Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Congrats & thank you Canada!

Canada is now the third country in the world to legalize gay marriage. Yep...those crazy Cannucks...I knew I liked you guys up North.

I wholeheartedly agree. Without starting a political debate I'm just going to say Canadians are good people. We should be following their example.

Where ya been, spiff?

Batman Begins and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory have been busting my butt. We're just finishing up Charlie this week. Phew! It's been crazy here at work. Glad to be back "home" though.

It's nice to see a North American country make a rational decision.

Spain just legalized it as well.

I don't want to get political here..... well, OK, I will just a bit:

I heard on the radio yesterday that Spain legalized gay marriages, and the Spanish Prime Minister was quoted as saying: "We were not the first, but I am sure we will not be the last. After us will come many other countries driven... by two unstoppable forces: freedom and equality."

I had to chuckle out loud when I realized that Spain was ahead of the U.S. in Freedom and Equality. Weren't those supposed to be THE American ideals that our country were founded on?

Seems like those haven't been priorities in this Administration.

The Libertarian in me wants to SCREAM at people for being happy about the "government sanctioned approval" of gay marriage.

Why would someone be outraged by this ?

Rather than simply answer the question - perhaps someone would like to hazard a guess ... ???

Because the government shouldn't be involved in a relationship of two people? But there's still the tax, inheritance, and adoption aspects of it. So while perhaps the government shouldn't be invovled, it already is.

You nailed it .... This "gay marriage" idea, and government approval is just another way government controls our lives. Quite frankly, Why the HELL should anyone have to get some government a$$hole's permission to be married ?

Reform the tax system so it is simple for everybody, whether one is single or married, eliminate estate taxes, and get government out of the business of licensing marriage.

That would be a start.

I completely agree mr. sub, but until that happens I'll be very happy to be treated equal. Thanks.

Spiff - The irony of this is, this may actually lead to some real reform in the way moneys are handled in the government.

For example, in the current system, moneys are passed to one's spouse with no estate taxes.

There will be a day when the multibillionaires figure out a way around estate taxes through this little loophole.

And I understand your wanting to be equal - but the mere categorizing this as "gay marriage" sounds a lot like the "separate but equal" laws of the past.

Until we as a society desire real freedom for everybody, these types of laws will be used to further make distinctions on societal groups.