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CatLadyTheNextGeneration
Canada only lets highly educated and skilled workers immigrate to their country, lots of this ppl would have to illegally immigrate.Ironic.
batmangirlRN
Exactly what I was thinking!
matthdew
we also have a gay premier and free healthcare.
pedrobrv
I wish I could move to Canada for a whim too.
RideTheTiger
That's weird, Republicans moved to Canada when Obama was elected, Democrats moved to Canada with George Bush was elected.
corvak
And so far the only group we like are the draft dodgers
lloydparlee
No thanks. How about you just walk into the ocean instead.
jesusisherelookbusy
Canadian's reaction when they arrive http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/11/fungi.gif
CometRelief
Move to Russia!
FutureYou
Those same people will probably be pissed when the realize how many people speak French and find out they can't bring their guns.
Sinia
Please tell them! We don`t want them up here!!
Cheomesh
I wonder what became of all the ones (loads of 20-somethings) that hopped the border when Bush got re-elected...
PattiMichelle
Proof that humans cannot think clearly.
ReposterCallerOuterMan
is this real or from the onion?
Azyrre
It is real that a bunch of people were posting on Twitter "moving to Canada" bc of the gay marriage thing. Idk if anyone went though
LiterallyYourMom
"I can't stand this country with gay marriage, free healthcare, relaxed marijuana laws, and gun control, so I'm moving to Canada instead!"
OrSoTheyTellMe
Has anyone else noticed that her eyes are about three times the size of his?
Shumani
Like they did when the Affordable Care Act passed?
Anjel501
YOU GUYS. Gay marriage has been legal in Canada for 10 years now....
feedmeseymour
Come to Northern Ireland! We have nothing! No abortion, gay marriage, gays can't give blood... I hate this place
MoJoVixen
It's a big country but we don't have room for hate
artintel
Well done!
kmikl
No, no it's not that big.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Second biggest in the world M8
kmikl
I know. It's not big enough to hold h8ers, m8-e.
Scratchtherobotchicken
well uh, if i can't go to canada, i'll go to ireland - homophobes
meccit
Sure, come on over, but you might get stuck in a traffic jam because of this earlier today:
imalumberjack
tell him we dont want those american twats
lainken
I actually doubt more than like 50 people if any are...
nkaplan89
Its because gay marriage has been legal there for a long while now.
AddictedToCycling
It's almost like that'd be a pretty good joke.
nkaplan89
Ugh. When I arrived to the post nobody understood the joke.
SlovakianSaxophone
SHHHHHHH!!!
nkaplan89
Is this a library?
pontypool
You don't say?!
Bovvie
Gay marriage being legal in Canada is news to me
NewVegasResident
.... Do you even culture ?
nkaplan89
Noone else said it.
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jamjin
Did you see that new conservative attack ad that used footage from ISIS videos? Harper needs to fuck right off.
angrywithoutcheese
Shameless butt plug!?
aGirlWithoutAname
You! Haha.
GandalfTheMustardStained
I would personally like to hear or read both sides from an unbiased point of view. He uses fear to convince us that others are using fear :(
MimzytheBun
First of all, 'she', and http://cjfe.org/category/issues/bill-c-51?gclid=CPeb3cO6sMYCFVIbgQodXQUMiQ is our best unbiased source.
GandalfTheMustardStained
Thank you, as a first time voter this year I just want to make sure I'm getting all the information before making my decision.
MimzytheBun
The best way to do it! I would strongly encourage you to do your own research and come to your own conclusion on any issue :)
MimzytheBun
And please, search what every other Canadian political party's stance on the bills. They are WIDELY criticized.
nikiaestie
The best unbiased pov you can get is to read the bills for yourself. I have yet to look into C-24, but C-51 is terrifying.
InvadingYourSpaces
Over a decade now, I think
PianoMan2112
Have any of these idiots actually ever TRIED moving to another country?! Immigration says fuck you and don't come back.
Hiatt125
Please no we don't want them here
SomeDetroitGuy
Considering that we're talking about imaginary people, sure.
