NationStates Jolt Archive

Imperial News Network.

Hello and Good Evening,Today in the first session of the newly formed Imperial Senate,two major bills were passed.The first of these bills,authorized by the Emperor himself,was a bill dealing with the heated issue of gay marriage.The Bill,which called for all homosexuals to also be arrested and deported out the country,caused much stir in the Imperial State among citizens.After much debate,The Bill was passed in a quickly manner with 250 of all Senators approving.

"I am very pleased to see the Imperial Senate work in a quickly manner to approve the Emperor's will",said Grand Vizier Holtz,head of the Select Commitee."We are one step closer to making this a state filled with morality"

A Statement from the Emperor himself is expected later this week.
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Official Pacitalian Government Response

Where will the world be in twenty years? Obviously nowhere forward from here, if nations like yours keep deciding what's moral and what is not. Let no one decide this, morality is a thing of the past. Progressivity is the present's new fangled thing - like the sliced bread of political forwardness. We hope you'll rethink your decision for the good of the people in your nation. If not, we'll be happy to take a percentage of those in your nation deemed "unfit to live there" and guarantee them safe passage to Pacitalia.

Nikos Karagounis
Prime Minister of Pacitalia

Offical Statement from Nellislandian government:

We oppose Malatose's stance on gay marriage and hope that they will be able to stop thier close-mindness and see that people are people. Regardless of their race, ethnic background, sex, or "sexual preferance".

We applaud the strong stance for morality in Malatose, the only problem being, the time taken for the bill to occur.

When the news reached the Emperor's court, the room filled with good will and happiness.

Thomas Goth
Chancellor for Foriegn Affairs

Ab-shalom and greetings;

We note Malatose's attempted action; however we also notice their membership in the United Nations.

As "Gay Marriage" - in fact, most any sort of marriage - is protected under UN Resolution #81 (Definition of Marriage), and as adherence to all UN Resolutions by UN Nations is compulsory, we find Malatose's action mostly a waste of time as their laws have already been rewritten for them back to a "gay marriage is legal" stance.

We reference for you the referenced works.


Definition of Marriage

Description: Description: IN VIEW of the Universal Bill of Human Rights, and the Gay Rights resolution;

The UN HEREBY :

DEFINES marriage as the civil joining of a member of any nation with any other member of any nation, regardless of sex, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, or any other characteristic, with the exception of age;

RECOGNIZES age of the individual(s) as a just reason for not recognizing marriage, as per Article One of the Child Protection Act;

FURTHER RECOGNIZES all nation's right to expand this definition beyond species borders as the individual governments see fit.


Votes For: 11,904
Votes Against: 7,473

Implemented: Thu Nov 25 2004

And from the UN FAQ:

Your nation can join the UN, but it's not compulsory. As a non-member, you are unaffected by any UN decisions. So if you're happy looking after your nation and don't want to dabble in international politics, don't join up.

The UN is your chance to mold the rest of the world to your vision, by voting for resolutions you like and scuttling the rest. However, it's a double-edged sword, because your nation will also be affected by any resolutions that pass. (You can't just obey the resolutions you like and ignore the rest, like real nations do.)

Namaste,
Caliph Suleman ben Ghaziri al-Din
Vastivan Ambassador to the United Nations
Humble Servant of His Magnificence, the Sultan of Vastiva

OOC: I ignore all of the UN resolutions.

IC:

Official Public Announcement

I congratulate Malatose on banning gay marriage. It is unnatural. God and nature intended it to be only a man and a woman.

-Emperor Nikolaos Onassis
Athens, Greece

So this is what the world is coming to? Governments banning what goes on in their own citizen's bedrooms? Who are we to say it is wrong or right to be homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual hmm? If this is what the world is coming to, then there is no hope for progress. - Alecsander Bovsky, People's Commissar Of The Interior Commissariat

OOC: I ignore all of the UN resolutions.

OOC: Yah, and? What does that have to do with the roleplay?

(OOC: I don't think I trade with Malatose but...)

Offical statement from Nellisland's "Butting into affiars" BIA department:

We ask that all nations cut off all trade with the nation of Malatose until they agree to stop restricting the rights of their people. We hope that we can all come together and stop closed-mindness especially when it involves the rights of the people. Thank you.

We note Malatose's attempted action; however we also notice their membership in the United Nations.

Krioval has a mind to report Malatose to the Pretenama Panel not only for attempted violations of a United Nations resolution but also for grave and serious human rights violations.

Official Kriovalian Response:

Krioval is appalled that a member of an international organization feels that it can flout that organization's rules at will. Further, Krioval notes that the Technological Nonintervention Act, ratified five years ago, allows us to invade nations of lesser technology for abrogating large-scale treaties or binding international agreements. Thus, we insist that Malatose either reverse the ban and deportation orders, submit to a United Nations mandated panel to investigate human rights abuses, or to resign from the United Nations. Unless one of these three options is selected, Krioval will be launching a force to liberate the citizens of Malatose from oppression.

Director Koro Vartek
Diplomacy and Trade
Armed Republic of Krioval

Official Imperial Response

We appluad this action taken by Malatose against the sodomites that once infested her. We would also like to take this oppurtunity to exchange embassies and possibly forge further relations.

