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Iceland passes gay marriage law in unanimous vote

What Iceland does, is Iceland's business, and not relevant to the USA unless it affects us directly.
 
Certainly it is a whole lot easier to get 320,000 people to get behind something than 1000 times that many. However, I would be interested in knowing the religious makeup if Iceland, both denominationally and in intensity. There is little question in the US that these factors DO affect support of lack of support for gay marriage.

Captain the religion that is prominent in Iceland is Christianity. However their are many religions in the country
* 80.7% members of the National Church of Iceland.
* 6.2% members of unregistered religious organizations or with no specified religious affiliation.
* 4.9% members of the Free Lutheran Churches of Reykjavík and Hafnarfjörður.
* 2.8% not members of any religious group.
* 2.5% members of the Roman Catholic Church, which has a Diocese of Reykjavík (see also Bishop of Reykjavík (Catholic)).
Religion in Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Why are people so arrogant they think they know more than people who actually LIVE in the state?

Nothing arrogant about stating the facts of your state no matter how much you deny them.

And what exactly are you basing this on?

Um, if you don't know this you are beyond hope.

And that has...what to do with this?

Just how out of touch they are.

Which DOESNT reflect how people vote. California has a system of initiatives and referendum that means we can over-ride our legislature and pass things ourselves if we want. I invite you to look at the history of these ballot initiatives and see the political bent they tend to take.

What exactly are you smoking? I'll break it down for you. People vote for state legistlators. If the majority has been the majority for nearly 30 YEARS its pretty safe to say that California is a democrat dominated state. LOL

You are the only person who thinks a one party 30 year dominance in state legistlature doesn't show a pattern :rofl

Our incumbents have been re-elected, so what?

Your excuses are getting more pathetic with every reply. The very fact they have dominated the state for almost 20 years tells you what you need to know.

BTW, the one republican who left in 1991 was an incumbent. The difference was he was a republican.

Seriously, you really want to continue this slaughter of your fantasy argument?


Why look, here it comes again!

In the 2008 elections, 52% of the voters in California voted for Barack Obama while 45% voted for McCain with about 3% going to third party candidates.
Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

McCain was THE most liberal candidate for a Republican president in the last 30 years.

Lets see how Bush did.

2000: Gore 52 to Bush 40%

2004: Kerry 54 to Bush 44%

Whoops! Better look at those stats a little more carefully next time. :2wave:

Furthermore, Proposition 8 drew a slim 52% for Yes and 47% for No.

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf

These are two things that should have been LANDSLIDE issues in a supposedly liberal paradise like California.

The sheer idiocy of taking one or two issues and pretending that shows the political leanings of your state is beyond reality.

Who you send to Congress, (30 years one party)

who you send to state government (20 Years one party)

the percentages of registered voters 45% Democrat vs 31% Republican

Who your state voted for president (22 years one party)

Those are REAL FACTS of how your state votes and frankly you should be embarassed you are trying to pull this rediculus claim out of the water.

It doesn't matter what people register as, it's HOW they vote that reveals an area's true political leanings. Also, California allows the Democrat and Republican parties to decide if they want "Decline To State" voters (AKA "Non-Partisan") to be allowed to cross-over to one party or the other during primaries, however that will change in 2011. Polisci 101, kid.

California is NOT as liberal as people like to think it is, we're divided fairly evenly.

I've shown you decades of dominance by democrats from the state to federal level and you still want to lie to everyone here and claim the state is balanced. Unbelievable.

Your argument is equivalent to claiming that Obama sending 1000 troops to the border makes him a republican. :2wave:
 
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You got a source for this generalization, or are you just venting some unfactual, anti-liberal sentiment?

If the latter, then read and learn. I'm a liberal, and I think Israel is just swell. I think Palestine is swell, too. Rather than point fingers and kill each other, I think it would be just grand if they could live in peace. I imagine almost every liberal feels that way, and I hope conservatives do, too.
There are threads here where many side with Plaestine and condemn Isreal most lean to the left
 
You still don't seem to understand the difference between a religion and a nation. You can hate the actions of a group of people without hating the entire religion they belong to or the entire nation they live in. I'm starting to feel like a broken record, but you're just giving another example of conservative absolutism.

You deny there are Islamic countries? Why do these countries govern by Sharia law?
 
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There are threads here where many side with Plaestine and condemn Isreal most lean to the left

Ahh, so now we've reduced it to a few threads on a political messageboard where some of the posters defend Palestine, and most - not all - of those posters supposedly "lean to the left".

So much for that generalization. I think we can call it officially dead.
 
