Would you consider boycotting a country that has legalized same sex marriage?

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Regardless of the country, one should write the governing officials, the embassies (sp), consulants, etc.
IF a particular industry or manufacturer is PROVEN to support the issues which are counter-productive to ‘life’ then FIND an alternative product, and THEN boycott the company you wish to give your opinion to.
 
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jdnation:
I voted ‘no.’ For 1) I’m already living in the country.
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Relevance? I live in Toronto. I hadn’t thought of boycotting my own tourist spots, but why not? There are times when I feel like a refugee in my own country.
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jdnation:
And 2) It wouldn’t be fair that others altogether might suffer for the problems created by minorities or their idiotic government.
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Others? We are Canada. The government is our government, whether they do as we wish or not.
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jdnation:
And 3) If you boycott a country, then how are you supposed to get in there and spread the Gospel Message?
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Spreading the Gospel Message involves meeting people where they are. Money talks.
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jdnation:
That is like abandonment.
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Yes, it is like unto the withholding of communion.
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jdnation:
Should one abandon the Catholic Church over a few scandals?
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No, but those responsible for the scandals should be held accountable.
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jdnation:
Boycotting a country isn’t an answer
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How do you know? Watch Martin twist in the air when he gets wind of a boycott.
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jdnation:
it is not what you’re called to do.
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We are called to defend the Church. Sometimes that means cutting the heterodox loose.
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jdnation:
There is no need to kick the dust off your sandals and leave… yet.
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No time like the present. On my way home from Mass yesterday, I saw people from New Jersey getting on their coach to go back home. They were very happy with the Mass. We had opera singers, a chorale, violins, and a passionate priest from Capetown, South Africa who wept as he told us the story of his arid land where people die in droves from hunger, bad water, disease, despair.

The world has been extremely generous with Toronto in response to our SARS crisis. Our mayor worked hard to bring tourism back to Toronto. And as a result we have had busloads of American tourists coming up to catch our musicals, theatre, ballet, opera, and wide open spaces. Glad to have them.

If Americans are sufficiently pigged off to boycott, then all the more power to them. They’ve been boycotting our beef for years.
 
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Sunniva:
Many Canadians are against same-sex marriage and have spoken up against it. If Canada is to be boycotted because of this unfortunate decision this would probably hurt the common Canadian more than it would hurt the goverment.

That common Canadian could very well be a Catholic who’s for the traditional definition of marriage. Maybe this Canadian is owning and running a tourist resort and he/she is a major contributor to his/her local Catholic Church.

Because of this boycott he/she will loose his/her business and go bankrupt and will not be able to support his/her local Church. The local Church have to cut out important activities like religious education for the childfren. I can go on and on.

The bottom line is that boycott can seriously harm innocent people and have a non-intended effect.

I have chosen Canada as my new homeland. I come from a country (Norway) which have had same-sex civil unions for over 10 years. I have since then voted for one of the political parties that are against same-sex civil unions. The day I will become a Canadian citizen I will use my vote wisely.
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I have read that the problem in Canada is the same as here in the US. The lawmakers pay no attention what so ever to what a majority of the people think. A majority of people and clergy in Canada are against gay unions, but no body cares what they think. Laws are passed here in the US, but are overturned by crooked and paid for judges, whose only purpose is to further their agenda. Until this is stopped, we will have no voice in our government.
 
In for a bill to become law in Canada it has to be signed by the governor general. The governor general is appointed by the queen, and signs legislation on behalf of the queen.

Write a letter to Queen Elizabeth II asking her to instruct the governor general not to sign the bill.
 
Chris Jacobsen:
In for a bill to become law in Canada it has to be signed by the governor general. The governor general is appointed by the queen, and signs legislation on behalf of the queen.

Write a letter to Queen Elizabeth II asking her to instruct the governor general not to sign the bill.
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You will have much better luck trying to change things through your elected government, rather than trying to achieve things through a head of state who is powerless and knows it.
 
Ani Ibi:
They’ve been boycotting our beef for years.
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What goes around comes around…the US has their own mad cow disease hanging over their heads!
 
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Karin:
I voted “No”. My reasoning is that to boycott a country in this case Canada…would leave the door wide open for them to boycott us and our products when we did something they did not agree with.
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God never said it would be easy to follow Him. Just that the rewards would be glorious in Heaven.

Who are you most wanting to risk offending? To whom is your allegiance?
 
I voted no. Boycotts tend to hurt those who did not have anything to do with the decision.

For example, many people felt like the city of Cincinnati should be boycotted for incidents involving minorities and the police department. OK, cancel the trade show, don’t visit Kings Island, don’t go to Reds game. Did you get back at the police? Nope, you just impacted the jobs of people who work for hotels, restaurants, souvenir stands, etc.

As another example, I work for a French owned company. Many people think we should boycott French owned companies. OK, go ahead and boycott my company…now you have just hurt a lot of Americans like myself, who are trying to support their family. Did you actually hurt the French governement? Nope.

I understand why you are upset with countries that have legalized gay marriage, unfortunately, you will only end up hurting the “little guy” with your boycott.
 
I will go to Canada only to visit relatives. I have long thought I would like to see the Canadian Rockies but will now see Alaska and then other sights around the US, which is what I should have thought of in the first place. I do plan to visit Medjugorje and I want to see Italy again, but in general I will spend most of my vacation money and time in the US with a week in Mexico in the winter.
 
