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Description: UN Resolution #81: Definition of Marriage (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: Description: UN Resolution #81: Definition of Marriage should be modified in terms of definition.

UNDERSTANDING why gay couples are willing to be legaly married,

REALIZING that less than 0.01% of gay couples last less than 3 years,

RECOGNIZING that homosexuals should NOT be discriminate,

I DISAGREE that marriage as the civil joining of a member of any sexual orientation.

ACCORDING to my point of view established on the Bible,

I THINK we should reconsiderate the decision to accept gay marriages,

BECAUSE the real definition of marriage is an union between a male and a female, regardless of the race or the financial situation.

I, The Republic Of Sydland, ask the UN Defition of Marriage to be modified, in terms of gay marriage.

Approvals: 0

Status: Lacking Support (requires 131 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Wed Sep 7 2005

Sydland, I'd like to point you to the 'Grossly Offensive' clause in the Rules of UN Proposals (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=420465). If you want to redefine marriage, so be it. Please do not include slanderous statistics such as the lie pertaining to '0.01% of gay couples last[ing] less[sic] than 3 years'. I will not ask for the mods to remove the proposal - I don't see the need to involve them at this stage. But this sort of thing will not be conducive to gaining Gruenberger support for future UN legislation authored by you.

From what I can tell, this repeal is illegal anyway.

I, The Republic Of Sydland, ask the UN Defition[sic] of Marriage to be modified, in terms of gay marriage.

On two counts:

Branding

Limited branding is allowed. "Limited" means that you may list one co-author by nation name only... ...Further branding will result in the Proposal being deleted. Don't list everyone who posted in the thread for your draft, don't list yourself, don't list...

And also, a repeal must be complete. You cannot "modify" passed resolutions - you can get rid of them completely, and then pass a new one, or you can spare yourself the hard work and just deal with what you've got.

This proposal violates at least two UN Rules (maybe three) and I will report it when I get the chance. Please post drafts here in the future to prevent this from happening.

I hadn't actually noted those - but you're right. Even so, submitting a legal proposal containing those sort of claims is unlikely to meet with happy smiles on my behalf in the future in any case.

Ok, I apology. It is my first repeal, and I haven't been governing for a long time. Plus, my english isn't that great.

Sorry again for not nowing properly the rules of repealing, I note it.

Actually, it's me who should apologise. I misread that line.

Don't worry about it: maybe if you post a draft next time, we'll be able to help you with the wording (and you'll be able to point out when we are being mind-numbingly stupid - as I just have been).

Haha, okay, thank you!