Google Announces Campaign To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Worldwide

Homophobic comments everywhere. It's kind of funny to read them. xD

 

within that very link:

[edit] oh, they changed the article title later. Nevermind!

 

Obviously they can't do it worldwide. Sitting down and talking with people from Uganda, Iran or North Sudan won't exactly be pleasant.

 

i think you've got more of a chance in Iran than you do in Malaysia

it's not even legal anywhere in this country yet =(

 

Well Iran has straight up death penalty for homosexuality, no question.

Malaysia ranges from fines to whippings to prison, but not death.

No idea how each one is enforced, though. Apparently Iran's gay scene isn't that bad, if you minus the whole "government will kill you if you find out" thing.

 

The severity of punishment doesn't say anything about the viability of legalisation, really. That has more to do with popular opinion and pressure placed on the government. Malaysia has a bit more open advocacy due to its problems with HIV and the efforts to quell the epidemic there, but of course they have some pretty draconian laws in place, and most of the population there sees anything but heterosexuality in marriage as deviant and immoral (a paradigm that had existed already, but which some measures in preventing HIV have diffused as well). Of course, we all know about Iran. It's a tough call, really; they're both pretty dire.

 

Still, go Google.

 

Now Im waiting for the republican party to boycott google.

 

Worldwide marriage equality? Definately not in our lifetimes. It's nice to think about that, though.

I can see the number of countries with it getting up into the 80's or 90's, though.

 

Oooooh, One Million Moms' page views will really be hurting now. Good for Google!

 

One of the few things Google has actually done right.

 

The reason i made the comment in the first place is the population of Iran - It's only an inkling really, but you must remember the average age in Iran is much younger than that of most western countries, and what i have read from Iranians and heard from some persian friends is that for the most part, people see the regime for what it is. I have high hopes for Iran, i can see them changing their ways for the better before Malaysia

 

This is good I think, some smart dude said "The next great colonizer and super power will either be China, or Google" so if google does turn the world into its country, 'least we can all get married :3

 

Constant civil unrest. Check. History of violating human rights. Check. Religious oppression and fanaticism. Check. History of genocide. Check. 3 countries that the world wouldn't really miss.

 

Does anyone have a list of all the countries in which gay marriage is legal?

 

Yayy!!! i wuv u google! :3

 

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, and Sweden.

And here's a fun map from Google:

 

is there a legend available for that map?

 

Yay Google!!