PASSED: Repeal "Freedom of Marriage Act"

[Defwa]

We mandate subsidized abortion now??

Depends how you interpret Quality in Health Services, I suppose:

5) Nations or any assigned political divisions shall retain full freedom to:
...
b) Provide assistance only to those who cannot afford to pay for their own care, if compelling practical purposes for such a policy can be proven beyond any doubt.

Always hated that resolution.

I wasn't going to try to argue that, but that would makes a great resolution.
No, free as in (nearly) without restriction

[Separatist Peoples]

"Good lord, this is passing...I suspect an Antarctic Oasis conspiracy." Bell nods.

[West Angola]

"Good lord, this is passing...I suspect an Antarctic Oasis conspiracy." Bell nods.

Another victory for Gatesville is imminent!

[Normlpeople]

Did Kenny blow up the WA again? Even when winning???

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

Did Kenny blow up the WA again? Even when winning???

Infidels are infidels, whether they support your proposals or not.

[Solorni]

I voted nay based upon a regional vote amongst our WAs but I would like to give an early congratulations for this repeal.

[Drewlantis]

I almost didn't want to post because I am not older than Hirota and I didn't want to break the streak, but...

I was mocking the fact that supposedly being an old nation means anything. Appeal To False Authority, I think.

"I was attempting to be satirical."

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

Secretary-General: And the trophy for authoring WA Resolution #313 goes to...

[fiddles with envelope]

The WA Gnomes' Willing Bitch of Omigodtheyclonedkenny!!

[cheering rises from the delegations as Captain Chiang is shown at her seat covering her mouth in delighted shock as she rises to approach the dais]

Announcer: [over PA system] This the Federal Republic's first successful resolution in over six years, its first successful repeal in nearly seven years, and its first successful repeal in the World Assembly. This is their fourth successful repeal overall and their third successful repeal of Human Rights legislation.

Capt. Chiang: [still gasping from shock:] Wow, this is so unexpected. We have so many people to thank for this award. First, the authors of Freedom of Marriage Act for being insufferable enough to properly motivate us to repeal their resolution. Also, the region of Texas, which has shown faith in our leadership by electing us to the cabinet again on the promise that we would repeal FOMA. The Rejected Realms for the endorsements and sincere support for our endeavors here. The AO Conspiracy™, for doing what they do best: conspiring with game staff to ruin the game for everybody else -- this time by convincing them to rig the vote in our favor so it wouldn't matter what the actual votes were...er, um, forget I said that last part! [shifts eyes nervously] ...Moving on: 10000 Islands, The West Pacific, Osiris, Canada, NationStates, Gatesville, and the region of Gay(!), along with other major regions we're not too familiar with, for pledging their Delegate votes in support of our efforts. The participants in this debate (all three of them since this went to vote!), for giving us ideas for even more useless resolutions to repeal! (For instance...) Mousebumples, for not stomping this repeal like they usually do--

[awards music begins to play, softly]

Oh, no! Please don't cut me off! We've been waiting six years to get here!

And last but certainly not least: Horatio Sulla, for donating some of their Wild Turkey™ supply to make these efforts bearable -- and to my completely platonic buddy Susa, for failing yet again to blow up the General Assembly so that this vote could conclude.

[choking back tears]

And lest I forget: the fans! [wild cheering and applause] After all, you are the reason we're here.

Again, thank you all for the confidence you've bestowed in us. See you during the next divisive social debate!

[awards music crescendos as Capt. Chiang finally descends the steps again]

Announcer: Stay tuned for the awards for Most Justifiable Defenestration, Most Delicious Pie Thrown in a WA Debate, and the Author of WA Resolution #314! All coming up after the break...

OOC: Wasn't anticipating this to win. Otherwise, I would have switched out to my main nation so it would get the trophy. Ah well.

[The Eternal Kawaii]

Considering that the main argument for this repeal was that the resolution in question was redundant, we find it amusing that the repeal's passage dropped our Civil Rights rating from 38 to 27. It transformed our nation from an "Inoffensive Centerist Democracy" to a "Moralistic Democracy".

Who could've foreseen the day when Kennyites would make Kawaiians more moralistic?

[Bears Armed]

Who could've foreseen the day when Kennyites would make Kawaiians more moralistic?

OOC congratulations to Kenny for that, as well as for the successfull repeal itself.

[Sierra Lyricalia]

Considering that the main argument for this repeal was that the resolution in question was redundant, we find it amusing that the repeal's passage dropped our Civil Rights rating from 38 to 27.

OOC: Mine dropped from 74 to 70. It's almost as though there was no overlap between the civil rights coverage of the two resolutions in question; in point of fact, it's almost as though the WA mechanism has no regard for the fact that I already legalized equal marriage in daily issues, and there was no reason for any drop whatsoever in civil rights rating. I guess even repeals violate national sovereignty.