Official Kriovalian Response:

Krioval is appalled that a member of an international organization feels that it can flout that organization's rules at will. Further, Krioval notes that the Technological Nonintervention Act, ratified five years ago, allows us to invade nations of lesser technology for abrogating large-scale treaties or binding international agreements. Thus, we insist that Malatose either reverse the ban and deportation orders, submit to a United Nations mandated panel to investigate human rights abuses, or to resign from the United Nations. Unless one of these three options is selected, Krioval will be launching a force to liberate the citizens of Malatose from oppression.

Director Koro Vartek
Diplomacy and Trade
Armed Republic of Krioval
Official Imperial Response

Any hostile action taken against the nation of Malatose will result in the liberation of your people and the incorporation of your land into the Empire. Thank you.

OOC: Yah, and? What does that have to do with the roleplay?
OOC: I am telling him he doesn't have to follow the UN resolutions.

IC:

Message

To: Krioval
From: Emperor Nikolaos Onassis

Any aggressive action taken against Malatose will result in the destruction of your own nation. And what oppression? The Malatose Imperial Senate democratically voted on banning gay marriage.

-Emperor Nikolaos Onassis
Athens, Greece

OOC: This is true...UN resolution are suggestion, but if you join that mean that you intend to follow them or be punished by other nations...see the dilema!

OOC: This is true...UN resolution are suggestion, but if you join that mean that you intend to follow them or be punished by other nations...see the dilema!

OOC: I am telling him he doesn't have to follow the UN resolutions.

OOC: As long as you've really gotten into this - you can RP being opposed to UN Resolutions. However, the game FAQ (aka "What Max "the owner of the site" has decreed as law") says not only can your nation not be obeying UN Resolutions if it belongs to the UN - it doesn't have a choice. It's compulsory, not voluntary.

However, this brings on a whole huge bag of worms. Which will probably never be solved. Getting back to the point of my delegate popping in - that nation will soon be up on charges in front of the UN for human rights violations, the result of which will be who knows.


OOC: This is true...UN resolution are suggestion, but if you join that mean that you intend to follow them or be punished by other nations...see the dilema!

Please go back to your nation's page, click on FAQ and read the UN FAQ again. They are not "suggestions".

Krioval has a mind to report Malatose to the Pretenama Panel not only for attempted violations of a United Nations resolution but also for grave and serious human rights violations.

We support your action.

OOC: I am telling him he doesn't have to follow the UN resolutions.

IC:

Message

To: Krioval
From: Emperor Nikolaos Onassis

Any aggressive action taken against Malatose will result in the destruction of your own nation. And what oppression? The Malatose Imperial Senate democratically voted on banning gay marriage.

-Emperor Nikolaos Onassis
Athens, Greece

Official Kriovalian Response:

So, if Krioval democratically decided that Christians were to be expunged from our nation, that would be all right? With logic like that, I am truly surprised that your nation has made it past the Stone Age.

Koro Vartek

OOC: UN resolutions are not suggestions. If someone wants to RP all manner of repressive policies contravened by the UN, they shouldn't be in the UN. It's rather simple, really.

The Holy Dominion of Priman is disturbed by your blatant disregard for human rights. We here at the Dominion would applaud you if this was simply a ban on same-sex marriage. However deporting them and treating them like vermin is an act of evil. We do not, nor will we ever, outlaw being attracted to the same sex.

Our Speaker has delivered a lengthy speech to the Conclave's House of Decree.

'Our dear brothers and sisters are escaping persecution from Malatose, scrambling toward us, a shining beacon of morality in a dark age. We fight for the rights of the common man so that he may grow, and become as a great oak in the Garden of the Cosmos. Though we despise their(homosexuals) ways we ban together in outrage over their Empire's betrayal. All homosexuals seeking sanctuary from the Malatosian brutality will require no passport. Remember what the Primanian sage Prima said in centuries past, "The development of Man is the Enlightenment of Nature." Others of you will remember what the phenomenal wiseman Yashua said. "Do unto others as you would have done unto you." I follow both of these men. One as a man, the other as my God. Remember also what my God has said, that whatever you have done for the least of God's children, you do for me."

OOC:Homosexuals are scrambling toward Priman because of their more gentle ways.

the federation of miehm unilaterally supports the same sex marraige ban and suggests that a resolution be introduced to repeal all resolutions in support of homosexuality and sexual deviance

Official Andluciaen Response:

It would appear to the Andaluciaen Consulate, that this ban on homosexuals in Malatose is clearly in the realm of their own national determination. That while Andaluciae itself finds the behaviors of Malatose tasteless, we find the behaviors of nations intervening on this solely domestic issue tactless and silly. On this issue you should all concern yourselves with your own nations. Not others. Malatose is an independent nation, not beholden to you or your interests.

-Consul Arthur

We appauld the nation of Malatose on their stance. You stand strong in a time of corruption and immorality.

Count John Fitzgerald,
Secratary of Foriegn Affairs

Sarzonia officially condemns this act of blatant ignorance on the part of Malatose. We note that we do not have relations with that country, nor do we trade with them. We also note that we will not endeavour to open any such diplomatic or economic channels with them so long as they continue to practice such short-sighted policies.

Mike Sarzo
President
Incorporated States of Sarzonia