AceOfShovels
Immigration? Or the people moving?
TheThingNoNotThatOne
Everywhere except America. We have some of the loosest immigration laws, yet they're apparently not loose enough.
EvaDyck
As a Canadian I hope immigration won't let Americans in
Ewokwithastickgif
Get over yourself chachi.
EvaDyck
Let me guess, you are American
Ewokwithastickgif
Ha!
bananadock
They plan on being illegals. They seem to think that also doesn't apply to them. They can't simply 'move' to another country.
favdumpthrowaway
Unless you're black and coming to Europe. In that case EU forces the local government to fund all your expenses forever.
favdumpthrowaway
Even if you came in as an illegal alien.
ThatOnePolarBearOnTheLeft
No, it doesn't. Source: am law graduate
AptFox
Wait..... Wait.... Wait..... What? Are you cereal?
UrascalU
Sorry.. I moved to another country 10 years ago. I came back once and the gestapo (DoHS) only wanted to 'zee my papers pleeze'
Thatsspirit
Hell, I recently got married to my girlfriend of many years (9 years). Even if you're married they don't give a shit. She's english 1/?
suddenlyrelevant
Yes generally because 'marriage' was abused for about the past 40yrs as a way of getting a greencard.
CyclopsQHM
Dude, good luck. I'm in the process now. The national visa website is totally fucked right now. Can't move forward at all. (Italian wife)
Thatsspirit
Good luck to you as well sir.
Thatsspirit
I'm American, It's going to take us at least 9 months for her to move here and then we'll finally be together. 2/2
5primecap
That's actually fast, the official stance is anything less than 1.5 years is nothing to complain about...
Thatsspirit
yeah, but this was after we spent over a year trying to obtain a marriage visa for me to actually get married in england 1/2
Thatsspirit
2/2 which eventually didn't work anyway.... basically my wife and i have been trying to live together since early 2013
douevenlurkbro
It says that AND you still have to pay US Federal taxes if you do.
TheCommunistComrade
So if I moved to Sweden I'd get to keep like 20% of my money?
jcarn
A Swedish friend of mine did some work for an American company and got taxed about 80% of his income
NopeHunter
Could you just ignore it? How could they get you?
katoninetales
Yes and no. You have to *file* but http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc856.html and many countries have higher income taxes.
ratchethatchet
Unless you renounce your US Citizenship! That's what a lot of Americans living abroad are doing for exactly that reason.
dougsbeard
denouncing US citizenship comes with a very heavy fee...
UnworthyBeatrix
It's actually equally as hard to renounce your citizenship as it is to get it. Probably deliberately.
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UnworthyBeatrix
The CRA is willing to extradite me until I become a Canadian citizen, which won't likely happen for a long time as I have no way to prove 1/
thatmusicguy69
Yeah. The U.S. REALLY wants your taxes. IMO they're trying to stop people from leaving. I'm an immigrant BTW.
ratchethatchet
By taxing them in the US while already paying taxes where they live and work abroad is not going to make people want to stay...
AtalanBeardy
Or the taxes you pay in your new country are more than your US fed taxes (and all of your income was made abroad).
thatmusicguy69
I plan to after I finally gain my German citizenship. I like the U.S. New way of thinking that you should pay taxes no matter where you live
Cheesecakecrush
That's the result of the desperate attempt to get US companies to pay taxes no matter where their business is located.
thatmusicguy69
Yeah. I know, but the problem is the little guys who just want to move get sucked into the vortex of taxes.
ratchethatchet
You like that they want to charge you income tax while living and working in Germany, where you already pay those things?
thatmusicguy69
I dot mind taxes, but I do have a huge problem with paying taxes to a country I don't even live in.
thatmusicguy69
I should have used quotes though. I was going to explain my sarcasm, but I hit the character limit.
strongfkennedy
Sauce? I'm not sure what basis the US would have to collect US income tax from Canadian income...
AkujiMalice
if you have citizenship, you pay the taxes. you are keeping certain rights. you're basically paying for them.
khora
For US citizenship. Not so with all.
