Uruguay legalizes same sex marriage

[Lyassa and Nairoa]

The world is ending.

No, it´s not. The world is getting gayer and gayer - nothing against, mind you - and it´s just the dawn of a new era. I for one am overwhelmed with joy. So show some respect for gay persons, will you ? Gay power ! Yeah !
Sorry. Just showing my enthusiasm. I am a neophyte to the gay cause and you know what they say about new converts, they sometimes are the most fanatic.

[Condunum]

The world is ending.

No, it´s not. The world is getting gayer and gayer - nothing against, mind you - and it´s just the dawn of a new era. I for one am overwhelmed with joy. So show some respect for gay persons, will you ? Gay power ! Yeah !
Sorry. Just showing my enthusiasm. I am a neophyte to the gay cause and you know what they say about new converts, they sometimes are the most fanatic.

What in the fuck ._.

[St George]

Now we just need America to get some sense into it's head, and we'd all be happy.

Aside from homosexuals in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, the Comoros, the Mauritius, the Seychelles, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Western Sahara, Somaliland, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, the Gaza Strip, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkish Cyprus, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, the Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

And that's just countries where homosexual acts are explicitly illegal. So called 'honour killings' of homosexual relatives have gone on in multiple countries where it is legal, and discrimination against homosexuals is still rampant even in more western societies.

Same sex marriage is fast becoming a red herring.

[Agritum]

No, it´s not. The world is getting gayer and gayer - nothing against, mind you - and it´s just the dawn of a new era. I for one am overwhelmed with joy. So show some respect for gay persons, will you ? Gay power ! Yeah !
Sorry. Just showing my enthusiasm. I am a neophyte to the gay cause and you know what they say about new converts, they sometimes are the most fanatic.

What in the fuck ._.

Lyassa and Nairoa becoming pro gay marriage is obviously a sign of the end times.

[Immoren]

I'll drink to this.

[Lyassa and Nairoa]

What in the fuck ._.

Lyassa and Nairoa becoming pro gay marriage is obviously a sign of the end times.

The rumors of the end times have been greatly exaggerated.
As we can see from these threads - that could aptly be called NationStates´"Gay Times" - the times, well, they are a-changing. And we must change with them in order to survive. I have seen the error of my ways. I fervently welcome the new master race. I was blind, but now I see. I am in desperate need of A Radical Self-hating Former Anti-gay Marriage Hetero´s Guide to the Gay Galaxy.

[Tekania]

I am extremely disappointed at Uruguay.

Well, don't move to Uruguay then. Those Middle Eastern countries still sentence gays to the death penalty. Maybe you'll like it there.

Saudi Arabia would be nice.... it has socio-economic views which line right up with his.

[Herrebrugh]

Yay Uruguay!

Next stop: France

[Calimera II]

Good, after The Argentine they did it too. good..

[Agritum]

Yay Uruguay!

Next stop: France

...didn't France already do it?

[Divair]

Yay Uruguay!

Next stop: France

...didn't France already do it?

No.

[Agritum]

Lyassa and Nairoa becoming pro gay marriage is obviously a sign of the end times.

The rumors of the end times have been greatly exaggerated.
As we can see from these threads - that could aptly be called NationStates´"Gay Times" - the times, well, they are a-changing. And we must change with them in order to survive. I have seen the error of my ways. I fervently welcome the new master race. I was blind, but now I see. I am in desperate need of A Radical Self-hating Former Anti-gay Marriage Hetero´s Guide to the Gay Galaxy.

If this is an attempt at satire, it is a quite shitty one.

[Lyassa and Nairoa]

The rumors of the end times have been greatly exaggerated.
As we can see from these threads - that could aptly be called NationStates´"Gay Times" - the times, well, they are a-changing. And we must change with them in order to survive. I have seen the error of my ways. I fervently welcome the new master race. I was blind, but now I see. I am in desperate need of A Radical Self-hating Former Anti-gay Marriage Hetero´s Guide to the Gay Galaxy.

