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[Saxxy]

basically the president of canadia said all gay marriages were now annulled.

some people think this is a big deal, which it is

and they're talking about it a lot

which annoys some people

who draw cartoons about it

To spare you an unwanted nap, here’s what I understand in the utmost of brevity: A couple from the UK got married in Canada and then later decided they wanted a divorce. When it comes to divorce and other matters of legal consequence, though, it turns out that Canadian law requires that the couple’s marriage be recognized in their country of citizenship. A lawyer with the Department of Justice, arguing on behalf of the government, thus declared that the couple’s same-sex marriage is not legally recognizable in this case, and was therefore never valid in the first place. This, he extended, means that virtually all other same-sex marriages issued to foreigners are likewise invalid.

A poo tempest followed.

[Chief]

might as well finish the train of thought on the topic

Thus, the position of this one, faceless government lawyer was that a certain foreign lesbian couple — a Briton and an American — who had wed in Canada in 2005 and now wished to return to Canada to divorce, were not really married in Canada at all, since neither of their home countries’ recognized the validity of their Canadian marriage.

If this sounds like a fairly arcane, lawyerly argument, it’s because it is. But it’s also precedent, and has long been applied to couples of all nationalities, gay or straight, who trope around the world getting married under wildly different laws than their own countries recognize. This particular lesbian couple appeared to be pressing the point mostly for self-gain; they were demanding $30,000 in damages from Canada’s “discriminatory” marriage laws that had the audacity to demand they live in Canada in order to stay married in Canada and eventually gain the right to divorce in Canada.

Well, God help you if you were a Canadian on Facebook or Twitter this Thursday. Endless LGBT blogs seized on the Globe story, rephrased and summarized it a few times, and then churned out scandalous headlines about how “gay marriage was under attack in Canada” and how the Harper government was finally showing its true colours and eroding one of the hallmarks of the Canadian liberal order. Good old Dan Savage, who I am getting more than a little tired of, weighed in immediately, declaring that he and his partner — who had gotten married in Vancouver — were automatically “divorced last night” thanks to Harper. A Baltimore lesbian was apparently “in tears” over the news, according to a CBC story with a wonderfully behind-covering headline (“Is same-sex marriage at risk in Canada?”). Within hours, one guy had even churned out this website, apologizing to the whole wide world that Canada had allowed Stephen Harper to take charge. It now has over 18,000 Facebook likes.

Later that afternoon, the controversy eventually made its way to the Prime Minister himself, who repeated the same thing he’s been saying for years and years: his government is not opposed to same-sex marriage and has absolutely no plan to de-legalize it. In an act of good will, the Justice Minister even declared that he would soon introduce legislation to Parliament to undo eons of common-law precedent, and uphold the perpetual international legality of all Canadian marriages performed in Canada, even if the home country doesn’t recognize them and the partners don’t live in Canada. In the words of one legal blog, this is very much the “kind of xenophobic approach [that] offends the principles of international comity and is generally frowned upon.”

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/index....#more-5070

edit: so to sum it up, the case of a single government lawyer pretty much caused all social networkings to go to hell because the part of the law that complied with international law nullified same sex marriages, as its not recognized in the home country's law when they live there instead of canada

so began the on again, off again trend of harper = hitler, and the world blew up because they thought the conservative government was destroying same sex marriages, which is on their HIDDEN AGENDA!!!1!

instead its just an old law that most people who came here to get married ignored, and now the government is trying to fix it because they dont want to revisit that topic as their not opposed to it

[Saxxy]

You seem very outraged about the outrage.  Or, as the kids would say these days, "umad about theymad"

Anyways, this frog is so small!  How is this possible.