AkujiMalice
he asked for an explanation in the case of us claiming tax on Canadian money. the fact that it was referring to the US needs not be repeated
StandardDeviant
You do realize that everyone in America is allowed rights, not just citizens, right? Immigrants get tried in court just like citizens.
AkujiMalice
Of course I'm aware of it, but there are rights that simply aren't afforded to non-citizens. Examples include the right to have(1/?)
nelshai
It's a lot easier when you're fluent in a language, have ties to the country, rich and very highly desired job-wise.
Ruqayya
..so exactly like Rupert Murdock moving to the US? ...and offering his soul and media network to the Republican Party?
thatwilldopig
So, likely not the sort of person to spout off that they'll move to another country if XXX happens?
5primecap
Easier but still incredibly difficult.
hjf2011
as an Argentinian: LOL.
Mylastusernameoffendedpeoplefeelingsmatter
Given how wide open the U.S. is to illegal immigration Americans just assume the whole world is like that. try crossing the border to Russia
FindaBalance
border crosses you
GreaterDog
From... America? I might have a problem
blahblahghost
I'd rather not.
khora
Isnt't there a net emigration right now? A lot of the rest of the industrial world requires national ID, which makes living illegally hard.
colonelraleigh
I parsed that as "makes living (be) illegally hard." Which felt profound. But then it could be the vodka talking . . .
strongfkennedy
How wide open is it, exactly? Because I don't think these people are planning on paying coyotes or snake heads to get them across a border.
Mylastusernameoffendedpeoplefeelingsmatter
2) who would go down to Mexico twice a year to stock up on pharmaceuticals and bring them back across, he was illegal
Mylastusernameoffendedpeoplefeelingsmatter
Canada to the U.S. has vast stretches of wide open space. The southern "border" is almost as much of a joke. I know a friend of the family
strongfkennedy
Yep, I know it has the world's largest undefended border, but I don't think there is much illegal immigration to/from Canada.
strongfkennedy
Yep, I know it has the world's largest undefended border, but I don't think there is much illegal immigration to/from Canada.
RangerRivet
To my knowledge, a huge chunk of the Canadian population are immigrants. Then again, I was born here, so I dunno how hard it is to move here
Saotan
My boss at work got a masters degree in computer science so he could work a shitty salary job in Canada.
YouCantKeepJetpackingAwayFromYourProblemsBrian
As someone trying to move to Canada, I laugh at these people. The only way you get in easily is if you're filthy fucking rich. Otherwise GL.
LP1988
Wait till they find out that a few places in the middle east is properly the last place they still hold the same "values" as they do.
o11c
One of my recent comments is getting majorly downvoted for pointing that out.
TheCoolhwhip
Welcome to imgur, where one downvote from +1 to +0 attracts downvotes like sharks to blood in the water.
Feldspartacus
lol. it is funny to think about though. Same two religions at each others' throats after all these decades. Still very similar ideologies
idislikecomingupwithuniqueusernames
Oh there's a lot more countries than that. Most of africa and asia for example. Good chunk of europe.
WilhelmvonSchlapphand
And parts of Orthodox Russia, Catholic South America, Christian Africa and other religiously conservative areas of the world.
LP1988
Also places where their "freedom" is somewhat limited, but yea good point :)
TobiasFunkeAnalrapist
You mean that commie-land, mexican-land, blacks-land and terrorist-land are my options if I want to practice my bigotness with likeminded?!
InsanityBuildsCharacter
tho in terrorist-land you might get burned,drowned, shot or beheaded, because you are most likely false believer and infidel.
ifyourfriendsdntdanceandiftheydntdancethentheyrenofriendsofmine
Just curious, is Africa still predominantly Christian? I feel like most of the East is Islamic.
WilhelmvonSchlapphand
Sub-Saharan is mostly Protestant w/ some Muslim minorities on the western coast.
