re: #358 jamesfirecat

So you support Gay Marriage… you just don’t support it enough to ever care about if the politicians you vote for support it or not, is that right?

If that isn’t correct please go back to my earlier question in 312…

Is there anything a candidate could do on the issue of LGBT people that would cause you not to vote for them?

As much as I always get sucked into this argument with Buck, I do think it’s a bit pointless. He won’t ever admit that politicians actually influence policy in this area.

Which is a bit strange to say the least. It’s the same argument he always uses in the abortion argument as well.re: #360 Buck

That case you are talking about is a couple who got married in Canada, but was from a state in the USA that didn’t recognise their marriage. The discussion was that they didn’t have to get legally divorced in their state because they were never recognized as married in their state. Well, DUH!

Not quite. Again, from the article:

The document reportedly cited a Department of Justice lawyer who said the couple’s marriage is not considered legal in Canada because they would not have been lawfully wed in Florida or England, their respective homes.

Why would the legality of marriage in a different country affect whether a marriage was considered legal in the country in which it was performed?

I assume that if a man and a woman are married in Canada, that marriage is considered legal there even if they are not from Canada. People get married in foreign countries quite often.