What’s so special about “two”?
In the anonymized ruling, [B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Wilkinson] said a woman named Olivia should be added as a parent along with the biological parents to the birth records of Clarke, born in 2018.
She explained that a couple, Eliza and Bill, had lived together since the turn of the century but Olivia entered their life in 2013 and, in 2016, they became a threesome.
Olivia, Bill and Eliza were in a committed loving relationship,“ known in the polyamory community as a triad,” when Bill impregnated Eliza in 2017, Wilkinson added:
“The petitioners live openly as a polyamorous family to their families and friends. While at first, they were apprehensive about the reactions of others, those close to them have been supportive of their relationship and family structure. However, in certain employment circumstances, they still choose to be private about their polyamorous identities out of fear of reprisal and discrimination. It is not disputed that Clarke is being raised by three loving, caring, and extremely capable individuals.”
h/t Chris
Naturally, this is where we are. Of course in fact.
Just read a separate article about this regarding Tessa Thompson and Taiki Waititi.
Pushing triads as the new progressive vanguard is a thing now.
They’re sure taking the long and winding road towards normalizing paedophilia.
What’s so special about “people” for that matter? Two guys and a horse, anyone?
We’re close to that. We have a prime minister’s wife who’s married to a horse’s hiney…..
That’s true! He’s a shiny pony! Bwaha!!! ~:D
Beat me to it but I was thinking doggie for there is no greater love than a dog for his caring master.
Exhibit A: Labrador Retriever.
there is no greater love than a dog for his caring master
After seeing how close my canine step-brother was to my father after my mother died, I can confirm that.
Speaking of which, I’m planning to drive to my house this coming weekend and I’m hoping to have the little guy come over for a visit. Seeing how happy he’d be to be back in his former home and to be with me once again would be worth the effort.
Neighbor doggo Oz visited me yesterday. He remembered me! He’s grown so much — was all happy with tail wagging and face to face admiring looks, we bonded. It was bliss.
Then came the bombshell. He’s moving July 1st! I’ll miss the cutie. Tennyson wrote: “T’is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” How true, such is life.
Check out this cartoon, I’m sure it’s Oz!
https://thedailygolden.com/just-for-fun/off-the-leash-cartoon-for-dog-lovers/
Sorry to hear about his moving. However, he will remember you long after he’s relocated.
As for the cartoon, it’s not quite my canine step-brother. He’s always reminding me that any time is a good time to play “go und get it”.
Thanks. Have fun this weekend B A!
I think I’ll look for a going away gift-toy for Oz.
I think I’ll look for a going away gift-toy for Oz.
Excellent idea!
Whenever I gave presents to my parents’ dogs, including my canine step-brother, I rubbed them on my arm so that the gifts picked up my scent. I then wrapped them in plastic bags before I put the paper around them, doing so in order that my scent wouldn’t dissipate so quickly.
Once those were opened, the critters smelled them, quickly recognized who they came from, and played with more than what they got from my parents. Those presents were special to them.
If my parents’ dogs are anything to go by, a good-quality squeaky would be well-received.
Yeah good idea – I live near a pet shop so I’ll see what they have.
At first I thought I’d sew a miniature dog just like him out of some brown velour but thought better of it as a home made thing would likely fall apart sooner. Besides, the professionally-made ones would have noise-makers that dogs seem to enjoy.
The young couple that own Oz told me that they tried to get another Daschund puppy as a friend for their pup but there was none around that they wanted, at a price they can afford. He said they are quite expensive.
I was planning on taking a photo of him as well. It would be fun to remember him. I may use it as a screen saver on the computer.
Was out, so a late reply.
Btw…thanks for the advice, B A.
I have a standard poodle here at Chez Phantom. He’s here in case any rabbits make it into the back yard past the robot sentries, the Destructo-Fence and the alligator-filled moat. He can catch rabbits. >:D
However, there is a fine distinction to be made between having a poodle and being married to one. Well, this year anyway. Who knows what next year brings?
