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I still think you're confusing romantic love and love for another human being. It's okay that you are confused about romantic love between gay persons. Maybe you could educate yourself on the science behind it and that would help. I've been to a few gay weddings and have quite a few gay couples as freinds. There really is no difference in their relationships. They have the same struggles and joys. On a side note, one wedding I went to, they had a sign posted at the ceremony for which side to sit on: I thought it was cute.

I think you're confused between what constitutes a "rommate" and what constitutes a "lover".

I disagree. There are taxation issues that come into play, there are medical decisions that can only be made by marriage partners, there are psychological reasons for wanting to get married (same as for heteros - some want that legal commitment), there are legal issues that can arise when a couple is not married.

And let's not pretend that they are not forced to do so in Canada. Here was another comment from that same discussion I'm having:

Straight people have always been allowed to marry. It's never been illegal to be straight. Think about that for a minute. Do you only have sex for purposes of procreation? Or do you do it sometimes just for pleasure? Which island would you send infertile couples to?

Straight people have never needed a Pride parade. They've always been accepted.

No. That would be unreasonable. Sort of like equating women forced to wear burkas, to a person's choice to wear a hat.

You think a burka is like a hat? Really?

Really good article on Tolerance and what it means. https://extranewsfeed.com/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376 .

One example: Provinces notify clinics if one of their patients is getting opiod scrips from more than one doctor. Not every doctor wants to work with a patient who does that. I have a friend that's a nurse practitioner. The only difference between her and a doctor is that she can't prescribe opiods. And she's Okay with that.

Maybe overthere s a male and in no danger of ever being forced into a burka, so tolerating it would be super easy for him. Why can't the rest of us? Oh, yeah, cus we're intolerant bigots.

There you go! Now you're thinking like a radical. Note #4.

Doctors can choose not to see a certain patient, too.

Yes. I'm of the mind that you can see whichever doctor you are most comfortable with.

Not like on this forum. Mind you, we all are like-minded people over there and know each other well, so there is no "assumptions" on the other side either that anyone else believes "ALL" Muslims think a certain way. We don't have to put it in every post we make.

I didn't include those kinds of comments. However, I do think it's fairly safe to assume that people who are this fundamentalist in adhering to a religion, also agree with what the religion teaches in other areas. Not all, obviously.

Here are some thoughts and feelings from Westerners about burkas/niqabs/hijabs. I know that the pro-Islam people will argue that their feelings are not valid and these people are just racists and Islamophobes. But I think they make some really valid points.

Diversity and Tolerance are Canadian values. But just because something is of a different culture doesn't mean that it has to be respected or that it holds any merit. It's not wrong to hold abhorrent and be repulsed by cultural norms that harm and oppress others. Part of the problem with Islam is that it's not reciprocal as far as cultural tolerance. I don't think "My religion says so" is a good reason to accomodate and perpetuate archaic, stone-age beliefs. And then when you get ones who advocate that Muslim preferences take precedence over Western preferences in Western countries - well, culture clashes are inevitable. Society has a difficult task in balancing the interests of people to be free to choose their own world views, with the need to be free from harmful actions and practices of others.

You believe in the Tooth Fairy?

I share the same morbid sense of humour as you. Not everyone finds it funny.

....or Allah on his camel. ....or the Tooth Fairy on her unicorn. (I'm hoping for the Tooth Fairy. She seems nice. )

This was a "Related Article" in your link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4624912/ISIS-female-enforcer-crocodile-jaws-teeth-smashed-in.html I know I'm supposed to feel sorry for her, but I don't.

Or women who will only see a woman doctor because their religion forbids male doctors. This was a problem in Fort Mac. There were no women doctors at the time.

No. But you also don't use it to excuse my lack of political knowledge. You've labelled me "repellent" and "ignorant". Words you haven't used to describe terrorists. Goddess: repellent and ignorant Terrorists: Well, you know they've been treated badly so.....

Ugh. This one is apparently a Canadian national. In Michigan, today. https://bluelivesmatter.blue/jeff-neville-terrorist-attack/#