"We go to him now..."

[felis_ultharus]

Well, there's a good possibility the Northwest Territories will have same-sex marriage by the end of the month. I'm sure both same-sex couples living in the arctic are ecstatic.

The same-sex marriage bill is becoming increasingly symbolic, rather than practical. The only three holdouts so far are Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, and Alberta. PEI and Nunavut are ready for it, apparently, but Alberta's going to be brought in kicking and screaming, methinks.

Actually, this post is partially an excuse to show off my new LJ icon -- first animated icon (or image of any kind) I've ever created.

P.S. em_fish, I didn't notice the reading meme until about 5 seconds ago. I'll get to it tomorrow. Sorry about that.

Comments

[seal7.livejournal.com]

Dahahaha! I LOVE that shot. XD
Yuuri is all WAUGH!!!
....
*giggles*

Ahem sorry XD You're making a good political statement of course.

[ubergreenkat.livejournal.com]

"and now we have a reaction from the gay community in Whitehorse... we go to him now. do you mean to tell me that you're the only gay man in the Yukon?"

"yeah, since Bob left."

"then why are you still there?"

"he might come back."

ahh, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, how funny you were, back when you were funny.

[jc2004.livejournal.com]

Reading the comments after the Canadian legalization, there were some good people in Alberta (even hetero men) who couldn't understand all the histrionics coming out of that province. Makes me wonder whether there really is a lot of people deadset against it or just a few religious folks screaming extra-loud, the way they always do since they have nothing better to do.

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

I love the icon :)

...and do you realy thing there are that many more same sex couple in Nunavut than in the Northwest Territories? :P

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Actually, your first reaction was pretty much what I was hoping for ^_^

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Hence my title ^_^

I haven't seen it since it went downhill. To me, both This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Simpsons will always be funny, because I lost television at just the right moment.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

It's true -- the religious right screams loudest, and there are plenty of sane Albertans (especially in the urban centres -- Calgary is quite progressive).

Still, for a lot of Albertans, it's not so much a antigay thing as a turf thing. They don't like the other provinces or the courts telling them what to do.

We should have told them they couldn't have same-sex marriage. Then they would've demanded it.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

*resists urge to sing "I'm the only gay Eskimo I know" by Corky and the Juice Pigs*

With the NWT, about 88% of the country will have same-sex marriage. True, Nunavut won't boost that percentage much, but it'll be great for queer Nunavumiut.