Canada passes Gay Marriage law

[Akamaz]

Just heard this on my lovcal newl, Canada now awards gay couples the same legal rights as straight couples, as well as recognising the marriage between gay couples as straight joining Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium

and I say it's about time we follow the example of our northern cousins (the usa's northern cousins)

but Brian Adams... well, you guys still owe us an apolgy for him....

[Joe Schmoe]

*crosses his fingers* 189 countries to go...

[Randomus]

I don't think there's any apology needed for Brian Adams that can't be cancelled out by apologies required for the Backstreet Boys, Hansen, N*Sync, 98 Degrees, Usher, Aaron Carter, 50 Cent, Ciara and those other five women who look and sound exactly like her, etc, etc.

But yes, it is good news.

[Larke]

isn't it Bryan Adams? lol... anyway, great news.

[WingedAvenger]

Uh-oh, this means Canada is now going to burn to the ground, right? Right?!

Oh, it's not? Huh... ;)

[Overbite]

I don't agree with that lifestyle but whatever...good for them. :look:

[Magna Harrier]

Well, there's another random thing for Americans to dislike about Canadians aside from decent gun control and mayo on hamburgers.
Good bless those crazy northerners.

[Bari Jon]

Canada definitely has done something right with this one. Unfortunately, the US will take quite awhile before tolerance and love of our fellow human beings will win out.

[Poison]

Happy for Canada, as I was happy for Spain. I think it's the right thing to do, equal rights for everybody.

And I don't want apologies for Adams, but for Celine Dion.

[sheld0n]

We managed to trap Celine Dion in Las Vegas for now, where she doesnt pose as big a threat.

As for gay marriage, im glad as well.
I dont see why shouldnt it be legal.

[ShadowHands]

Their bad....thats all I have to say.

[Solario]

Ha! Tolerance and Justice 4! Intolerance and Injustice 187.

[8 Ball]

Meh...Provincially it's been legal for a while now, this just kind of "confirms" it :D.

[Vendel]

Well, there's another random thing for Americans to dislike about Canadians aside from decent gun control and mayo on hamburgers.
Good bless those crazy northerners.



Mayo?...Mayo!......KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!



And like the famous comedian said "Anyone who is for gun control is a fu*king moron" (or close enough to that)


as for Gay marage...... "meh" is my offical statement

[TroubleWolf]

Man, we don't even get lovcal newl where I live.

[Randomus]

Man, we don't even get lovcal newl where I live.

You're drunk aren't you.

[Solario]

Cheers, mate! Drink and dance and screw, 'cause there's nothing else to do.

[TroubleWolf]

You're drunk aren't you.

...I hope not, because I haven't had any alcohol since Sunday morning.

[Red Nile]

Yay Canada! *waves a small Canadian flag*

[Meltman]

Man, we don't even get lovcal newl where I live.

I think it's a new Satelite Radio station.

[Grae Knight]

Gay marriage :sarcasm:

Hey..what a man, a man, a goat and a midget do in the privacy of their own home if their business... :chuckle:

social issue on the Guru boards..dangerous

[Tsarmina]

Bravo Canada!

... and I like mayo on my burger, I mix it with BBQ sauce. :D

[Masked Revenger]

Right on Canada. Now, if only we in the US would look north for inspirition more often, we might realize that some of those crazy ideas actually work.

Chris

[Solario]

social issue on the Guru boards..dangerous

No offense, but you've obviously haven't been here for a long time. Guru/PC/Nexus boards have always been filled with these sort of social commentaries and debates. Hell, the only one that was almost out of hand (which wasn't much) was after George Bush Jr. was re-elected.

[Grae Knight]

Actually the short time I have been here I have seen many many issues get out of hand. Just like to watch on the sidelines than to participate in it.

[Magna Harrier]

Well, yeah, but those were over general wackiness. Only once and awhile are these things over actual social issues, and not just bruised pride.

[Solario]

Actually the short time I have been here I have seen many many issues get out of hand. Just like to watch on the sidelines than to participate in it.

What you're refering to were personal matters and not political, religious or social in nature.

[The Widowed]

Big deal. Gay marriage is already legal in The Sims 2. :P

[Poison]

But can the Sims adopt children, too?

[The Widowed]

But can the Sims adopt children, too?
As a matter of fact, they can. :D

[Masked Revenger]

Guys, can we please not turn this into an arguement about weither this will turn into an arguement? Wait...

Chris

[Blackbat]

Bravo Canada!

... and I like mayo on my burger, I mix it with BBQ sauce. :D

Ewww!

[Randomus]

I hate mayo. On anything.

That is all.

[Larke]

actually a married girl sim can get pregnant by another guy sim in Sims 2 and the hubby will never find out, he's even happy about the baby, and I tried DAMN hard for him to walk in on them, but he would never do it!

[Randomus]

Eerily realistic!

[The Widowed]

Well, the game's not all that realistic. Remember: You can begin as a lowly security guard and become a superhero, you can play a game with the Grim Reaper to spare someone from death, you can resurrect people with the Resurrectonomicon, the flow of time around your house stops while you're at the shopping mall, you can reverse your age by drinking the Elixir of Life and men who get abducted by UFO's become pregnant with alien babies. Other than that, the realism rules. :D

[Randomus]

Well, the game's not all that realistic. Remember: You can begin as a lowly security guard and become a superhero, you can play a game with the Grim Reaper to spare someone from death, you can resurrect people with the Resurrectonomicon, the flow of time around your house stops while you're at the shopping mall, you can reverse your age by drinking the Elixir of Life and men who get abducted by UFO's become pregnant with alien babies. Other than that, the realism rules. :D

Sounds like they based it on Canada, all right.

[Charon]

Or Utah.

