The Gay Legal Rulings Thread

[viper37]

All you Canadians look alike.

But do I look Canadian?

Skin not pale enough.  You look as if you have seen the sun too much, can't be canadian, especially this year

[garbon]

All you Canadians look alike.

But do I look Canadian?

Skin not pale enough.  You look as if you have seen the sun too much, can't be canadian, especially this year

You're too kind.

[Valmy]

In my opinion, you ought not to fall behind Canada on this issue, either.

Ah no now a brutal attack on your own country?  You Canucks are so self-loathing.

Anyway I am sure that my country will be both among the first and among the last to legalize gay unions/marriages.

[Eddie Teach]

All you Canadians look alike.

But do I look Canadian?

You look "Canadian"

[garbon]

All you Canadians look alike.

But do I look Canadian?

You look "Canadian"

Actually no one who isn't "Canadian" ever guesses that I'm "Canadian".

[Jacob]

Actually no one who isn't "Canadian" ever guesses that I'm "Canadian".

That's true of most Canadians too; at least outside of Canada.

[Barrister]

All you Canadians look alike.

But do I look Canadian?

Skin not pale enough.  You look as if you have seen the sun too much, can't be canadian, especially this year

I'm reasonably tanned at the moment.  Is my Canadianness being called into question?

[garbon]

Actually no one who isn't "Canadian" ever guesses that I'm "Canadian".

That's true of most Canadians too; at least outside of Canada.

Yeah but it isn't true of most "Canadians". If it were, passing wouldn't be a phenomena.

[Jacob]

Yeah but it isn't true of most "Canadians". If it were, passing wouldn't be a phenomena.

... oh... is this the "Canadian" = slang for "Black" thing?

[garbon]

Yeah but it isn't true of most "Canadians". If it were, passing wouldn't be a phenomena.

... oh... is this the "Canadian" = slang for "Black" thing?

Yeah.

[Eddie Teach]

Garbon could easily pass for Canadian, all he'd need to do was don an article of clothing with a red maple leaf on it.

[Barrister]

Garbon could easily pass for Canadian, all he'd need to do was don an article of clothing with a red maple leaf on it.

You know I think Brazillians have Canadians beat for slapping their flag on everything imaginable...

[fhdz]

To what do "that" and "it" refer?

The thing I thought you were talking about.  Pass a law legalizing gay marriage at the federal level.

I just wanted to be clear, since it's good to be specific when you're talking about constitutionality

I'm not sure that you'd need to pass a law legalizing gay marriage. You would, however, need to ensure that no state could pass or retain a law *banning* gay marriage, rather like how no state can pass a law which discriminates against black folks, for example.

[Jacob]

Yeah but it isn't true of most "Canadians". If it were, passing wouldn't be a phenomena.

... oh... is this the "Canadian" = slang for "Black" thing?

Yeah.

Well then. Okay.

[garbon]

I'm not sure that you'd need to pass a law legalizing gay marriage. You would, however, need to ensure that no state could pass or retain a law *banning* gay marriage, rather like how no state can pass a law which discriminates against black folks, for example.

Glad to hear that we've legalized black folks.