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Read this article:

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

Whats your reaction?

Canada - Land of the Free

*cheer*

*oogle!*

meh.

Yaaaaaay!

Lucky bastard, how come you get to live in Canada and I have to be stuck here in your un-friendly neighbour?

How interesting, one of the hands in the photo has six fingers!

What? I can't see it, my brother messed with the blocks and blocked out all categories.

uhh...are you sure? I'm looking right at here...(drat. how do you imbed an image again?)

Sane Canadians.
Insane neighbors.

America needs Zoloft. And a Bill C-38 :headbang:

How interesting, one of the hands in the photo has six fingers!

HOW DO YOU COUNT?????

Good for you, Canada! :fluffle: :eek: Congrats on having the courage to do the right thing. Anyone want to bet the Fudamentalists call for a boycott?

Yay Canada, eh?

(Six fingers? Whatever it is you're taking, please adjust the dosis!)

at least someone will give people the rights they are due

I refuse to believe there are only five fingers and to incourage that belief I shall be drinking more.

Bush will declare war on Gay Marriage and invade Canada.

Darn. Insurgency in Vancouver, carpet bombing of Toronto, and a no-fly zone over Quebec.

What is Bill C-38?

The article isn't correct; they seem to count only those countries where "gay marriage", using that particular word, was recently introduced. Same-sex unions are found in other countries, the difference being that they are called "civil unions".

I don't think that you should change the definitions of words by law. Marriage is between a man and a woman, and while there may be civil unions, they are not marriages, no matter what the law would say. It's basically Newspeak.

I refuse to believe there are only five fingers and to incourage that belief I shall be drinking more.

Whatever you're drinking, make mine a double!

What is Bill C-38?

Civil Marriage Act (same-sex marriage bill)

Bush will declare war on Gay Marriage and invade Canada.

Darn. Insurgency in Vancouver, carpet bombing of Toronto, and a no-fly zone over Quebec

ROTFLMAO

Gay Marriage is wrong it should be man women relationships, not woman woman or man man lustful relationships :(

Congrats on having the courage to do the right thing.

Courage? How is it courage when the majority of people in your nation support it? Not belittling it, just saying, it would be brave for a representative from Mississippi to propose something like this in the US House, but not in Canada. And it is already legal in seven provinces, I believe.

Anyone want to bet the Fudamentalists call for a boycott?

Hey, I’m a fundi and I support what they did. Removing the government from religion is a very good thing.

Bush will declare war on Gay Marriage and invade Canada.

Darn. Insurgency in Vancouver, carpet bombing of Toronto, and a no-fly zone over Quebec.
Molotov Lattes!

Gay Marriage is wrong it should be man women relationships, not woman woman or man man lustful relationships :(

Well, maybe it's wrong wherever it is you're from, but right here in my country, it's completely and utterly 100% right! Whoo-hoo!

Go lust!

*Edit: Okay, I'm still a little ebullient. Breathe deeply. Breathe de- nahhh, heck with that -

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!

Courage? How is it courage when the majority of people in your nation support it? Not belittling it, just saying, it would be brave for a representative from Mississippi to propose something like this in the US House, but not in Canada. And t is already legal in seven provinces, I believe.

Ok, good point. Still, good for them.


Hey, I’m a fundi and I support what they did. Removing the government from religion is a very good thing.

Good for you. I know far too many of your brethren who don't feel that way.

Who knew the Gay Wedding issue would be used as a political weapon to destroy the Conservative Party?
What?
OK. Everyone knew.
LOL

Gay Marriage is wrong it should be man women relationships, not woman woman or man man lustful relationships :(

So what are u saying is you want to deny people's equal rights and freedom.

So what are u saying is you want to deny people's equal rights and freedom.

Please don’t start this. We already have a thread of pointless arguing on this issue that is almost at 200 posts.

I'm very happy my country still has its own mind and is still dedicated to end discrimination.

Well done.

Although I wish the margin in which it passed was a little larger :D

So what are u saying is you want to deny people's equal rights and freedom.

It doesn't matter what he says or thinks! It's happened, "ed", past tense. IT's here! Isn't that greatGay marriage in Canada...and now, hey now come to think of it, Gay marriage in North America is real.

Who cares what anyone says now?

Please don’t start this. We already have a thread of pointless arguing on this issue that is almost at 200 posts.

Yeah, well, it hadn't become law until tonight though, so I think you can expect a few.

Please don’t start this. We already have a thread of pointless arguing on this issue that is almost at 200 posts.

BLAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA :D :D

BTW, American border agents still don't recognize canadian gay marriage. I know a guy who declared to be married (which WAS the truth, since he was married in Ontario and had his certificate with him). Well, the took him for interrogation because they said he was a "smart ass" and "had lied to them". He was denied access to the US.

The American government has already declared in 2003 that they wouldn't recognize any canadian gay marriage certificate, civil status, or passport entry.

There might be a little diplomatic war in the coming weeks.

Well, it's a legal question. And though it may rankle many in the US, the branch of the US government will eventually have to deal with the reality of non-US citizens who are homosexuals who are married couples. Simple as that.

man-woman relationships can be quite lustful, and man-man/woman-woman relationships can be and are as or more loving and deep than opposite sex ones.


Besides, it's legal in Canada now, so you lose! nener nener nener! :p

Well, it's a legal question. And though it may rankle many in the US, the branch of the US government will eventually have to deal with the reality of non-US citizens who are homosexuals who are married couples. Simple as that.

Lets see if the Supreme Court can get to rule on it...

the SCOTUS does get to interpret the laws ^^ and if they veiw that they must accept all Canadian marriage liscences as legal...

God I hope so

Originally Posted by Dobbsworld
Well, it's a legal question. And though it may rankle many in the US, the branch of the US government will eventually have to deal with the reality of non-US citizens who are homosexuals who are married couples. Simple as that.

Especially if the legal status is printed in the Canadian passport. You can't get more official than that.

Let's stick to one thread on this topic:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=428852

(merge request refused as the interpenetration of topics would make both threads more difficult to follow)