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Yeah, he does that all the time. Drives me up the wall, too, but whaddayagonna do?
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Legalising gay marriage doesn't set any precedents except that the definition of marriage can change over time. There was this hilarious sketch on the Royal Canadian Air Farce the other night about traditional marriage. It starts out with the husband (who has a wife and two kids in the background) talking about traditional families and traditional marriage, which is between a man and a woman... of the same race. Awesome.
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I just noticed that my previous post didn't update the thread.
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03-07-2006, 05:54 PM | #305 | |
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And, any synopsis I put gets the haggard old stand-by responses of knee jerks to me, not the data. I can't win! So, never give in to defeat (to paraphrase Sir Winston) - keep on sloggin'.
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I thought they were trying to link the two a little too tightly myself. But, do you think the general argument is trending correctly - not that gay marriage caused social breakdown but is a symptom of that same process. A red flag, as it were, if not proximate cause?
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05-05-2006, 09:14 PM | #307 |
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found this one under the heading PIMPING FOR SAURON (pretty clever, that)
www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/may/06050409.html What would Tolkien have said on the subject, well, here's a good idea.
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I actually do study, incidentally, so there. If I was posting regularly at Entmoot, I would give any synopsis or analysis you put forth thoughtful consideration and not dismiss it out of hand, but I am very busy this summer and I probably won't be posting a lot. Canada has legalised gay marriage federally and now it's up to the provinces to put the law in place (I don't really get how this works, exactly). BC has legalised gay marriage, as has Quebec, Ontario, and a number of other provinces. I can tell you that the biggest problems in BC - Olympic budget overruns and Mountain Pine Beetle, are not caused by gay people now being allowed to marry. Nor is this a proximate cause of problems we face here. If you want a good case study about the effect of gay marriage on society, BC would be a good place to look at. Wait a some years and observe the long-term effect - I think it will be positive. Recently we've added affairs with someone of the same gender as grounds for immediate divorce. After all, a relationship between a gay couple is just as valid as a relationship between a straight couple. edited to add: also, Nord isn't a word. Maybe you were thinking Scandinavian? (This would include Norway, Denmark, and Finland as well.)
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I believe that Nord is in fact an old word for the races from Scandinavia.
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If so, this "Nord" has never heard of it. You may be thinking of "norse" which describes things relating to Scandinavia.
-- Oh, and since I found my way into this thread I might as well add that I am all for same-sex marriages. Last edited by Whispering Willow : 05-06-2006 at 07:42 PM. |
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"Nordic" means anything relating to Scandinavia as well, I suppose he meant that...
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Did gay marriage destroy marriage in Scandinavia? By M.V. Lee Badgett |
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05-07-2006, 05:05 PM | #317 |
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I can't really picture hetero couples in love who go: "Honey, maybe we should get marr.. oh no wait. The gays can do that now. Gee, there's no point then..."
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[nit-picking]Wiki is a bit off. One can say "nordmenn", but not just nord(s). [/nit-picking]
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