“having a poodle and being married to one”
Are you sure you did not intend this comment for the “Mighty White of You” thread.
“Justice Wilkinson was also actively involved in her local community centre, in the heart of Vancouver’s West End, where she and her spouse, Gayle, reside.”
She’s a card carrying member of the rainbow mafia…………..appointed by Trudeau last year under the cover of Covid. Trudeau + Biden = The End.
But I thought it was only going to be about two homosexuals or two lesbians marrying and that no one would push beyond that. Hmmm.
Why. Can’t. We. Go. On. As. mmmmmnnn … Three? …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lp5Ope65mQ
Dear Judge; Beautiful song, but it’s NOT a blueprint for societal change. Sorry. It’s just some hippie, Free love, jilted, douchebag who has musical talent … it’s not biological reason. And Triads are always doomed. Always.
Mike , ever hear of mormons?
The Govt. straightened them out. No State admittance till you knock it off. Which they did. $$$ is more powerful than a harem. And the holdouts fled into the god-forsaken wasteland of So. Utah.
And one small town in SE B.C., Bountiful. The Mormons were essentially blackmailed by the U.S. government into giving up on polygamy, and some fundamentalists refused to go along.
The Muslim religion allows four wives,and there are probably many more examples of polygamy extant, and I simply don’t give a damn. With the world-ending covid crisis and the fact the Toronto Maple Leafs may be about to end a 150 year Stanley Cup drought, the fact that some Vancouver yuppies want to be polyamorous doesn’t concern me.
As long as it doesn’t cost us taxpayers, I just don’t care.
They’re only in their 44th year of the drought. I wish I could live long enough to enjoy their 150th.
Well, Don Morris, you should be concerned, as it actually costs taxpayers a lot! Also women at very young ages are married off and children in some of those situations are under-educated, abused and sent off.
Please do some research.
I’m reminded of the joke about a bigamist being a man who made the same mistake twice.
So I married both of them – Wasn’t that big of me?
That reminds me of a line from a Marx Brothers movie (Duck Soup, I think), where Groucho’s character proposes to Margaret Dumont’s.
Her response was, “That would be bigamy.” His answer was, “That would be big a me, too.”
Poor Margaret Dumont. She was often the butt of many of Groucho’s one-liners, often displaying confusion and bewilderment. She wasn’t just acting when she did that on screen. She often didn’t get the joke.
Maybe I was thinking of this scene from Animal Crackers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpTJywtAqLc
and it wasn’t Margaret Dumont that he had the aforementioned verbal exchange with.
(As an added bonus, note what he says at 2:20.)
Poor Clarke. I sense many years of therapy.
That may well be. After all, look at our two-fathered Dear Leader. He definitely has a few screws loose.
On the other hand the custody battles will be spectacular.
My dog is having a significant impact to the raising of my children, along with my wife. Arguably more of an impact than we’re having. It’s long past time that Scooter gets added to their birth certificates.
I’m sure that my parents saw their all of dachshunds as grandchildren.
There was a time … when my kids thought a LOT more of our beloved Jozie (a beautiful Bernese Mtn. Dog) than they did of my wife or me … rest assured … they eventually come back to you.
“Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…
Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; …
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” ~ Edmund Burke
Everyone knows it won’t turn out well, for any of those involved.
This is the problem with democracy.
Did you vote for this, Jeff? I didn’t.
That’s the problem with democracy.
Can’t wait for “non-binary” people to marry, and then divorce themselves. Sorry. Itselves.
Too late Chris. Some woman married herself a couple years ago. No word if she’s divorced yet.
I often talk to myself. It’s quite refreshing speaking to someone as intelligent as me. I get worried when I start losing arguments with myself.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/transgender-woman-human-rights-waxing-1.5330807
Waiting for the marriage announcement
it takes a village to raise a village idiot. maybe all of jonestown could have been married
They have made such a mockery of marriage that I don’t want the State involved whatsoever in my marriage any longer.
