Comments on: When the Right of Refusal is Just So Wrong! http://gayguidetoronto.com/the-middle-edge/saskatchewan-canada%e2%80%99s-california/ Thinking outside the triangle Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://gayguidetoronto.com/the-middle-edge/saskatchewan-canada%e2%80%99s-california/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Andrew Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:30:43 +0000 http://gayguidetoronto.com/?p=1128#comment-232 Well said, Jon! Cheers, Andrew Well said, Jon!

Cheers,
Andrew

]]> By: Jon http://gayguidetoronto.com/the-middle-edge/saskatchewan-canada%e2%80%99s-california/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Jon Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:35:07 +0000 http://gayguidetoronto.com/?p=1128#comment-231 To W. Moran, A) If you're going to go to a gay focused website and write things like your disgusting comments, find something better to do with your life. You're tragic. B) Nichol's rights were not infringed upon as a Baptist. He CHOSE the job he worked at. When the terms of marriage in Canada changed, what did he do? Actually he raised a stink but then decided he'd rather keep his job and quieted down... That to me says he's okay with the new terms of his employment. If he wasn't why not, as Andrew suggested, move to another field of Civil service? Yet he didn't... I have no sympathy for him but I have PITY for you. C) You include yourself in the people who gave the Queer community their rights... um... you don't sound like a left leaning or liberal or open-minded or fair thinking individual so I assure you that YOU sir did NOTHING to give the Queer community the equal rights it has. To W. Moran,

A) If you’re going to go to a gay focused website and write things like your disgusting comments, find something better to do with your life. You’re tragic.

B) Nichol’s rights were not infringed upon as a Baptist. He CHOSE the job he worked at. When the terms of marriage in Canada changed, what did he do? Actually he raised a stink but then decided he’d rather keep his job and quieted down… That to me says he’s okay with the new terms of his employment. If he wasn’t why not, as Andrew suggested, move to another field of Civil service? Yet he didn’t… I have no sympathy for him but I have PITY for you.

C) You include yourself in the people who gave the Queer community their rights… um… you don’t sound like a left leaning or liberal or open-minded or fair thinking individual so I assure you that YOU sir did NOTHING to give the Queer community the equal rights it has.

]]> By: When the Right of Refusal is Just So Wrong! Pt. 2 – We Don’t Serve Your Kind Here! | gayguidetoronto.com http://gayguidetoronto.com/the-middle-edge/saskatchewan-canada%e2%80%99s-california/comment-page-1/#comment-229 When the Right of Refusal is Just So Wrong! Pt. 2 – We Don’t Serve Your Kind Here! | gayguidetoronto.com Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:45:54 +0000 http://gayguidetoronto.com/?p=1128#comment-229 [...] received interesting feedback for a piece I wrote called “When the Right of Refusal is Just So Wrong!”  The piece talked about a marriage commissioner who has been refusing to wed gay couples. The [...] [...] received interesting feedback for a piece I wrote called “When the Right of Refusal is Just So Wrong!”  The piece talked about a marriage commissioner who has been refusing to wed gay couples. The [...]

]]> By: W. Moran http://gayguidetoronto.com/the-middle-edge/saskatchewan-canada%e2%80%99s-california/comment-page-1/#comment-227 W. Moran Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:34:56 +0000 http://gayguidetoronto.com/?p=1128#comment-227 You people demanded tolerance and acceptance for years. Now you have it - and refuse to return it to the very people who gave it to you. I don't happen to support gay marriage, although if you want a civil union, fine. Fill your boots. But at least permit a person their own rights, such as the right to their religious beliefs. It's not like MJ's wish to be married wasn't accommodated. And you know as well as I do, it was a setup to get Nichols, based on his public statements about gay marriage. We gave you rights - now how about you return the favour and get off Nichols' back? You people demanded tolerance and acceptance for years. Now you have it – and refuse to return it to the very people who gave it to you.
I don’t happen to support gay marriage, although if you want a civil union, fine. Fill your boots. But at least permit a person their own rights, such as the right to their religious beliefs.
It’s not like MJ’s wish to be married wasn’t accommodated. And you know as well as I do, it was a setup to get Nichols, based on his public statements about gay marriage.
We gave you rights – now how about you return the favour and get off Nichols’ back?

]]>