If this is an attempt at satire, it is a quite shitty one.

It is no such thing. It´s the way I express myself.
Let me tell you something...
I was walking down the street one of these days and I saw a gay (male) couple holding hands. They didn´t care about what people might think, and neither did passers-by. Two foreign-looking women happened to turn the corner to that very street, one of them whispered something to the other and they immediately held hands too.
What did I see ? People in love. Gay people in love. There´s more and more of them each passing day. I mean, coming out and showing no fear. They´re queer, they´re here, and I´m dealing with it one day at a time. Should I be crucified for (slowly) changing my views too ?

[Mexico-Brazilian Empire]

Uruguay's Roman Catholic Church asked lawmakers to vote their conscience

I'm glad they did

[Tekania]

Specifically, what don't you agree with?

Letting them marry? Letting them adopt?

Letting them do all the things heterosexuals are able to do, and that homosexuals should be able to do?

These bits.

Whereas some other countries have carved out new territory for gay and lesbian couples without affecting heterosexual marrieds, Uruguay is creating a single set of rules for all people, gay or straight. Instead of the words "husband and wife" in marriage contracts, it refers to the gender-neutral "contracting parties."

Among them: gay and lesbian foreigners will now be allowed to come to Uruguay to marry, just as heterosexual couples can, said Michelle Suarez of the Black Sheep Collective.

undergo in-vitro fertilization procedures.

Those are the parts I like, personally. I want the same set of rules for heterosexuals and homosexual in my own state, really. I don't see who the same laws can't apply to a homosexual couple as to the ones that apply now to me and my wife. It makes no logical sense to have two sets of rules.

[Agritum]

If this is an attempt at satire, it is a quite shitty one.

It is no such thing. It´s the way I express myself.
Let me tell you something...
I was walking down the street one of these days and I saw a gay (male) couple holding hands. They didn´t care about what people might think, and neither did passers-by. Two foreign-looking women happened to turn the corner to that very street, one of them whispered something to the other and they immediately held hands too.
What did I see ? People in love. Gay people in love. There´s more and more of them each passing day. I mean, coming out and showing no fear. They´re queer, they´re here, and I´m dealing with it one day at a time. Should I be crucified for (slowly) changing my views too ?

Well, of course not. It's just that the tone of your precedent messages seemed quite sarcastic. Good to know it, anyways.

[Lemanrussland]

Good to see another country supporting freedom in this area.

Hopefully my country (USA) will follow their good example in time.

[The IASM]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

I take it you are not pleased?

Yes, not at all.

[Vietnam]

...didn't France already do it?

No.

Did it not pass in the Senate? :/

[Tsuntion]

I take it you are not pleased?

Yes, not at all.

Warum?

[Divair]

No.

Did it not pass in the Senate? :/

It has to pass the other body of the parliament again. Then it'll be law.

[Transhuman Proteus]

No.

Did it not pass in the Senate? :/

I believed it passed the senate, now the houses spend some time navel gazing, then it goes to the final vote in the other house before it becomes law. To date all the commentators seem to say it'll pass and is on track to become law.

[Vietnam]

Did it not pass in the Senate? :/

It has to pass the other body of the parliament again. Then it'll be law.

Did it not pass in the Senate? :/

I thought it passed the senate, now the houses spend some time navel gazing, then it goes to the final vote before it becomes law. To date all the commentators seem to say it'll pass and is on track to become law.

Ooh, should be soon then.

[Divair]

It has to pass the other body of the parliament again. Then it'll be law.

I thought it passed the senate, now the houses spend some time navel gazing, then it goes to the final vote before it becomes law. To date all the commentators seem to say it'll pass and is on track to become law.

Ooh, should be soon then.

Within three months. Wouldn't be surprised if the USA gets it first.

[Transhuman Proteus]

Uruguay's Roman Catholic Church asked lawmakers to vote their conscience

I'm glad they did

I had been hoping the Roman Catholic Church would release a statement that consisted of "that's not what we meant!". It would have been amusing.