Congrats to Iceland! Good for you. I dont know much about Iceland but at least on this ONE issue they are ahead of us and my hats off to them for eliminating a discrimination and working towards equality for all. Unfortunately we are behind on this one but we will be there eventually my guess is at MAX 20 10 years but wouldn't be surprised if it happened sooner.
 
Why can't America be this tolerant?

Good question! Yes, why cant America be more tolerant?

Gay marriages are now allowed in a number of European countries. And, if it is not yet legal in your country of residence in the EU you can get married as a gay couple in Denmark and get an international marriage certificate. At least, I think it is as simple as that. There is sometimes paperwork BS in some countries, concerning their citizens getting married in Denmark, but this is also the case for straight couples.
 
I spent some time in Iceland. I found it a beautifuly place but a pagan country, and it's people were very immoral. Somehow, this newest abomination doesn't surprise me. Since there is now an active volcano going on., I wouldn't be surprised if the whole island goes up in smoake, soon.

Geez! There are some weird posts on this thread.
 
I'm pretty sure they were being sarcastic, well I hope so.

Oh, serves me right for just reading every third post... I miss most of the jokes.
 
Ahh, so now we've reduced it to a few threads on a political messageboard where some of the posters defend Palestine, and most - not all - of those posters supposedly "lean to the left".

So much for that generalization. I think we can call it officially dead.

Deny it if you want but it is not conservatives that defend the terrorist in Palestine.
 
Deny it if you want but it is not conservatives that defend the terrorist in Palestine.

Defending Palestine is not the same thing as defending terrorists in Palestine. You need to try not to think in black and white if you want to understand liberals at all.
 
Defending Palestine is not the same thing as defending terrorists in Palestine. You need to try not to think in black and white if you want to understand liberals at all.

Nice try but does not wash
 
Nice try but does not wash

So if I understand your thinking:

Some people in Palestine are terrorists. Therefore, being sympathetic to any Palestinians is being sympathetic to terrorists.

Ok, I can play this fun game too!

Some Americans are terrorists. Therefore, being sympathetic to any Americans is being sympathetic to terrorists.

Some (group) are (adjective). Therefore, being sympathetic to (group) is being sympathetic to (adjective).

It's conservative mad libs!!
 
Deny it if you want but it is not conservatives that defend the terrorist in Palestine.

No, if you had any evidence that liberals defend terrorism you'd have posted it by now. The fact that you cling to such a silly notion tells me all I need to know. Perhaps in the future you'd fare better if you steer clear of such partisanship - especially unfactual rhetoric like that.
 
No, if you had any evidence that liberals defend terrorism you'd have posted it by now. The fact that you cling to such a silly notion tells me all I need to know. Perhaps in the future you'd fare better if you steer clear of such partisanship - especially unfactual rhetoric like that.

Apparently you aren't familiar with this particular poster ;)
 
No, if you had any evidence that liberals defend terrorism you'd have posted it by now. The fact that you cling to such a silly notion tells me all I need to know. Perhaps in the future you'd fare better if you steer clear of such partisanship - especially unfactual rhetoric like that.

Why is it that the attorney general of the United States can't place Islamic terrorism at the feet of Muslims? If that's isn't Liberals defending Islamic terrorism, then what is?
 
Why is it that the attorney general of the United States can't place Islamic terrorism at the feet of Muslims? If that's isn't Liberals defending Islamic terrorism, then what is?

By that argument, we should pace Christian terrorists(see IRA and abortion clinic bombers) at the feet of Christians. So it seems Christians defend terrorism as well.
 
By that argument, we should pace Christian terrorists(see IRA and abortion clinic bombers) at the feet of Christians. So it seems Christians defend terrorism as well.

Oh Please. The two aren't even close to being equally compared. Its actually insulting to think you can do so.

If you deny it, I'll be happy to show you what the Muslim countries say about Islamic Terrorism and see if you can get similar numbers of condemnation of Christian terrorists in Western Countries.
 
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By that argument, we should pace Christian terrorists(see IRA and abortion clinic bombers) at the feet of Christians. So it seems Christians defend terrorism as well.

If 19 Irishmen had killed 3k Americans - my fellow Irish American Catholics would hang from lampposts any bastards who aided, abetted or supported that action. Maybe the police or FBI might be able to save one or two for intel purposes.
 
If 19 Irishmen had killed 3k Americans - my fellow Irish American Catholics would hang from lampposts any bastards who aided, abetted or supported that action. Maybe the police or FBI might be able to save one or two for intel purposes.

I think the point is being missed. Many liberals are out there fighting terrorism now(yes, there are liberals in the military, more than you might think). Most if not all liberals are entirely opposed to terrorism. But if we do not oppose it in the way certain people think we should, we are told we are defending terrorism. My post was an attempt to show the absurdity of such an argument.
 
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