My marriage is NOT the same as two twinks playing house or a clump of depraved rainbow weirdoes.
It was made in the eyes of GOD and His is the only sanction that matters. The State can piss off. I would even consider returning the “license” to them with an angry letter explaining my reasons.
Mind you, one could argue that there’s Biblical precedent for that situation. Several people are mentioned as having more than one wife: the patriarch Jacob, King David, King Solomon and even the father of the prophet Samuel.
Historically, there was a Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin & Chairman Mao as well. We are still required to exercise judgement.
^^^^^^ NICE !!! ^^^^^^
PS … how did that Bathsheba thing work out? Quite a bit of bloodshed, as I recall …
Mao was married several times and he also liked to have a bit of crumpet. He apparently liked his mistresses to be young and dumb.
Like all of his Block Captains …
Yeh, Henry VIII got into trouble as he actually chose women who were too smart.
Funny thing about the Bible is that it records people doing stupid things as well as smart.
A stupid thing done by a “great” man is still stupid, and you are expected to understand that.
Solomon was led astray by his many wives.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all faced serious conflict caused by rivalry between their wives and the children of their wives.
David has been mentioned….
Think about it….
If you do that, please post a copy here.
It’s not a matter of legal formalities. It’s a matter of destroying the stability that traditional families provide.
You could re-arrange the law as you wished. Big Government and Big Creep would find a way to vilify and destroy the family.
Recently, I have covid-watched free old movies, circa 1980-99 on YouTube. Invariably, the theme is competent woman raising children alone with a bad daddy who worked too hard, could not deal with outrageous wife hissy fits or had a side girlfriend somewhere else.
This was a Hollywood feministy script that ruined the 1950’s Father Knows Best narrative to supposedly emaciate women, but it did not. The fact that children of divorce had issues was totally suppressed by professionals and the media FOR DECADES. Finally, some of gen X and Y, mostly from intact boomer families, know that having two parents around is really a good recipe for raising great children.
One did not have to watch movies to see how bad divorce was for kids.
Kids whose parents were divorced or never married were always messed up in some way. The only difference was degree.
When the state inserts itself into the marriage business it has been mistaken for sanctification which would involve theocracy. Thus everything about marriage and civil unions now become a feature of politics or worse, judicial Star Chambers. Marriage, in the eyes of the state should only exist as contractual, if that. The business of sanctification of relationships is that of religion or its cultural equivalent. I could care less about how many people want to contractually coexist as long as they are consenting adults and coercion is not involved. As for inclusion of sheep, I have been told repeatedly that they must be able to legally show consent which, apparently they cannot.
I used to say that Blackmer (of Bountiful, BC fame) should have proclaimed he submitted to Islam. Now it seems he could have simply saved himself a lot of grief by just claiming he come out of the closet.
Well, I may just identify as a cis gendered sultan and get me a harem.
Speaking of harems, take a look at how the urban dictionary defines that term in the context of its use as a trope in Manga and anime plots. The evil insinuates itself everywhere. Teach your children and grandchildren that those “cute” manga characters are not so innocent.
I get a lot of flack for telling people to stay the hell away from anime and manga. There really is a qualitative difference between the stuff we consumed back in the 1990s and the tripe kids are consuming today. Back then you could find works like Cowboy Bebop, Monster, Mu-Shi-Shi or Patlabor alongside the usual fanservice aimed at horny adolescent schoolboys.
Now it’s all pandering to horny adolescent schoolboys – and schoolgirls – with that particularly Japanese schizophrenia about child sexualization. The good stuff’s no longer worth wading through the dross.
I have a friend whose daughter (HS senior) is OBSESSED with anime. She’s quite a good artist and draws many of the characters … mostly scantily clad highly sexualized young girls. It creeps me out a bit.
After this comes compelled speech.
Rich men owning more than one wife leads to a surplus of young men to do the fighting for them, if you were to create a religion back in the 7th century and wanted to wage war constantly against your neighbours you would likely include polygamy.
