? 
Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because of homosexuality? Well, not according to the Bible.
Ezekiel 16:49-50 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.” Sounds like the Sodomites of the Bible are exactly those criticising the gay community and gay marriage. 
The message to the youth is that many church leaders lie about the truth- find out the truth without being sheep of these not-so- Christian “Christians Leaders”. The Biblical example by which we should live is Jesus and at no stage did he condemn any gay person , yet he did condemn the overly righteous Pharisees who were exactly like those negative letter writers. 
Jesus gave a commandment “ that you love one another as I have loved you” yet these letter writers ignore His commandments. I would suggest you worry about your own souls. Hateful bigotry does not sit well with the God I serve. 
To the happy couple, we say,  ignore. Love and respect each other and mostly be proud. From another happily married gay couple who share the same anniversary date.
WVN]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>BELOW IS A LETTER FOR THE WEEKEND POST LETTERS PAGE<br />
Gay wedding photo message to the youth</p>
<p>I was in joyful disbelief that the Weekend Post published the recent beautiful wedding photo of Case van Der Touw and Shaun Luyt. It was a picture of real true love for all to see. I was, however, mortified to see some readers response in the following Weekend Post. But in answer to some of those readers:<br />
The message that photo sent to our youth is that love is a wonderful thing- it transcends all boundaries. It says that it is great to find love with someone of the same sex as that is the way you were created. And, Yes God did create Adam and Steve. And Alice and Jerry. Otherwise you are crediting creation elsewhere.<br />
That photo shows gay youth that they are not alone. I wish I had known that as a teenager. There are some 800 million people around the world that are the same as you. As regard the ludicrous pregnancy statement, thank God that an additional 800 million people cannot give birth. We are, in fact, saving the planet.<br />
That photo says that we live in a democracy where we will not discriminate against people based on their inherent characteristics like race, gender and sexual orientation. It says we are not the new apartheid /Nazi regimes of Uganda and Nigeria or 1940’s Germany but protect all our citizen with equal human rights.<br />
As regards homosexuality being against the Bible,  certainly not. David and Johnathan shared a same sex love story very clearly in the Bible and God did not condemn it, so what makes you bigots better than God?<br />
Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because of homosexuality? Well, not according to the Bible.<br />
Ezekiel 16:49-50 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.” Sounds like the Sodomites of the Bible are exactly those criticising the gay community and gay marriage.<br />
The message to the youth is that many church leaders lie about the truth- find out the truth without being sheep of these not-so- Christian “Christians Leaders”. The Biblical example by which we should live is Jesus and at no stage did he condemn any gay person , yet he did condemn the overly righteous Pharisees who were exactly like those negative letter writers.<br />
Jesus gave a commandment “ that you love one another as I have loved you” yet these letter writers ignore His commandments. I would suggest you worry about your own souls. Hateful bigotry does not sit well with the God I serve.<br />
To the happy couple, we say,  ignore. Love and respect each other and mostly be proud. From another happily married gay couple who share the same anniversary date.<br />
WVN</p>
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		By: Rob		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ummm, heather robertson, why did you even publish a page full of those hateful comments in the paper? if it had been a black couple in the picture would you have allowed similar comments from readers? &quot;Ugh not another negro wedding! Disgusting!&quot; NO, of course not. You would have edited them out! You don&#039;t HAVE to publish all the SMS comments as I&#039;m sure you are well aware. I have worked in newspapers (big ones) so I know. I appreciate that you share our outrage at the response you&#039;ve received from readers but you owe all gay people an apology for exposing them to this hate speech. Gay rights is not a debate with reasonable people on either side with equally valid opinions. The debate is closed. Gay rights are human rights, get it?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>ummm, heather robertson, why did you even publish a page full of those hateful comments in the paper? if it had been a black couple in the picture would you have allowed similar comments from readers? &#8220;Ugh not another negro wedding! Disgusting!&#8221; NO, of course not. You would have edited them out! You don&#8217;t HAVE to publish all the SMS comments as I&#8217;m sure you are well aware. I have worked in newspapers (big ones) so I know. I appreciate that you share our outrage at the response you&#8217;ve received from readers but you owe all gay people an apology for exposing them to this hate speech. Gay rights is not a debate with reasonable people on either side with equally valid opinions. The debate is closed. Gay rights are human rights, get it?</p>
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		By: Lucas Dlamini		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Dlamini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fantastic picture, beautiful guys, full of happiness, god bless you , hope you can be together for ever with the blessing of The Lord . Jesus love you! Also he loves to all those nasty people that lack of your happiness , those sour , bitter ones that criticized you beautiful love!!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Fantastic picture, beautiful guys, full of happiness, god bless you , hope you can be together for ever with the blessing of The Lord . Jesus love you! Also he loves to all those nasty people that lack of your happiness , those sour , bitter ones that criticized you beautiful love!!!</p>
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		By: Yusuf		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yusuf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congrats to the happy couple. Looks like a beautiful wedding.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Congrats to the happy couple. Looks like a beautiful wedding.</p>
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		By: R		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m beginning to see why Gareth Cliff calls PE The armpit of our nation... here I thought he was being his usual douchie self... guess not]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I&#8217;m beginning to see why Gareth Cliff calls PE The armpit of our nation&#8230; here I thought he was being his usual douchie self&#8230; guess not</p>
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		By: Mamba Writer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mamba Writer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/02/25/pe-gay-wedding-photo-sparks-hate-backlash/#comment-39797&quot;&gt;Heather Robertson&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks Heather. Noted and corrected.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/02/25/pe-gay-wedding-photo-sparks-hate-backlash/#comment-39797">Heather Robertson</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks Heather. Noted and corrected.</p>
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		By: Heather Robertson		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Robertson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Luiz
Just a correction on your story about the bigoted furore around us publishing a picture of a gay wedding on our front page. Fredlin Adriaan is the photographer who took the front page picture, not the editor who made the comment. Heather Robertson is the editor of The Weekend Post.
Thanks for spreading the word about the backward homophobia in PE. We are following up on the story in this week&#039;s Weekend Post.
Kind regards
Heather Robertson]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Hi Luiz<br />
Just a correction on your story about the bigoted furore around us publishing a picture of a gay wedding on our front page. Fredlin Adriaan is the photographer who took the front page picture, not the editor who made the comment. Heather Robertson is the editor of The Weekend Post.<br />
Thanks for spreading the word about the backward homophobia in PE. We are following up on the story in this week&#8217;s Weekend Post.<br />
Kind regards<br />
Heather Robertson</p>
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		By: Jason		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So after Madiba has passed on &#038; RSA has come sooo far there appears still to be those who hate!! So sad, these people will be sorry for their words when someone close to them comes out! And PS this is no longer a Christian state, so stop quoting the Bible! Your gods rules don&#039;t apply to us all!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So after Madiba has passed on &amp; RSA has come sooo far there appears still to be those who hate!! So sad, these people will be sorry for their words when someone close to them comes out! And PS this is no longer a Christian state, so stop quoting the Bible! Your gods rules don&#8217;t apply to us all!</p>
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