Melas wrote::palm: word keeps getting worse.oh well still illegal here
Why do you give me so much reason to hate you?
Anyway, welcome to the club Denmark. You're now just a tad cooler.
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by Leepaidamba » Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:55 am
Melas wrote::palm: word keeps getting worse.oh well still illegal here
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by Barbary Bay » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:52 am
Sulamalik wrote:Google and McDonalds are the most potent forces of liberal democracy in the world. If the US is truly dedicated to global freedom, they shouldn't invade other countries, just friend them on facebook.
by Cromarty » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:56 am
Barbary Bay wrote:I'm gay and I don't support same-sex marriage. Family and cohabitation should be recognized (regardless of gender), but marriage is a spiritual matter as far as I'm concerned. Forcing churches to perform services contrary to their doctrines, however much I disagree with them, is just stamping on religious freedom.
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by Grenartia » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:08 am
Barbary Bay wrote:I'm gay and I don't support same-sex marriage. 1. Family and cohabitation should be recognized (regardless of gender), but marriage is a spiritual matter as far as I'm concerned. 2. Forcing churches to perform services contrary to their doctrines, however much I disagree with them, is just stamping on religious freedom. 3. So long as a government provides the same recognition and benefits (if any apply) to couples of any orientation - and most don't at this point - then I don't care about aging men of the cloth who think I'm perverted.
by Barbary Bay » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:33 am
Sulamalik wrote:Google and McDonalds are the most potent forces of liberal democracy in the world. If the US is truly dedicated to global freedom, they shouldn't invade other countries, just friend them on facebook.
by Martean » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:54 am
by Grenartia » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:57 am
Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
Barbary Bay wrote:You're both right, and I worded what I meant terribly (I did just wake up.) I'm basically wary of a nation which hasn't practically separated religion from their legislature - which accounts for most countries on the planet - inverting the definition of marriage and performing it in a religious context. For example, in the UK the Church of England is the state religion. Same-sex marriage backed by the state, but not the state religion, is indicative of the irrelevance of the latter in governmental matters. As long as 'marriage' is understood to mean a familial contract of sorts, and not a spiritual binding, I'm all for it.
by Costa Alegria » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:58 am
by Martean » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:04 am
Grenartia wrote:Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
Hopefully the rest of the world. But I'll settle for America, China, and Australia. IIRC, its legal in NZ...Barbary Bay wrote:You're both right, and I worded what I meant terribly (I did just wake up.) I'm basically wary of a nation which hasn't practically separated religion from their legislature - which accounts for most countries on the planet - inverting the definition of marriage and performing it in a religious context. For example, in the UK the Church of England is the state religion. Same-sex marriage backed by the state, but not the state religion, is indicative of the irrelevance of the latter in governmental matters. As long as 'marriage' is understood to mean a familial contract of sorts, and not a spiritual binding, I'm all for it.
Don't worry, I totally understand the first part, and agree to an extent with the last.
by Zaras » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:09 am
Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
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The bat in the middle commemmorates their crushing victory in the bloody Battle of Evermore, where the Communists were saved at the last minute by General "Black Dog" Bonham of the Rock 'n Roll Brigade detonating a levee armed with only four sticks and flooding the enemy encampment. He later retired with honours and went to live in California for the rest of his life before ascending to heaven.
Best post I've seen on NS since I've been here. :clap:
by Costa Alegria » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:09 am
Grenartia wrote:Hopefully the rest of the world. But I'll settle for America, China, and Australia. IIRC, its legal in NZ...
by Martean » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:27 am
Zaras wrote:Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
Hasn't Finland done it already?
by Zaras » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:35 am
Bythyrona wrote:Zaras wrote:Democratic People's Republic of Glorious Misty Mountain Hop.
The bat in the middle commemmorates their crushing victory in the bloody Battle of Evermore, where the Communists were saved at the last minute by General "Black Dog" Bonham of the Rock 'n Roll Brigade detonating a levee armed with only four sticks and flooding the enemy encampment. He later retired with honours and went to live in California for the rest of his life before ascending to heaven.
Best post I've seen on NS since I've been here. :clap:
by Martean » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:37 am
by Horsefish » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:53 am
Barbary Bay wrote:For example, in the UK the Church of England is the state religion. Same-sex marriage backed by the state, but not the state religion, is indicative of the irrelevance of the latter in governmental matters.
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by Orthaethaczil » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:58 am
Barbary Bay wrote:I'm gay and I don't support same-sex marriage. Family and cohabitation should be recognized (regardless of gender), but marriage is a spiritual matter as far as I'm concerned. Forcing churches to perform services contrary to their doctrines, however much I disagree with them, is just stamping on religious freedom. So long as a government provides the same recognition and benefits (if any apply) to couples of any orientation - and most don't at this point - then I don't care about aging men of the cloth who think I'm perverted.
by Inertialism » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:58 am
by Ifreann » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:18 am
Barbary Bay wrote:I'm gay and I don't support same-sex marriage. Family and cohabitation should be recognized (regardless of gender), but marriage is a spiritual matter as far as I'm concerned.
Forcing churches to perform services contrary to their doctrines, however much I disagree with them, is just stamping on religious freedom.
So long as a government provides the same recognition and benefits (if any apply) to couples of any orientation - and most don't at this point - then I don't care about aging men of the cloth who think I'm perverted.
by Martean » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:37 am
Inertialism wrote:Martean wrote:
Its incredible that countries such as Argentina or South Africa have legalised same sex mariages before Finland.
One would think they are the 'less advanced' (economy wise) and therefore not prepared to say yes... (especially Africa)
but a civil union is great and all countries that have one should at least get some props. (civil union is also for 1 man and a woman, not just 2 women or 2 men.)
by Johz » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:58 am
Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
by New Kriegizstan » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:03 am
by Pilau » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:10 am
Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
by Pilau » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:10 am
New Kriegizstan wrote:Is it strange that I found this out by reading a webcomic?
Anyway, 50 bucks says China & Russia will be the last nations to legalize same sex marriage.
by The Holy Therns » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:12 am
Johz wrote:Martean wrote:So now there are 11 countries which have legalized same sex marriage.
The Netherlands (2001)
Belgium (2003)
Spain (2005)
Canada (2005)
South Africa (2006)
Norway (2009)
Sweden (2009)
Portugal (2010)
Iceland (2010)
Argentina (2010)
Denmark (2012)
who'll be next?
So I converted all of the the initial letters into numbers, using a=1, b=2 etc. The resulting sequence was 14, 2, 19, 3, 19, 14, 19, 16, 9, 1, 4. I then shoved all of this into a Lagrange's interpolation formula (correction, I told Wolfram Alpha to shove it all into Lagrange's interpolation formula) and came out with this polynomial:
Then I plugged in the number, and the twelfth country to legalise gay marriage will begin with the letter L.
Laos
Lebanon
Latvia
Lithuania
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lesotho
Luxembourg
Libya
Take your pick.I should, of course, have used Lingerholm's method, as described in Mathematics Made Difficult. I would have then, without all of this mathematics, been immediately able to spot that the country which would legalise gay marriage next would be one of Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, or the Virgin Islands.
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