Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:34 pm
gay people
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Krontzaika wrote:gay people
Krontzaika wrote:gay people
Krontzaika wrote:gay people
Grenartia wrote:Farnhamia wrote:They haven't, not yet and to be honest, I don't think they would if a case came their way. It would be another 5-4 split and a sanctimonious majority from Scalia about marriage and thinly-veiled "states' rights." Lower Federal courts have done so, though.
Indeed. And just a point of order, for those "states rights" people, states don't have rights, they have responsibilities. People have rights.
Grenartia wrote:Farnhamia wrote:They haven't, not yet and to be honest, I don't think they would if a case came their way. It would be another 5-4 split and a sanctimonious majority from Scalia about marriage and thinly-veiled "states' rights." Lower Federal courts have done so, though.
Indeed. And just a point of order, for those "states rights" people, states don't have rights, they have responsibilities. People have rights.
Farnhamia wrote:They haven't, not yet and to be honest, I don't think they would if a case came their way. It would be another 5-4 split and a sanctimonious majority from Scalia about marriage and thinly-veiled "states' rights." Lower Federal courts have done so, though.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was the only member of city council to vote against a report looking into a potential homeless shelter for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth in Toronto.
The shelter report recommendation passed on Thursday by a vote of 37-1. Several councillors, including the mayor's brother Doug, were absent for the vote.
The vote means that council has requested a report on the feasibility of allocating 25 per cent of shelter beds to LGBT youth in an existing shelter for the coming winter.
Alex Abramovich, a research co-ordinator with the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital, has spent eight years studying the issue and proposed a shelter exclusively for LGBT youth.
Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam questioned the mayor's motivations.
She said that since there is no financial impact of the vote, there would be no reason Ford, an avowed tax fighter, to vote against it.
"It tells me he doesn't care," she said. "He's demonstrated he doesn't care."
Nazi Flower Power wrote:Grenartia wrote:
Indeed. And just a point of order, for those "states rights" people, states don't have rights, they have responsibilities. People have rights.
States have rights. Their rights just don't include being allowed to violate the constitutional rights of the people. States' rights isn't a good argument against gay marriage, but it is, for instance, a good argument for allowing states to collect sales tax.
Oneracon wrote:Rob Ford may be a crack addicted joke that's great fodder for Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel, but also he's a pretty despicable human being.Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was the only member of city council to vote against a report looking into a potential homeless shelter for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth in Toronto.
The shelter report recommendation passed on Thursday by a vote of 37-1. Several councillors, including the mayor's brother Doug, were absent for the vote.
The vote means that council has requested a report on the feasibility of allocating 25 per cent of shelter beds to LGBT youth in an existing shelter for the coming winter.
Alex Abramovich, a research co-ordinator with the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital, has spent eight years studying the issue and proposed a shelter exclusively for LGBT youth.
Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam questioned the mayor's motivations.
She said that since there is no financial impact of the vote, there would be no reason Ford, an avowed tax fighter, to vote against it.
"It tells me he doesn't care," she said. "He's demonstrated he doesn't care."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/r ... -1.2703174
Shago wrote:I can't say what I really think without getting into hot water with the Mods. So I'll use my better judgment and just zip it.
Shago wrote:I can't say what I really think without getting into hot water with the Mods. So I'll use my better judgment and just zip it.
Shago wrote:I can't say what I really think without getting into hot water with the Mods. So I'll use my better judgment and just zip it.
Shago wrote:I can't say what I really think without getting into hot water with the Mods. So I'll use my better judgment and just zip it.
Shago wrote:I can't say what I really think without getting into hot water with the Mods. So I'll use my better judgment and just zip it.
Shago wrote:I can't say what I really think without getting into hot water with the Mods. So I'll use my better judgment and just zip it.