(wiki)
AskingTheRealQuestions
And they're all killing each other over it. Yay religion
ifyourfriendsdntdanceandiftheydntdancethentheyrenofriendsofmine
Thanks for the diagram! So population is mostly catholic then.
WilhelmvonSchlapphand
Here is the sauce for reading. It depends on who colonized where, Africa is huge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Africa
specificstatistics
I want to move there too, but in protest of the weather. It's 105F today. (That's 40.5C for the rest of the world)
Pigeonseed
That's awful.
skyrossm
Same here in Canada, it doesn't get any better. You just get ice cold winters.
seoulless
Ice cold? Are you kidding? Winters here are super mild! ...Oh wait, I live in Vancouver.
ran1992
Well my water bill is getting expensive so I'm thinking about moving to California
titsmcgeeohthree
This! +1
thatwilldopig
Well, you can't have a water bill if you have no water, so makes sense.
NIVRESBIRAM
As a Californian, I'll trade living arrangements with you!
JarJarDrinks
I love the "I am going to move to Australia!" rant whenever a gun control law is passed in the US. They really don't know..........
zigzagler
Related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8JEEt2RxI
NiceCatchBlancoNinoTooBadYourAssGotSacked
Do you love it for how rare it is? Literally no one wants to move to Australia.
mordaedil
I'm sure that will end well. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOKWcH1zBl2kfnCwyyZWk5MW28lgaNa7L Oh.
fairleenormal
Australia is one of the hardest countries to get residency in. Personal experience.
AskingTheRealQuestions
Yeah, now you can't just show up, be white and get welcomed with open arms anymore.
dogfrost9
Funny, it didn't start out that way.
danjo
This guy also meant that Australia has really strict gun laws now.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
now = almost 20 years with zero mass shootings.. but that's a coincidence, of course!
varsil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Hectorville_siege
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
Tnx for the info. I would not consider this a mass shooting though, but a multiple homocide.
varsil
Mass killings since then include: Hectorville, Cairns, Quakers Hills... and Hectorvile was a mass shooting.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
Um, from what I read: Cairns noone was hurt, and Quaker Hills a girl got (arguably) unintentionally hit.. not exactlye "mass killings"
suddenlyrelevant
Yup. Have to be on their required jobrole/skills lists. Can't even get a worktravel visa unless you're under 30ish now.
RocketPropelledHighFive
I'm 22... and I want to live in Aus.
suddenlyrelevant
Err, good for you?
RocketPropelledHighFive
Should move to the UK, literally the only guns I've ever seen are made of pixels.
JarJarDrinks
Even gun magazines are banned in the UK
SnarkyTulip
You have to take them Canada. It's only fair since we have to deal with Bieber
CastOrphan24
As a Canadian I'll take nickelback just keep the ignorant assholes.
thesmoothestcanadianever
I refuse to take those bigots
samco44
This joke was hilarious 4 years ago.
igotnothingforyou
Miley Cyrus, just saying USA.
fastpacman
WE ARE FUCKING SORRY!
iidky
Don't forget Celine Dion. We considered the nuclear option over that one.
Rengii
We're keeping Fillion though.
MarkBonneaux
You bastards!
quantumvendetta
And Ryan Reynolds
colonelraleigh
Just send back the tight pants.
spacerocks
Are these those magic pants?
Brewster101
You created that lil monster. We gave you a little kid
CaptainAmerica24
It wasn't a choice, he was born that way.
Mysticloss
That was lady Ga
SalientSeven
THIS.
Xenarion
Shut up! He was decent when we sent him. YOU turned him into the a-hole he is!
kmikl
Nah, he was a goobery kid before Usher found out about him.
kmikl
No.. No. Pottery Barn rules, you broke it, you bought it.
ValhallaAwaits
As far as Bieber is concerned, you broke him so you keep him.
srsbizness
Most of the Internet comments say he was an ass, even before he got famous.