[Chief]

You seem very outraged about the outrage.  Or, as the kids would say these days, "umad about theymad"

Anyways, this frog is so small!  How is this possible.

im not very mad, but rather disgusting in the nature of literally all the people around me to just blame the government whenever something goes wrong

canucks lost? FUCKING CONSERVATIVES

[Versus]

[quote author=Saxxy link=topic=2632.msg236826#msg236826 date=1326761156]
You seem very outraged about the outrage.  Or, as the kids would say these days, "umad about theymad"

Anyways, this frog is so small!  How is this possible.

im not very mad, but rather disgusting in the nature of literally all the people around me to just blame the government whenever something goes wrong

canucks lost? FUCKING CONSERVATIVES
[/quote]

welcum 2 obamas america

[zaneyard]

Never thought I would feel this way but I legitimately wish that I could just stay at work all night.

[Surf314]

Watching George Lucas on TDS really made me want to see Red Tails.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-ja...orge-lucas

[A. Crow]

Tuskegee Airmen.

 I can guarantee it has less George Lucas, which in this day in age means, it's better.  

[Kirby]

Tuskegee Airmen.

 I can guarantee it has less George Lucas, which in this day in age means, it's better.  

But it has midichlorians!

[Sogo]

[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=2632.msg237043#msg237043 date=1326916780]
Tuskegee Airmen.

 I can guarantee it has less George Lucas, which in this day in age means, it's better.  

But it has midichlorians!
[/quote]

They're redoing Phantom Menace. Why.
The only hope I have is that since the prequel whatever ones were bad, The Lucas Effect will improve them somehow. Either that or they get even worse and enter "Troll-2-so-bad-it's-good" territory.

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Kirby the Dick link=topic=2632.msg237056#msg237056 date=1326922880]
[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=2632.msg237043#msg237043 date=1326916780]
Tuskegee Airmen.

 I can guarantee it has less George Lucas, which in this day in age means, it's better.  

But it has midichlorians!
[/quote]

They're redoing Phantom Menace. Why.
The only hope I have is that since the prequel whatever ones were bad, The Lucas Effect will improve them somehow. Either that or they get even worse and enter "Troll-2-so-bad-it's-good" territory.
[/quote]
You can't fix a bad story, bad acting, and bad script with special effects.

[Sogo]

[quote author=Sogo Payne link=topic=2632.msg237090#msg237090 date=1326938672]
[quote author=Kirby the Dick link=topic=2632.msg237056#msg237056 date=1326922880]
[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=2632.msg237043#msg237043 date=1326916780]
Tuskegee Airmen.

 I can guarantee it has less George Lucas, which in this day in age means, it's better.  

But it has midichlorians!
[/quote]

They're redoing Phantom Menace. Why.
The only hope I have is that since the prequel whatever ones were bad, The Lucas Effect will improve them somehow. Either that or they get even worse and enter "Troll-2-so-bad-it's-good" territory.
[/quote]
You can't fix a bad story, bad acting, and bad script with special effects.
[/quote]

Then let's hope it goes the way of Troll 2.

[A. Crow]

wow, mega upload has been busted.  I guess that catchy song didn't help too much. 

[CaffeinePowered]

wow, mega upload has been busted.  I guess that catchy song didn't help too much. 

There's like a boatload of clone sites that do the exact same thing.

It will be missed, but the functionality is still out there

[Kirby]

[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=2632.msg237167#msg237167 date=1327008013]
wow, mega upload has been busted.  I guess that catchy song didn't help too much. 

There's like a boatload of clone sites that do the exact same thing.

It will be missed, but the functionality is still out there
[/quote]



I've always gone out of my way to not click megaupload url's due to shitty pay2win website.


This goes in made my day thread

[Versus]

megaupload was better than fileserve etc.

[rumsfald]

Mammoth skeleton made out of farm equipment scraps.

[Dr. Zaius]

#humanfilth

Why It's Good To Have A Dash Camera

check

I advocate public curb stomping of such cunts.

[Didzo]

Oh, the fucking irony. The world sure is silly sometimes.

HAHAHA.

Ehh...

[Saxxy]

I don't get it.  If the guy didn't have a dash cam, he could have just written down their license plate if they had driven off, and then contacted the police, filed a claim with insurance, blah blah blah

also gj youtube comments for making me hate humanity one more time.