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How will you vote in the Marriage Equality referendum? Mod Note Post 1

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  • #2582
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    marienbad wrote: »
    Your wasting your time ,this poster will never listen to any argument in favour of a yes vote .

    Yeah I'll listen, but I don't entertain fools or appreciate insults.


  • #2583
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,249 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    reprise wrote: »
    I think it's dreary how uniform they have become and I would say the exact same if it was 100% no.

    Will you only accept a 50/50 split vote?


  • #2584
    DeVore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    reprise wrote: »
    Yeah I'll listen, but I don't entertain fools or appreciate insults.

    you don't answer my questions either remember....


  • #2585
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    reprise wrote: »
    I referred to the parenting of biological children, by their biological parents, as a crucial and core aspect of the environment envisaged by marriage.

    With regards to adoption, I stated that the closer we can get to replicating this environment, the better.

    So the core element for you that needs to be replicated is a man and a woman, rather than two loving parents?


  • #2586
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    Zen65 wrote: »
    So the core element for you that needs to be replicated is a man and a woman, rather than two loving parents?

    It really isn't a personal thing, it's been tossed around for a long time before I came on the scene.


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  • #2587
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Will you only accept a 50/50 split vote?

    I was making a point that went a mile over your head.


  • #2588
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    reprise wrote: »
    I was making a point that went a mile over your head.


    AKA, you're never going to explain


  • #2589
    walshyn93
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭walshyn93


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    Yeah thats the thing. Easy for students to vote when they're walking through campus and theres stalls everywhere with big signs up saying ' come and vote!':pac: Hopefully most make the effort.

    Was in today and didn't see any. Didn't even know it was on. Safe to say there's a dedicated minority voting, the vast majority of UCD students are from rural Ireland* and I know few of them who openly support it. It's also an intimidating atmosphere to have opposing views because everyone wants to fit in and most young people put their social life/standing ahead of their political/religious beliefs.

    *I could be wrong about the figures but it's just my perception.


    As has been said many times since the beginning of this referendum, don't underestimate the silent majority.


  • #2590
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    sup_dude wrote: »
    AKA, you're never going to explain

    What part is especially hard to comprehend?


  • #2591
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    reprise wrote: »
    It really isn't a personal thing, it's been tossed around for a long time before I came on the scene.

    This is a discussion forum, I'm asking you if you believe that having a man and a woman is more important than having two loving parents? We're all just here debating our personal views; I'll stand over mine but I'd like to see you actually stand over yours?


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  • #2592
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,836 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    reprise wrote: »
    I think it's dreary how uniform they have become and I would say the exact same if it was 100% no.

    This makes my head hurt, a lot.


  • #2593
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    reprise wrote: »
    How will this be worded?

    Couples who are married or cohabiting or in civil partnerships will be eligible to apply to adopt jointly.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2594
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    reprise wrote: »
    What part is especially hard to comprehend?


    Why progressive voting is uniform.


  • #2595
    walshyn93
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭walshyn93


    sup_dude wrote: »
    AKA, you're never going to explain

    His point was fairly self-explanatory. He doesn't like that students have become homogeneous in their views. I can assure you that's not the case though. People who differ from the pack in college don't get involved in its politics at all so their views aren't represented in the voting figures.


  • #2596
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,249 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    reprise wrote: »
    I was making a point that went a mile over your head.

    Nothing you can write would ever go over my head, buddy.


  • #2597
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    Zen65 wrote: »
    This is a discussion forum, I'm asking you if you believe that having a man and a woman is more important than having two loving parents? We're all just here debating our personal views; I'll stand over mine but I'd like to see you actually stand over yours?

    I don't get your hypothetical scenario - can you elaborate?

    I have no difficulty offering an opinion so long as it's not fed back upside down.


  • #2598
    marienbad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭marienbad


    reprise wrote: »
    Yeah I'll listen, but I don't entertain fools or appreciate insults.

    Who cares ? despite page after page of discussion you have yet to offer any reasoning on a no vote . And calling you out on that is not an insult .

    You are not open to change , why waste more time .


  • #2599
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    reprise wrote: »
    I don't get your hypothetical scenario - can you elaborate?

    I have no difficulty offering an opinion so long as it's not fed back upside down.

    Well then offer an opinion!!!!!

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #2600
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    marienbad wrote: »
    Who cares ? despite page after page of discussion you have yet to offer any reasoning on a no vote . And calling you out on that is not an insult .

    You are not open to change , why waste more time .

    It is an insult. But I am getting used to it.


  • #2601
    walshyn93
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭walshyn93


    marienbad wrote: »
    Who cares ? despite page after page of discussion you have yet to offer any reasoning on a no vote . And calling you out on that is not an insult .

    You are not open to change , why waste more time .

    Gays should not raise children because they're notorious carriers of disease and sarcasm.


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  • #2602
    reprise
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    sup_dude wrote: »
    Why progressive voting is uniform.

    Don't ever join a debating society. You will be bitterly disappointed.


  • #2603
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    reprise wrote: »
    I don't get your hypothetical scenario - can you elaborate?

    I have no difficulty offering an opinion so long as it's not fed back upside down.

    So try it:

    In your opinion is it preferable to seek heterosexual parents for adoption rather than seeking loving parents regardless of gender? In seeking to replicate the ideal biological scenario do you apply primary weighting to gender or parental ability & love?


  • #2604
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    reprise wrote: »
    Don't ever join a debating society. You will be bitterly disappointed.


    :rolleyes:

    So that's a no for the explanation so? I'm not asking why near a 100% vote is uniform, I'm asking how progressive voting on matters such as this are.


  • #2605
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    reprise wrote: »
    I think it's dreary how uniform they have become and I would say the exact same if it was 100% no.

    What nonsense. The less homophobes the better.


  • #2606
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Well then offer an opinion!!!!!

    An opinion, on what?

    I thought you were busy responding to this:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=94231573&postcount=1177

    :)


  • #2607
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    reprise wrote: »
    An opinion, on what?

    I thought you were busy responding to this:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=94231573&postcount=1177

    :)


    What has that to do with SSM?


  • #2608
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    What nonsense. The less homophobes the better.

    Because the only reason you can't have your rattle is homophobia. :rolleyes:


  • #2609
    reprise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭reprise


    sup_dude wrote: »
    What has that to do with SSM?

    We were discussing Joeys divided loyalties to core LGBT issues such as SSM, unfortunately, he bowed out.


  • #2610
    marienbad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭marienbad


    reprise wrote: »
    It is an insult. But I am getting used to it.

    How so ? you will be voting no , and saying that to you is an insult ? A bit of a persecution complex there .


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  • #2611
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    reprise wrote: »
    We were discussing Joeys divided loyalties to core LGBT issues such as SSM, unfortunately, he bowed out.


    It's not this thread though and completely irrelevant to what we're discussing.


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