ValhallaAwaits
I'm not saying there weren't some bugs in the system but all sales are final.
biggieslims
I'm sorry but no
halborski
Canada gave us like half the crew of Firefly. We owe them.
nejvek
Sorry about all them. We'll take back this list too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_inventions
oswaldtentacles
but my poutine...
forefingercreep
Now look up United States inventions
ElegantWaste
*hides the instant mashed potatoes*
capitalistpiglet
Not too impressive of a list
parryjacob
Yeah, screw Alkaline batteries and the pacemaker. Who needs 'em?
loriloveslore
What are you talking about? Instant mash potatoes are on that list!
capitalistpiglet
Yea, exactly. Gross. Powder and water and that's supposed to be good? It's like potato flavored oatmeal
capitalistpiglet
Yea, exactly. Gross. Powder and water and that's supposed to be good? It's like potato flavored oatmeal
Hellhammer86
Insulin?
Octuu
Canada also gave us Trailer Park Boys.... I thought this was payment for bieber.
TlNYshark
Yeah but you guys gave us Miley Cyrus
ColonelColon
Can we all just shut up about Bieber already? He's an obsolete moron that nobody needs to hear about. http://imgur.com/BcfZkjp
Straightedgedliquid
How often can we say sorry for this before you leave us alone?!
Dooood
Apparently not often enough.
Igolbug
America has nobody to blame for Bieber but themselves.
TheMightyLegs
If we are keeping score, you have made us suffer with more Americans than Canadians have with our retards.
DELLSA
Oh Canada have mercy on us
chubito33
I wanna upvote u but u have 777points, really don't wanna ruin that, so I'll leave it alone & come back & give u a +1 when some1 ruins it
whyexactly
You ruined Bieber, he's you're ow damn fault.
thesmoothestcanadianever
I refuse to take those bigots
playthatrecordbackwards
Is no one even going to mention Bryan Adams? I know he hasn't been relevant in like 20 years but still, he's just awful.
huffdogg
Dude...summer of '69 is classic
playthatrecordbackwards
It's a strong song but he said it was about his sexual adventures of that summer. He was born in '59...Music is okay but he is douchey imo.
kreyll
nuuuuuuuuuu
EmpoleonNorton
Just take them all out into the tundra and let them starve/freeze when winter comes.
muhahabla
Your fault for giving him a greencard
robotzombies
Bu they also gave us Jim Carrey, Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner, Keanu Reeves, Alex Trebek, Mike Myers, Ryan Gosling, Alanis Morisette...
kmikl
You folks can keep your retards, with our blessings.
AptFox
Keanu Reeves was not a gift
huffdogg
They can have them all back
explodingcoyote
Keanu Reeves was born in Lebabnon
robotzombies
He grew up partly in Canada and is still a Canadian citizen.
GaryFreakinOak
And we gave them a platform and an audience. Fair trade, I think.
AnUpvoteWizard
You're welcome
GermanIrishEngineering
Ssshhhhhh....Your blowing this deal!
jalex1215
Rush. Don't forget Rush you plebeian.
capitalistpiglet
But bieber....
KandiceDerish
Seth Rogan, Rachel McAdams, Shania twain, tragically hip, rush, the list goes on!
WaterBendingBiatch
You're saying Alanis Morisette as if that's a positive.
robotzombies
'Jagged Little Pill' was not only a good album, but I'd call it one of the defining albums of the 90s.
Alphatronx3
Stephan and Robbie amell too! Stephan is nice and probably because he's Canadian
robotzombies
Yes, Oliver Queen and Ronnie Raymond. Also, I'm pretty sure Arrow and The Flash are shot in Vancouver.
Alphatronx3
Allot of it is, but Stephan tens to be in LA too, he does parkour in a gym in tempest (free running gym)
WHYSODRAKE
The Canadians send their regards.
DontBeSuchAnOrc
And Nickelback. For that they should also have to home our racists.
MathiasGrim
there one thing we in Canada do not stand for and that's discrimination. just saying they wont get a sorry when they don't have legs no more
UrsusDerpus
Oh that's alright. At least they can't crawl back to the US so well then
samco44
This joke was hilarious 4 years ago.
