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| Google launches worldwide campaign to legalise gay marriage |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-07-08 17:54:33 |
| Fantastic initiative by Google. Anna Peirano details: "Google is launching a new campaign called 'Legalize Love' with the intention of inspiring countries to legalize marriage for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people around the world. The 'Legalize Love' campaign officially launches in Poland and Singapore on Saturday, July 7th. Google intends to eventually expand the initiative to every country where the company has an office, and will focus on places with homophobic cultures, where anti-gay laws exist." As proud as I am of living in the first country to legalise same-sex marriage, it's easy to forget we only did so in 2000. Also, it's about time the large technology companies of the world started using their power, reach, and money to do good. Hopefully, this initiative will transcend company boundaries, uniting them behind a common, noble goal. |
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| RE[6]: A few thoughts |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-07-09 18:26:35 |
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So technically, it's exactly the same here as it is in the US; the state is required. Even if you do a religious wedding, you need the state. This is not much different from the quick legal ceremony at city hall followed by the big ceremonial wedding. It's all pretty similar, it seems. |
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| RE[7]: A few thoughts |
| By OMRebel on 2012-07-09 18:41:41 |
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> So technically, it's exactly the same here as it is in the US; the state is required. Even if you do a religious wedding, you need the state. This is not much different from the quick legal ceremony at city hall followed by the big ceremonial wedding. It's all pretty similar, it seems. I think it really is similar, yes. Each state within the US has varying laws that differ somewhat. Here's a page with a pretty decent summary on how the states differ: http://usmarriagelaws.com/search... I live in Mississippi, and we are one of the handful of states that require a blood test to be performed. |
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| RE[7]: Explanation |
| By pepa on 2012-07-09 19:35:51 |
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Don't you see that you are discriminating?? If people are of the opinion that same-sex marriages shouldn't be allowed, are they no longer allowed to express that opinion? We would all be much better off to prioritize Tolerance as a value. You are not only intolerant, you are deleting posts of people that express an opinion you don't agree with, while you're not deleting posts of people you do agree with. That is discrimination. |
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| RE[2]: "Lovely", now how about the single and asexual? |
| By pepa on 2012-07-09 19:50:04 |
| Hear, hear! |
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| RE: political Google. |
| By pepa on 2012-07-09 19:55:23 |
| Yes, very scary stuff... |
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| RE: Censorship?? |
| By gumoz on 2012-07-09 21:25:15 |
| It's Tom, his point of view should always be the correct one. (It's what I've learned from 4 years reading OSNews). |
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| RE[8]: Explanation |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-07-09 21:33:16 |
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> If people are of the opinion that same-sex marriages shouldn't be allowed, are they no longer allowed to express that opinion? Should I also allow racism? Should I just let people comment about how black people should have less rights than white people? Why is it any different for gay people? Racism, discrimination, and so on is not allowed on OUR site. If you want to visit sites that allow racism and discrimination, either build your own, or visit the dark corners of the web to join your kind. |
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| Comment by zima |
| By zima on 2012-07-15 23:26:44 |
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Sorry, some gov that you largely cherish essentially forbids Google from doing much of any business in Iran... (and you do have some fixation / one track mind; worse injustices in some other places don't nullify issues in Poland and, presumably, Singapore) Edited 2012-07-15 23:33 UTC |
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