Gay Marrage Debate

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Cosmo

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Here ya go Pea ...



Add to that ...

http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Village/6758/MID/MACHOMAN.MID
http://members.tripod.com/~discodor/ringmybell.mid

Ok ... now I'm dancin!
 
coldstream

coldstream

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With homosexual marriage now a fact, it is almost impossible not to see the legislation of polygamous unions in the forseeable future. After all excommunicated Mormons and Muslim traditionalists need their rights too. Since the government has lost any sense of a moral compass or an understanding of natural law, what's to stop it.

The only hope I can see is to get a federal party to propose a national referendum on the issue. I'm sure it would support traditional marriage. Of course the Liberals want people to forget about this all together. Unfortunately the Conservatives have proven themselves to be so infested with neoliberal economic thinking, and dismissive of conservative social policies as a distraction to this priority, that its hard to see anyone backing proposal with any passion.

These things though, like abortion, tend to linger in the social memory for a long while. And with the inevitable social effects of degrading the civil institution of marriage, that memory might only get more engrained.
 
Jo Canadian

Jo Canadian

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missile said:
Just trying to be funny? Don't give up your day job!
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Eh?

I found that the image shows some of the mentality exhibited on the opposing side of the debate that thinks that marriage is going down the toilet due to.............meanwhile not being able to acknowledge faults that are being more common with regular marriages...And it's done so in an amusing way. :lol: If you've ever heard of Danny Murphy, you'd understand the babysitter thing.
 
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Hard-Luck Henry

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Hey Pea I gots a little disco ball my brother gave me :lol:
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I've got a disco ball - a full hit 24" job, with a spotlight; the whole kit and caboodle. It can get a little disorienting in a small living room - I have been known to fall on my backside, whilst trying to 'cut' some 'moves'.


[quote ="no1important"]Have any Villiage people music? Actually I still listen to them, they are really not that bad of a band.[/quote]

8O If you say so, no1, it must be true ...
 
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With homosexual marriage now a fact, it is almost impossible not to see the legislation of polygamous unions in the forseeable future. After all excommunicated Mormons and Muslim traditionalists need their rights too. Since the government has lost any sense of a moral compass or an understanding of natural law, what's to stop i
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Sorry I don't buy that "slippery slope" arguement. There is a difference and that is that there is fairly wide public support for gay marriage but there is NOT fairly wide support for polygamy as far as I know.
 
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Mad_Hatter

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with the inevitable social effects of degrading the civil institution of marriage
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If you really want to protect the sanctity of marriage from the "inevitable social effects of degrading the institution" let's start by banning television shows such as "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" or, even better "Who Wants to Marry my Dad". I'm sure any reasonable person can understand that such trash is far more of a threat to the marital institution then two consenting adults who love each other tieing the legal knot.
 
Jo Canadian

Jo Canadian

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Re: RE: Gay Marrage Debate

Mad_Hatter said:
with the inevitable social effects of degrading the civil institution of marriage
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If you really want to protect the sanctity of marriage from the "inevitable social effects of degrading the institution" let's start by banning television shows such as "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" or, even better "Who Wants to Marry my Dad". I'm sure any reasonable person can understand that such trash is far more of a threat to the marital institution then two consenting adults who love each other tieing the legal knot.
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That's a good idea, those shows just turn something personal into national entertainment...tasteless entertainment at that.
 
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Hard-Luck Henry

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I was flicking through the channels the other day, and I came across a U.S. animal 'talent' show where this guy put a furry mammal on his head. He just stood there, wearing it like a hat, whilst milking the applause. I didn't get it, at all, but whatever floats yer boat, I suppose.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... I'd have thought that the many abuses suffered within the supposedly cosy institution of the family would be the cause of a lot of society's dysfunctions. (I'm sure there should be a comma in there, somewhere).
 
coldstream

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Sorry I don't buy that "slippery slope" arguement. There is a difference and that is that there is fairly wide public support for gay marriage but there is NOT fairly wide support for polygamy as far as I know.
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Well Blaise, up until the last decade homosexual marriage would be considered a joke. I don't know it i'f describe it as a slope, the better metaphor I've seen is the frog in boiling water. Throw a frog into boiling water (i'm not recommending anyone try this, i like frogs :wink: ) and it will jump out, put a frog in cold water and bring it to a boil and it will remain there until it dies. We have had a radical desensitation to the fundamental moral principles on which our society has been built. You cannot do that without corrupting the society itself.

The truth is we have not even had a debate about homosexual marriage, this has all been done in our courts and legislatures. It's time to bring the real implications to the public attention. Whenever this has been done in the form of a referendum in the United States it has been rejected by a large majority. Right now our political leaders, jurists and media owners want to put this up as a normal 'evolution' of social values. It is not,it is a corruption of our birthright as a country.
 
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Hard-Luck Henry

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There's no substance to your argument: It's nothing but empty rhetoric, coldstream. What exactly are these "real Implications" you talk about? How will gays getting married make your society more corrupt? What is this "birthright" that belongs to you, but not to others? What's all this bollocks about frogs?
 
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Reverend Blair

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My birthright includes living in a country where people are not only considered equals, but legally treated as equals.

Besides, it's absolutely no skin off my ass whether a gay couple is living together or officially married. That's their choice or problem, whichever the case may be.
 
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peapod

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mmmmmmmm funny innit? Andygal said this

"Sorry I don't buy that "slippery slope" arguement. There is a difference and that is that there is fairly wide public support for gay marriage but there is NOT fairly wide support for polygamy as far as I know."

than hot air (coldstream) comes along and says well "blaise" and quotes something andygal says...and ehm...kinda funny innit...saying well "blaise" me thinks justa nother rev stalker :roll: :roll: :roll:
 
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