OmaeWaMouShindeiru
I actually like some of Nickelback's songs...
Zephyrium
sweetnaivety
Right? Me too, I don't understand all the hate for them..
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
I gave you a point. I hate your opinions but you still deserve a voice. Unlike Chad Krueger
IAMADiggle
Rockstar
omenofstorms
You are not alone
CoeusDarksoul
Get the fuck to packin' bitch! Train to Toronto is-a-waitin'!
CoeusDarksoul
Also: +1 <3 :)
TheGrounded
"If Everyone Cared" was nice.
OldSchoolNewRules
Ok.
WhoTheFuckisGavin
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!
Jensaw101
Millions, really, if you look at sales and youtube views. Just not the correct millions, apparently. To be fair, music taste is subjective.
drckwd
You're brave for saying that here +1
belligerantbumblebee
BURN THE WITCH!
omenofstorms
No he is burning rome not witches
IJUSTMADETHEVOICEINYOURHEADYELL
I THINK THAT STUPID PHOTOGRAPH SONG THAT GOT PLAYED IN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION FOR YEARS RUINED THEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
PandraPierva
Its what happened to freebird for me. Hate that song now that it was used as my school grad song for 4 years running
TkMacintosh
Dude, I agree with you 100% on this statement. I like some of their songs as well. I got'em on my iPod.
TheArcticAC
It's like masturbation, everyone does it but you don't say it in polite company.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
Wait.. Nickelback is Canadian?.. WTF CANADA?!! WHAT OTHER SECRETS ARE YOU KEEPING FROM US?!
LordOfTheRingDings
Bryan Adams is also Canadian.
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
I've seen the South Park movie ;)
FriendlyNeighbour
the southern most part of canada lies at the same latitude as northern california!
Colnelius
(it's actually not that cold)
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
I know this, because I have been to Canada during summers ;)
RuckOverMe
Nathan Fillion
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
But that's a good thing ;)
Rivalyn
Mac n' Cheese is also Canadian.
AKittenRidingABurritoThroughSpace
Kraft dinner*
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
but mac n cheese isn't evil?
astropapi1
That's what the government wants you to think.
Rivalyn
Well I'm sorry but I ran out of evil secrets to share.
megodk
Come to Germany we're still backwards in that regard
stereotypicalenglishman
Hitler really ruined Germany, they were the most modern and cultural country in the world until Hitler happened
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I'm all for blaming Hitler, but this is mostly Merkels fault. The people are okay with it - it's just the politicians that aren't.
zeradeth
It doesn't really matter though. Couples get all the same rights as married people after a certain amount of years together.
zeradeth
Well, legally speaking it doesn't matter. Would still be cool if they could get married.
PrfctDrk
Go to fuckin Russia as long as Putin is in power they'll never legalize
pugofstardock
We do! have same sex marriage. (Quite some time bzw.) Only Adoption is still an issue here ( but working in it).
megodk
As long as it's not completely equal to marriage we don't. Especially since we don't call it marriage.
marylanddd
by ze way?
pugofstardock
Beziehungsweise. Stupid german autocorrect.
pugofstardock
Beziehungsweise. Stupid german autocorrect.
marylanddd
oh i was just messing with you, I thought it was supposed to be btw. what is beziehungsweise?
pugofstardock
Respektively.
ddpv
Oh come on, they are just racist homophobic bigots, they are not that bad you got to send them to Germany, nobody deservers that.
megodk
Thanks, I was born and live in Germany
CTMGame
But that is the fault of Angela Merkel who recently said "[Homosexuality] makes me uncomfortable" live on TV. Wait for 2017.
SKELETONMAAAN
Fucking Mutti :(
roonmian
Then I'm gonna tell them about German gun laws, hate speech laws, anti-discrimination laws, laws against insulting people and all the 1/2
roonmian
other things that make Germany a far more progressive place even without equal marriage. Because I don't want these people here. 2/2
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Don't forget the free health care. And cheap higher education. Financed by the same high income taxes that pay for all the abortions.
roonmian
And prisoners are still allowed to vote and don't get lethal injections. And and and and... We could go on and on.
roonmian
Though to be a bit pedantic our health care isn't free and if you want you can also get expensive private health care.
