Canada Passes Same-sex Legislation

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SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:07 AM

We are the third country in the world to do it! We legalized gay marrage!!!

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/28/samesex050628.html

The "vote is about the Charter of Rights," said Martin. "We're a nation of minorities and in a nation of minorities you don't cherry-pick rights."

Damn, I feel proud to be a Canadian. I mean, I've always been proud, but this just makes it shine.

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FINN MAC CUMHAL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:26 AM

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Damn, I feel proud to be a Canadian. I mean, I've always been proud, but this just makes it shine.

In all the colors of the rainbow, you pinko-comie, flag-waiving Canadian.

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Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.

INDIGO

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:47 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Damn, I feel proud to be a Canadian. I mean, I've always been proud, but this just makes it shine.
In all the colors of the rainbow, you pinko-comie, flag-waiving Canadian.

Uhmm, clear this up for me; but are you being obtusely humourous Finn mac Cumhal, or snide?

Go Canada!

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FINN MAC CUMHAL

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:22 PM

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Originally posted by Indigo:
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Damn, I feel proud to be a Canadian. I mean, I've always been proud, but this just makes it shine.
In all the colors of the rainbow, you pinko-comie, flag-waiving Canadian.

Uhmm, clear this up for me; but are you being obtusely humourous Finn mac Cumhal, or snide?

Evidently, I’m being obtusely humorous. I thought I was being funny. It amused me that Sigma stated that he was proud of his country, being such a Left-wing dude.

I hope people aren’t posting to this thread because it is a hackneyed and tiresome topic and not because of my post. It wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, or derail the thread. If that’s the case, I apologize. I encourage people to share their thoughts on Canada’s new same-sex marriages.

In any event, while I personally couldn’t care less since it doesn’t affect me in the least, I’m happy that they did it if it’s what they wanted to do. Yay democracy.

As far as Sigma being proud of Canada, I think he has every reason to be. Canada is liberal democracy and a beautiful country and Canadians should be proud and even grateful to be living in Canadia. Yah, Canada.

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Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.

DARKJESTER

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:57 PM

Hooray for Canada! You go, eh?!

Of course, there are some religious groups in the US that will now refuse to acknowledge that Canada ever existed....... ("You are DEAD to me, Canada!! Do you hear?!?!")

50% of heterosexual marriages end in divorce. We (yes, me too) have already dispelled the idea of the sanctity of marriage. I don't see any problem in letting two people in a comitted relationship publicly declare their intention to spend the rest of their lives loving and caring for the other. I know this puts me in the minority in the US.

I have ancestors who were abolitionists before the Civil War. I have read their letters. And, echoing their sentiments, I think that in 100 years everyone will be wondering what all the fuss was about.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

INDIGO

Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:37 AM

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Uhmm, clear this up for me; but are you being obtusely humourous Finn mac Cumhal, or snide?

Evidently, I’m being obtusely humorous. I thought I was being funny. It amused me that Sigma stated that he was proud of his country, being such a Left-wing dude.

As far as Sigma being proud of Canada, I think he has every reason to be. Canada is liberal democracy and a beautiful country and Canadians should be proud and even grateful to be living in Canadia. Yah, Canada.

Thank you Finn, I didn't mean to derail the thread either, but I do appreciate gentlemanly discourse.

The legislation affects me fairly minimally on one hand (being a US, Washington State resident, in a het marraige); on the other hand, a majority of my friends and some family are either gay, lesbian, or bi (including myself) -- and the fact that our nearest and dearest neighbor (wherin resides many other friends) has made this humane move, gives me and mine hope. I'm going to my brother and his lady fiancee's wedding this weekend, then on to two of my best guy friend's handfasting/wedding the week after: I'm undeniably happy for all of them!

So at the very real chance at being redundant: again, yay Cananda!

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Blessed are the Geeks for they shall internet the world.

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:56 AM

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Originally posted by Indigo:
Thank you Finn, I didn't mean to derail the thread either, but I do appreciate gentlemanly discourse.

I was being facetious, and it evidently came out the wrong way, but I got miles of amusement out of it. Isn’t that really what matters, though? It was really funny if you could have read my mind.

In any event, I’ve been in the gay marriage discussions before. I can’t promise it will be a gentlemanly discourse. Usually someone ends up being called a bigot, and frequently I seem to draw the short straw. I don’t know why these things happen.

Have fun at the wedding.

Incidentally, I have a sister in Portland.

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Qui desiderat pacem praeparet bellum.

DARKJESTER

Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:16 AM

And now Spain makes it four in the club.....

http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=72564

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

CONNORFLYNN

Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:49 AM

I'm for same-sex marriages. I'm for the protections and rights that come with same sex marriage and civil unions.

God forbid, love be something that is frowned upon.

This is less about the "sanctity" of marriage and more about Biblical age emphasis on procreation. I also believe it is also about big business and insurance companies. It's about limiting who "qualifies" for benefits IMHO.

Go Canada!

SIGMANUNKI

Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:56 PM

Yah Spain

And I really think that this "justified" anger towards gay-marrage is based on a false assumption; that marrage is a religion institution. It isn't. Marriage hasn't been that way for a long time.

Here, anyone (including preists, etc) must be licensed by the gov to marry. Even one of the marriage commmissioners that we interviewed for our wedding stated that he's done many weddings where the preist said his thing, and after that he stepped forward to make it legal by doing his thing; the preist wasn't licensed.

I really don't think that these people know and/or acknowledge this difference; religious marriage and legal marriage.

Here, part of our law includes a "conscience" part. So, if a person (for whatever reason) doesn't want to marry a couple they are not forced to. It's the thing that allows Preists/Ministers/etc of any variety not to marry a couple if one or both of the couple is not there specific religion.

This has been extended to include gays as well with the extention that allows them to marry.

So, no-one is being forced to marry anyone if they aren't comfortable with it, regardless.

Even still, there are people that are still angry with gay marriage. Something that I really can't understand at this point, nor has any of these people explained even when asked. Someone should tell them that just stating something doesn't make it true; they must explain there justifications for what they think.

*sigh*

But again, yah Spain

*does the wave*

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

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