10-27-2006, 04:44 AM
OOC:
Not to be too much of a wet blanket, but excuse me for pouring water on the bedclothes. I think there are three major stumbling-blocks in the way of this proposal. First, there's the difficulty that you already recognize in defining marriage.
Second, you'll run across those who believe the NSUN has no business interfering in that most domestic of all institutions. The 77.6% vote in favor of "Protection of Marriage" would seem to show this would be a problem.
Finally, there's "Protection of Marriage" itself. In my view--and I would so argue--submission of this proposal would violate the Contradiction rule as long as that resolution is in effect. To me, a UN resolution requiring the availability of divorce would be a clear contradiction of the first operative clause of that resolution, infringing upon the right it guarantees to nations to "regulate" marriage within their own borders.
I think maybe Bears Armed's suggestion is the best best. He's right.... There was a pretty good proposal drafted some time back on freedom of emigration. I'd suggest some research on what that was all about and what the for/against arguments were would be worth while.
Not to be too much of a wet blanket, but excuse me for pouring water on the bedclothes. I think there are three major stumbling-blocks in the way of this proposal. First, there's the difficulty that you already recognize in defining marriage.
Second, you'll run across those who believe the NSUN has no business interfering in that most domestic of all institutions. The 77.6% vote in favor of "Protection of Marriage" would seem to show this would be a problem.
Finally, there's "Protection of Marriage" itself. In my view--and I would so argue--submission of this proposal would violate the Contradiction rule as long as that resolution is in effect. To me, a UN resolution requiring the availability of divorce would be a clear contradiction of the first operative clause of that resolution, infringing upon the right it guarantees to nations to "regulate" marriage within their own borders.
I think maybe Bears Armed's suggestion is the best best. He's right.... There was a pretty good proposal drafted some time back on freedom of emigration. I'd suggest some research on what that was all about and what the for/against arguments were would be worth while.