DisturbedRanga
Australia is now the only English speaking Country that doesn't allow gay marriage.
jcarn
Kelsusaurus
Yeah but you have decent healthcare and Americans hate that too.
lessthanadequate
Wait, gas can't marry in germany? (I'm not gay but I so badly want to move there)
JabbaThePizzaHutt
Gas can only get married at the gas station
marylanddd
gas getting married is the exact slippery slope thing theyve been talking about for years
JabbaThePizzaHutt
Gas can only get married at the gas station
fkthismang
It's only a matter of time, really. The BVerfG has made several rulings in favor of marriage equality since 2002...CDU/CSU is the problem
megodk
We have a civil union which comes damn close but there are still certain rights that gays don't get equality in.
lessthanadequate
Thanks!
CTMGame
For one, Felons are barred from civil unions. Which makes no sense and was alledgedly a legislative accident.
TheLaughingGod
in name only^^ gay couples can enter a Marrigelike union with all rights and dutys of a Marrige but thanks to the CSU cant call it a Marrige
megodk
Seriously, without Bavaria that would be a done deal by now.
TheLaughingGod
even though its their major bastion the CSU sadly is not limited to Bavaria
megodk
CSU IS Bavaria only. Everywhere else is the (quite more progressive) CDU
TheLaughingGod
i wasnt talking about the name sry, i meant the politicians and pollicys and were they come from
exerticusnovem
Bávaria, keeping shit backwards since the treaty of versailles
xTheMaestro
Not all benefits, some death and property benefits are exempt and children can make claims on benefits ahead of a same sex spouse.
TheLaughingGod
didnt that get changed in 2014? when these unions got the priveleges to adopt children and claim tax benefits
xTheMaestro
They can adopt and claim benefits but the biological children can claim benefits ahead of a same sex spouse that they could not claim if 1
xTheMaestro
the spouse were not same sex. IE If I had a male spouse my child could access my death benefits ahead of my spouse. If I had a female 2
xTheMaestro
spouse, the child would not be able to supersede her claim. So while similar they are not the same.
loraxofevil
Surprising! In which European countries can you actually marry no matter the gender?
TheLittleFlyingDutchGirl
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Europe
megodk
let's see, pretty much anything West and North of germany (except N. Irel. and a few mini places), anything East mostly illegal. (1/2)
megodk
Ok, not ANYTHING East. Most former soviet states. Most southern European don't recognize, the rest has civil unions lacking equal rights 2/2
TheLaughingGod
the civil union thing sucks and needs to be done away with but most of em are pretty damn close
Appelflap
The Netherlands, we where the first to legalize it.
SuzetteTheSmoreSchnappsGirl
haha your name made me laugh
scubadooba
HA! #420blazeit
jomacatopa
In spain you can
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
Also, the age of consent in Spain is 13.. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
TheLaughingGod
in germany its 14...
TheLaughingGod
also in the Vatican state its 14
TheGreenHeagOne
Straight people are prohibited from getting married?
Zugswang
They'd have to learn to speak something other than English, though. Truly, a "Sophie's Choice" for American conservatives.
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
we should put all the homophobic bigots in some kind of camp to improve society... wait a sec.
kuemmel
Interesting idea. That'd be Europe's biggest nursing home/asylum. I kinda want to see that.
shepurrrd
Don't suggest that to Germany, they tried it once.
TheLaughingGod
well.... the camps were effective. gotta give em that
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
ashmenon
I find that surprising. I thought Germany was one of the more progressive European nations :\
skywards
We try our best, but we have our share of conservative politicians who often block the path. We have a union similar to marriage for gays.
Summersky
But I like it from behind.
WhyAmINotASaiyan
Right let's just move a bunch of Racist Americans to Germany. That'll go down a treat.
