I did know about NS being the first (Quebec has done it too, hasn't it?) but it's just a step on the way. I don't particularly expect to make a difference, I just think that people in favour whould be writing the government (although they're already challenging the case again) since the anti- ones are bound to.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Ouise - Apr 23, 2003 12:45:30 pm PDT #2053 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Sue - Apr 23, 2003 12:51:12 pm PDT #2054 of 6793
hip deep in pie
You know there's something deeply weird with our province when they throw pot possession cases out of court, and welcome same sex partnerships (both good things!), but I still can't buy shoes on Sunday.
Megan E. - Apr 23, 2003 12:54:53 pm PDT #2055 of 6793
Since we're likely going to have an election this year, maybe you should write to all three parties and ask them for their positions same sex marriage.
Ouise - Apr 23, 2003 4:34:09 pm PDT #2056 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
I was actually planning on writing the federal government because of the Supreme Court case they're arguing.
Hey, Sue, did you see that Hamm's reconsidering the Sunday shopping thing? I saw a newspaper headline the other day saying that Hamm realized that they had misread public sentiment on Sunday shopping and would be putting forward a new proposal.
Elena - Apr 23, 2003 6:51:57 pm PDT #2057 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
I really just don't understand people who are against same-sex marriage. I've yet to hear a convincing argument against it.
Jon B. - Apr 23, 2003 10:58:22 pm PDT #2058 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
"It makes baby Jesus cry" doesn't do it for you, huh?
Elena - Apr 23, 2003 11:03:44 pm PDT #2059 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Oh, well, if you put it that way... If god had wanted gay people to be married he'd have created Adam and Steve instead of Adam and Eve. But, then, they weren't married either.
Megan E. - Apr 24, 2003 4:11:25 am PDT #2060 of 6793
did you see that Hamm's reconsidering the Sunday shopping thing?
But only for during the Christmas shopping season. He did say he'd like to hold a referendum on the matter.
Sue - Apr 24, 2003 6:25:37 am PDT #2061 of 6793
hip deep in pie
I figure the Sunday shopping thing is just election posturing.
Don't all the arguments against same-sex unions fundamentally boil down to what Jon said. I mean, there's no real argument that doesn't have a religious root. Right?
I'm with Elena. I'm baffled by the opposition. I guess I'm in the "gov't has no business in the bedrooms of the nation" camp.
Ouise - Apr 24, 2003 7:02:12 am PDT #2062 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
See, what I would have liked to see as a response from the government when the issue of same-sex marriage first came up was the repsonse the Canadian military had to the challenge of the "no gay soldiers" rule. Which was something along the lines of "Hmm. No, we don't actually have a good reason for that. Ok, change the rule!"
I really think that in a couple of decades it will look like the laws against inter-racial marriage. I was going to say more, but I'm too sleepy to think. Too bad it's 10am and I'm at work.