NO. The account doesnt mention rape, the word yada is to know in most cases socially or factually, but the only other use is carnally as in Genesis 4 Adam lay with his wife (yada)Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.
Do you know anything at all about rape? Rapists don't call what they do rape. They call it sex. In a rapist's sick, twisted mind, the victim wants to be dominated sexually, though in reality they certainly don't.
As to the law potentially about to be passed, the following:
The gay rights lobbies and much of society have not called them civil partnerships but gay marriage. It has always been their intent to force same sex unions
Force? Are they breaking into people's houses and forcing men to marry men, or women to marry women? Are they enforcing privileges upon those who marry the same sex? Because straight married couples get a lot of privileges most people would never think of.
The assurances of the UK government have thus not been met.
Where any conflict of interest has occurred gay rights have trumped the rights of religion.
So... allowing people to exercise their rights infringes upon the exercise to practice one's faith. How have gay rights trumped the rights of religion? Tell me how, coherently and with sources.
Now the crunch is coming.
The Church of England holds to the same view as the rest of the Anglican Communion, as the rest of majority mainstream Christian churches worldwide, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Evangelical Alliance etc. that that God has created man and woman to be in union, marriage and same sex relations are error. Many mainstream Christians worldwide also see departure from this core Biblical theme throughout as a major departure from the faith once delivered. I am one of those Christians. This is the undeniable fact despite what many pro-gay factions within the church try and spin to the contrary.
Unfortunately for you, homosexuality is a biological fact and is not inherently harmful- in fact a theory is that it keeps the population from growing out of control. Humans being humans, we have to reproduce to win the "war in the bedroom" (?!) and override our natural instincts. I have a hard time believing that God would create someone with a specific sin already ingrained into them. Original sin, whatever, but one specific sin, when the original Bible says so little about homosexuality?
Keep in mind that there are exactly 6 verses in the Bible that have anything to do with homosexuality, and all of them can be interpreted in different ways, thanks to the original Bible not being written in English.
The crux of the matter is that under such legislation, on past form, gay lobbies will attack the churches for civil partnerships under the banner of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Thats simply not going to happen without a massive rupture of society.
The same was said about black civil rights and women's rights and their positions in the church, ignoring the many denominations that have historically supported both black and female pastors. So far society has not ruptured, and I think we can tolerate gays. the way I see it, the more people who feel comfortable and safe in their society, the better. And do NOT bring up criminals, as homosexuality is in no way comparable to any crime and is not currently illegal in either the US or the UK.
Also, I have been to civil partnerships of friends, which of course have no religious element, if they were to be held as christian I wouldnt be able to go.
The classic "but I have gay friends!" excuse, with a slight twist that reveals you are not very tolerant at all.
The legislation
allows same-sex unions in church, not forces them. Do learn the difference.