SillyJack
Politicians have been holding ppl back. "Registered relationships" are all there is for now, but I'm sure things will change soon.
megodk
They should run a public referendum on this. Then they really wouldn't have a chance to deny it any longer
Newjerseysuccesstory
Yeah, if you want to go somewhere that's good with the bigotry, go to Northern Ireland! The most backwards place in Western Europe!
slack3rdav3
no fuck that, dont ruin germany!
Cambino
I've seen German porn. Can you guys really produce that and still think that same sex marriage is gross?
KlausKinski
German porn is just normal porn you specifically searched for weird German porn to point a finger then and say ewww perverts... fuck you tbh
justMe20
We don't think same sex marriage is gross... I don't think that here are people seriously thinking about moving to the Netherlands ;)) if 1
justMe20
the now marriagelike partnership changed into anofficial marriage
kuemmel
Still it's another reason not to vote for the government-parties because they are in a cooperation with close-minded bigots.
Cyclopentadien
The german porn you saw was probably not german. Our porn industry is basically nonexistent.
Superconnected23
the fine ladies and gents over at GGG disagree with you
SpaceballsTheComment
You don't live in the same Germany as I do, obviously.
MvdVeen
I've seen champagne bottles go in places where they shouldn't. It was German.
Zer0th
You're sure it wasn't beer? We are more of a beer nation...
MvdVeen
I know, our countries are neighbours :) But no, it was def
MvdVeen
I know, we're neighbours :) But no, it was definitely champagne, they're bigger bottles, you see.
TheLaughingGod
nope, gay people can enter a marrigelike union with all the rights and dutys of marrige but cant call them self married do to the 1/2
TheLaughingGod
CSU Christion union party that is a part of one of our biggest partys. they keep leveraging their votes with their allyed party the CDU
kuemmel
It's not as bad as it sounds. You can "marry" and have most (if not all?) rights as a gay couple. It's the status that's missing.
TheLaughingGod
since 2014 all the same rights are granted (there were some tax issues)
MollyBloomsDeadDreams
Adoption is still not legal for same-sex couples, though. There are other minor legal differences as well.
megodk
That's the weird thing. An overwhelming majority (2/3-3/4) of the population are in favor of marriage equality. Just not our politicians
AllegedlyUncleTonton
Germany has weird politicians. But then again, any country with politicians has weird politicians. Politicans, man.
FatnissEverMeme
Australia too
Floppywok
I had a tour guide who said that the German equivalent of an MP for Berlin was gay
megodk
Sure was. Mayor, though.
WhimsicalCalamari
That's not really weird at all, actually. It's the reason this whole thing was surprising to Americans.
megodk
We do have a civil union which is damn close. Mostly some inheritance and tax issues and the couple can't adopt (one partner can, though)
Armored0Titan0
... that last part is one of the most asinine things I've ever read.
kuemmel
Since 2014 both can! :) Still we fucking need same-sex marriage. Unbelievable that this is going on for years.
trustmeimascientist
Shouldn't a complaint to the Bundesverfassungsgericht that someone's individual rights are being violated solve that problem?
megodk
Funny thing about that. There actually IS a ruling that says that, based on our constitution, there's no reason to differentiate
fkthismang
The BVerfG has ruled in favor of marriage equality several times since 2002; Merkel is having none of it, though.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Then it's a matter of time. Some party will want to clinch their reelection.
megodk
That's the problem. Currently the most conservative party is in power.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Wait a bit. It took a while for acceptance to build up - what's a couple of years more?
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TheWombatStrikesAgain
Oh it will. If people yell loud enough, Merkel will do it right before the next election to "prove" that she actually gives a shit.
DrunkGermanGuy
God damnit I hate the CDU/CSU so much.
PleasantPeasantPheasant
seems like at least 1/3 is voting for the wrong people then.
frealy
That would be the bavarian.
megodk
Our ruling party has the issue of being in a cooperation with a DEEPLY conservative partner from the most conservative state.
PleasantPeasantPheasant
It appears as though your politicians don't understand democracy if they're not defending the believes of their voters...