[intifatry]

Look up 'Coren Agreement'. BC didn't just pass it, they also made it part of their curriculum. As a humanities teacher, I have a choice, teach it there or teach elsewhere. I chose the latter.

More proof of the awesomeness of Canada.

Texas at least values my contribution... Oh, I'm sure they do.

Y'all learned yer correct grammers in Texas.

[anolbom]

Y'all learned yer correct grammers in Texas. So the ex-torontonian who fled to Alberta is mocking Texans for being rednecks? Sheesh.

Real rednecks ride and shoot guns and do all kinds of stuff. What would you know about rednecks? The only redneck you've ever seen is from your tanning salon.

[bppstorr]

So the ex-torontonian who fled to Alberta is mocking Texans for being rednecks? Sheesh.

Real rednecks ride and shoot guns and do all kinds of stuff. What would you know about rednecks? The only redneck you've ever seen is from your tanning salon.

Tanning salon? Have you SEEN my pics? I'm most likely the whitest guy in all of Apolyton, if not the interwebs.

I don't even know what this ex-Torontonian business is all about. What is the implication? Toronto is redneck? Alberta is redneck?

You can't even get a cohesive zinger, Ben.

You could have also called me a hippy for my four years outside of San Francisco. Then you would've had a truly confusing insult.

[ambientambien]

Hey, do you teach law, Ben? No, I teach history. I have a few students I tutor as well - chem and biology atm.

My course focusses on ancient + medieval history - Greece + Rome + Byzantium up to the fall of the Turks. Focus on the Church and Church history, but it's a pretty broad survey. We cover a lot of stuff...

[tsaaapla]

Tanning salon? Have you SEEN my pics? I'm most likely the whitest guy in all of Apolyton, if not the interwebs. And why are you explaining the joke?

[PharmACT]

Actually I far prefer the Baroque period, after the Romantics. Romantics > Baroque > Classical.

Do you teach the full history of Ancient Greece or do you censor it to pretend the Church invented marriage?

[nursopoutaras]

secular context? as in government?

[andrekuper]

If I had children teaching them the origin of the week would not be a priority. Actually, I can't think of a good reason to teach American children about medieval Greece.

[Aniplinipsync]

You just refuted yourself. It is irrelevant to modern life. Much like religion.

[JMLot]

Asher, you should consider the fact that it was banned before, only now it's just Extra-Banned with a capital B. This changes nothing. It's basically symbolic.

EDIT: Actually, it changes one thing. It prevents judges from legislating on the issue from the bench. So you could see this is as voters asserting their rights and the rights of the legislature against the judiciary.

Won't SCOTUS punt the State amendment?

[Farson]

. . . and how the understanding of marriage changed.

Ben just admitted that the understanding of marriage has changed over history?

[lasadeykar]

Ben just admitted that the understanding of marriage has changed over history? Have I ever said otherwise? Christian marriage is Christian marriage. The concept that marriage is for life and that divorce is contrary to marriage was an innovation.

[CarrieSexy]

Can someone explain why this was put up for vote in a primary and not a general election? If having the people decide the rights of a minority is so important shouldn't it happen in an election with high turnout?

So you wanted a ballot measure likely to draw people unlikely to vote for President Obama to the polls in a State that he needs to win to be in the general election?

[SappyAppy]

Because most people consider them to be different things?

I mean, it is the same as saying that the word 'american' shouldn't be used....

JM

[fhutiussk]

Because most people consider them to be different things?

I mean, it is the same as saying that the word 'american' shouldn't be used....

JM

It shouldn't. Nationalities should always be capitalized, at least in English. [/pedantic]

Anyway, arguments about "traditional marriage" are largely missing the point. "Traditional marriage" is, for good or bad, now something of an anachronism largely sustained by tax and other privileges. It's like you're arguing about whether the Post Office should hire homosexuals. The correct question is not "is this in keeping with our historical understanding of how mail delivery should function?" but "whoTF uses the Post Office anymore?"

[fectsnanteemy]

I think it would be fair to deny it based on the fact that it pays people to not work.

Let's have a 100% inheritance tax too - it pays people not to work.

If only you knew how close to each other's our beliefs are.