[Vendel]

"Oh you silly Canucks" Is my response to anything from "up there" :chuckle:

[Larke]

lol, i spent lots of time and tried to find cheats but could never get abducted by aliens. Was able to see a ghost, but then I think my lady died of fright or something. In Sims 1, I had a house of 4 guys, they all died in a fire because they wouldn't put the damn thing out, and the fireman couldn't either. They kept yelling and everything, after I while I couldn't even tell them what to do cause I was laughing too hard.

[Esbat]

I'm all about gay marriages.

Gay Marriages for all I says!

I want a gay marriage myself.

We are talking about "happy" marriages right? :p

[Rottweiler]

OK, I suppose I'm the one to "toss the match." With all the positive reaction to the news, would a negative reaction be accepted in these forums?

I won't hate a person because of what they do in their private life. It's none of my concern. Some of my friends out there are homosexual and they'll remain my friends despite it... but in my view its wrong, and for society to encourage it is just as wrong. To me, it wouldn't be any different than passing a law allowing beastiality, incest, polygamy or pedophilia (under 18 qualifies); In the sense that all exsist in nature, all have been around in our society since... well, forever... and they're all iniquities in the eyes of my God.

Not trying to sound harsh. Not trying to start a fight. Just presenting another point of view... meant with all due respect. I judge the act, not the person. If that isn't the very definition of "tolerance," I dont know what is.

Feel free to disagree with me, naturally. I realize speaking my mind may have signed my ticket off these forums, but I guess that's where faith comes in.

[Bari Jon]

Hate the sin, not the sinner? Sorry, bigotry is bigotry no matter how it is directed. I respect you and your beliefs, why can't you respect them and theirs? And please, don't ever compare my loved ones to sickos that would hurt a child or an animal! I have friends and family that are homosexual. I am a Christian and I study the bible. Sorry, but I can't agree with your interpretation of our loving god.

[Blackbat]

And please, don't ever compare my loved ones to sickos that would hurt a child or an animal!

All he was pointing out is that all those acts are considered sins in the eyes of his religion. In that sense, they are all in the same boat. At least, that's what I got from his post.

[BvS]

And on that note, I'd like to suggest that this thread be closed and another one on the subject be started up in the debates section if it's going to be carried on.

[Poison]

What he said.

[Rottweiler]

Well, again.. just stating my view on the subject. If by bigot (which can be traced back to mean by God) you mean the standard "One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics" definition, then I suppose I am. If you refer to the "...and is intolerant of those who differ" portion, no I don't believe I'm a bigot in the derogatory sense. I don't hold anyone in contempt for their actions.

[Solario]

I'd love to debate it, but as mentioned let's start another thread then.

[Bari Jon]

I have no problem with starting this debate up in the debates... I bristle when acts that are designed to hurt another person or animal are compared with loving acts between two consenting adults. Rottie and I have talked about our differences in IM, so no need to pull out the firing squad!

[Rottweiler]

Done. The Mother of All Debates (http://www.cohguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1888)

[WingedAvenger]

Holy smokes! You mean we're actually going to use the Debates forum for something more significant other than "Who's the cooler comic book character?" :D

/em runs off to the other forum...

[The Widowed]

Sounds like they based it on Canada, all right.
Or Utah.
In that case, I need to move to Canada or Utah. Because I want to beat the Grim Reaper in a game of "Guess which hand is holding the glowing blue pebble of life" too. :D

lol, i spent lots of time and tried to find cheats but could never get abducted by aliens. Was able to see a ghost, but then I think my lady died of fright or something.
I actually keep a ghost on my one family's lot just for that reason. ;)

I have the Magus family in Veronaville (husband, wife, son...all aspiring occultists), and it seems like everytime they peeked through their telescope in the daytime, Consort Capp would come running over to chew their butts about it. So I got tired of Consort's abuse and the Maguses (the son hadn't been born yet) both hated him, and one fateful evening he came over and did it again. So as he was leaving, I boxed him in on the front lawn with those little curblike barriers which don't even come up to a Sim's knee. They still stopped Consort from escaping, though, and he eventually starved to death. No one bothered the Grim Reaper as he went about his business of turning Consort into a headstone...and a ghost.

As I found out from this strategy guide I bought a day or two later, different types of death result in different colors and types of ghosts, some with different behaviors. Consort starved to death, so he has a weak transparent blue glow to him and he frequently raids the refrigerator, depleting its stock everytime he opens the door. I'm thinking of moving the kitchen to the second floor, where he can't get to it.

But all of the Magus family has the Knowledge aspiration, and the "Be saved from death" Want is a pretty tricky need with a pretty awesome point bonus. It tends to pop up here and there for Knowledge types. So I made it where all three of them love each other very, very much, and everytime somebody with that Want is awake when Consort's ghost comes around, that person just runs around chasing the ghost around the yard until eventually Consort scares them one too many times. After that, it's a matter of taking the nearest living relative and ambushing the Grim Reaper when he shows up. Save your game first just in case, but usually it ends up with an easy 8,000 Reward Points. :cool:

The ability to fulfill the "See a ghost" Want is just icing on the cake. :D

In Sims 1, I had a house of 4 guys, they all died in a fire because they wouldn't put the damn thing out, and the fireman couldn't either. They kept yelling and everything, after I while I couldn't even tell them what to do cause I was laughing too hard.
And the stupidity of the Sims in the first game is why I never bought a stove or a toaster oven without buying a smoke detector first. :D

[Grae Knight]

I believe I said this was a dangerous topic for these boards....I believe we should steer clear of social issues and stick with who is the cooler comic character and best powers....keep it light hearted :)

[Princess Bree]

Bravo Canada, for being able to distinguish between personal morality and legal rights!