Today, if you wanted your religion to conquer the civilized countries you would just move there and breed your wives on the taxpayers dime, that’s even easier than the violence thing.
It is as much a feature of poor cultures as “rich”…
Plenty of tribal societies forbade young men to marry until they had fought for the tribe, and in equal numbers, women were treated as chattels to be traded off for favours to those of higher status, regardless of physical wealth.
That extra wife not only kept you warm at night. She kept a garden to grow grain to make beer for you to drink, or sell. That extra wife WAS wealth.
Plus you could lend her out to your friends in return for extra favours.
at this point, why does the State have a pressing concern regulating marriage?
reform it as a simple contract, and get rid of most of the problems with family law
Because socialism. Taking money off me and giving it to other people based on the family status of those people. Get rid of socialism and this stops being a problem.
Does anyone remember when family activists warned that shacking up and gay “marriage” were bad for society and that traditional marriages stabilised cultures all around the globe?
I do.
These activists would be luxuriating in a bath of their complete rightness about now but I’m sure they have been doxxed by XYZ group that feels their mere existence can remedied with a simple act of arson.
Inshallah!
Stop it. We’ve been told that; arranged marriages, polygamy, child brides, and clitorectomies … are all “cultural” manifestations … and have NOTHING to do with Islam. Right?
Paraphrasing Ace of Spaces: You will f*ck the cake!
… or at least bake it in the shape of a pennis. Why? Because we DEMAND it!! You prudish … ewwwww … ChriSssss-tan!!
It gets more ridiculous everyday and more and more difficult to ignore their insanity.
Its like Double-mint only double the nagging.
We’ve passed the point of no return and are now accelerating into unknown regions of madness. And there isn’t a damned thing we can do to stop it.
“Dad, Can I play video games?”
“Go ask you mother”
“Which one?”
I have a former friend who’s heavily involved in the “poly community”. There are quite a lot of triads and quartets and various arrangements and absolutely none of them are stable (much like the participants…). The few that produce or involve children have a revolving door of parental figures. Having seen how screwed up a lot of people who merely had to deal with one or more step-parents ended up, I see a lot of therapy and/or school shootings in these kids’ futures.
Oh for sure. That is why I am looking to the custody battle when they fall apart …
“Kill Bill”
One of the advantages of a conservative worldview is the ability to make more accurate predictions about the future. Remember when anyone claiming that gay marriage was a slippery slope to polygamy was derided for even thinking such a thing? Well, here we are.
Yep, in a couple of decades (maybe much sooner) we will hear that intercourse with adult dogs is perfectly normal and only bigoted idiots would ever think that it will lead to intercourse with puppies.
That’s for sure, and we haven’t found bottom yet.
Speaking off: https://twitter.com/Woke_Misogyny/status/1397812125221933057
Most, if not all of the arguments for gay “marriage”, would let me marry my dog, or you marry your brother.
“Love is love”.
Unless you are going to discriminate against non-verbal consent.
Unless you are going to discriminate against non-sexual relationships.
Etc
Etc.
All of the arguments rely on useless generalisations and special-case fallacies. – “It’s wrong to discriminate against gays, but ok to discriminate against polygamists and every other variant group”.
No…, you do not need the government to “recognise” your relationship. Every one of us has relationships – dozens of them – that are not “recognised”. If they are improved by such “recognition” then they aren’t much of a relationship, anyway. It’s completely spurious.
The solution is to accept that marriage is not something for Government to regulate. The only role that Government has now – since they gave up enforcing sexual morality – is regarding what happens to children and joint property when the relationship breaks up. That can easily be covered by a legal contract between any number and type of persons, without regard to the sexual aspect of their relationship (if one exists).
Marriage, then becomes a matter between those involved and whatever members of their community that they can persuade that it matters.
My son-in-law’s brother was going to join such a triad and become the defacto father parent of the triad by legally adopting the kids. Then his lawyer pointed out that if there was a divorce he could be sued for child and spousal support. That ended that and the relationship did not last much longer.