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Originally posted by I-Hate-Hulse+Jun 29 2005, 07:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (I-Hate-Hulse @ Jun 29 2005, 07:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-fotze@Jun 29 2005, 06:50 PM
My only hope is that my own MP Jim Prentice is actually listening to his constituents and his heart and not towing the party line.
As soon as the PC's can eliminate this type of shinguard they will be a power, but they won't and they will continual to rightfully get the shinguardscraps that they so goddamn deserve. fataing IDIOTS.
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Ask and ye shall receive. Jim voted in favor of the legislation. His riding is significantly "Red Tory"... could it be that a politician actually listened to his constituents? O_o
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I scoff at all this crap being spewed by the Religious Right that claim that the sanctity of marriage is at risk. Sorry, but that's been over for a long time now - how many of us DON'T know someone that divorced someone because of various less than puritanical reasons (cheating, beating, abandonment, boredom). Timmy already has two dads: His biological Dad and his step Dad.
Heteros have done a good enough job of screwing up marriage - I don't think we can claim the high road on this one.
I agree that churches shouldn't be forced to perform marriages if it's not a part of their beliefs. Although it might give the chuches some perspective on having unwanted beliefs forced on them. [/b][/quote]
Yeah I agree.
Added to that -- this whole "protect traditional marriage" stuff -- there are lots of other things that should be considered "traditional marriage".
Should we bring back the dowry? How about arranged marriages? Or forced? Polygamy (even though it's been used as an argument against same-sex) is quite traditional as well. So is marrying your cousin or your sister. There's a long tradition of women becoming "property" when hitched.
Calling for the defense of "traditional marriage" these days is a nice way of calling for the defense of "marriage as we've known it in our lifetime".