I will not boycott, Canada or Spain or any of the Scandinavian countries. This is their own internal business and they have the choice to choose leaders they agree with. Almost all western countries have legalized abortion–will you boycott all of them? I think abortion trumps homosexual marriage as an immoral law, so why would you boycott only because of that?
 
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bapcathluth:
I will not boycott, Canada or Spain or any of the Scandinavian countries. This is their own internal business and they have the choice to choose leaders they agree with. Almost all western countries have legalized abortion–will you boycott all of them? I think abortion trumps homosexual marriage as an immoral law, so why would you boycott only because of that?
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Code:
And what about killing a defenseless victim that was slowly starved to death in front of the whole world…this victim where no mercy was shown!

 
Why is everyone preaching to the converted, we all share the view here we have a major problem with this culture.

No one expected Paul Martin to pull this stunt when he was elected.

There was an on-line poll, as you can see most Canadians opposed this nonsense.

referendumcanada.ca/uficanada/referendum/index2.cfm

(there are biases against pollee’s age on any on-line poll so the true results would be even more pronounced, plus the homosexuals are generally over-represented for their numbers in all polls/media)

I don’t know what the driving force was to ram this legislation through. If anyone knows I sure am curious, because this will guarantee he will not be prime minister a year from now, if none of the other scandals get him first.
 
Lost&Found:
I don’t know what the driving force was to ram this legislation through. If anyone knows I sure am curious, because this will guarantee he will not be prime minister a year from now, if none of the other scandals get him first.
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The Sponsorship scandal got him first. The real coup will be for Canadians to figure out who to vote for within the next six months. Campaign Life Coalition track who the Life members of parliament are. The Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP are compromised parties. Green has some sound things on its platform except that it is anti-Life. The Christian Heritage Party? Maybe as an interim.
 
When you live, as I do, closer to the Canadian border than to parts of my own state, this is a very interesting question…I am thinking about the things which come from Canada. In the past, I have often purchased Canadian goods that were a little cheaper than those from the US. Why not just buy American?
I am not saying that we are perfect. I am saying that there are times when we have the option to make simple choices that may have the potential to make a moral statement. If I refuse to buy Canadian bottled water, the real statement is not so much to Canada, per se, it is to the store owner/manager who makes purchases. This can be a way to remind people that everything that a Christian says & does should be informed by the message of the Gospel.
God bless.
 
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Zooey:
When you live, as I do, closer to the Canadian border than to parts of my own state, this is a very interesting question…I am thinking about the things which come from Canada. In the past, I have often purchased Canadian goods that were a little cheaper than those from the US. Why not just buy American?
I am not saying that we are perfect. I am saying that there are times when we have the option to make simple choices that may have the potential to make a moral statement. If I refuse to buy Canadian bottled water, the real statement is not so much to Canada, per se, it is to the store owner/manager who makes purchases. This can be a way to remind people that everything that a Christian says & does should be informed by the message of the Gospel.
God bless.
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Dear Zooey,

It befuddles me to read all of this. Now, I am not taking this personnally but I must say it surely does not make any sense to me. Why would anyone think this way when there was a killing of an innocent adult who was handicapped to say the least in your own country. I would never penalize the local merchant of the US by boycotting anything amerrican. Is it the american general population’s fault that the higher-ups are corrupted??? I live by the border myself and I find all of this appalling and pharisaical!
 
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Shoshana:
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Dear Zooey,

It befuddles me to read all of this. Now, I am not taking this personnally but I must say it surely does not make any sense to me. Why would anyone think this way when there was a killing of an innocent adult who was handicapped to say the least in your own country. I would never penalize the local merchant of the US by boycotting anything amerrican. Is it the american general population’s fault that the higher-ups are corrupted??? I live by the border myself and I find all of this appalling and pharisaical!
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Well, let’s discuss boycotting Florida then. Anybody up for it? I am sure people have had those thoughts before, not as a formal boycott, but perhaps as a fear of going there or a loathing of going there.

Perhaps the Canadian boycott could be more specific. Archbishop Gervais archdiocese, for example. Or Paul Martin’s riding.
 
Boycotting Florida sounds like a plan to me, too. (A suggestion from an old campaigner: Buy orange juice & other citrus that comes from someplace else on the globe. There is a lot of South American citrus in the stores. Most of us probably buy Florida juice because it is a better quality product…but we don’t have to.We could, I suspect, live without it.)
I should, perhaps, say that I am not attacking Canadians in general. I know that there are many who opposed this. What I am suggesting is that we “vote with our feet”. It is a long standing happening, that people leave an area where fighting is about to break out. Why not apply the same principle?
I have been there before: During the Vietnam War, there were a lot of us who went back to wrapping our food in waxed paper when the plastic wrap people went into the napalm business…We were not attacking our soldiers. We were attacking an obscene weapon which does not, cannot, distiguish between an enemy soldier & a 9 year old child, or her 90 year old great grandmother. At least one company stopped; they could not afford the hemmorrhaging of the business at the grocery store.
We are not, I believe, discussing anything other than applying economic pressure to the Canadian government. (And Ani is right: there is no reason that Canadians cannot skip their trips to Canadian tourist attractions).
God bless.
 
The Church has also campaigned against the legalization of divorce in some countries. Would that be an appropriate basis for a boycott?
 
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Digitonomy:
The Church has also campaigned against the legalization of divorce in some countries. Would that be an appropriate basis for a boycott?
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Code:
The Church, in the person of our late beloved John Paul 2, reprimanded severely the US for killing Terri Shiaveo. Is this a good reason to boycott??? :hmmm:
 
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