Mark H.

It looks like supply management is on the way out, which will be a blow for producers who invested millions in their quotas. Will they be compensated?

Self inflicted long term death - just another first world problem. There is a lot of self inflicted harm we as a society engage in. Smoking. Which is now being replaced as the "cool" thing to do by vaping. Drinking soda. I love me some Dr Pepper. Consuming far too much meat and processed foods.

Self inflicted long term death - just another first world problem.

We went after Stubler, Washington, Steinaurer and a couple other before hiring Etch.Guess when you fire coaches every year or 2 nobody wants to come here. And if someone you hired was your 5th choice, where's the cronyism?

Except that the D has played the same way all season

Whatever Lulay said to his OL before that sack - didn't work

But don't forget he has the best offensive weapon in the league at his disposal

Best game I've watched all year.

Nice throw by Burris. If Williams has to hesitate at all he probably gets angled out. That was a howitzer right on the money.

1. Christianity is more about your own relationship with God and your own personal conscience 2. Yes, it is possible to interpret the bible as not being against same sex relationships, but only if they are monogamous. Same goes for heterosexual relationships. 3. It's not about picking and choosing sins. No human being can stay free of sin - repentance is the key

Whatever the root causes may be, the very high suicide rate amongst transgendered people should be cause for concern. I believe we will someday have to answer for the way we treated other human beings. If my actions cause someone to commit suicide, I will have to answer for it.

I would hope we get consistent pressure without the blitz.

The confederate flag was also symbol of protest against desegregation.

I was referring to Europeans and how the crusades were defending western cultre from destruction, Not gay marriage. You couldn't be more wrong about what the crusades were or the amount of blood on your religion's hands."were just defending our way of life, everyone is out to get us" The notion is laughable. In my history it's a little bit of both. There was persecution from the Catholic Church and the Jesuits, but Hutterite communities were also ravaged by mercenary soldiers, especially the Turks. It all depends which group of Christians you're talking about - there's a whole range of experiences.

Year in, year out, given who the Als have had at QB, SJ Green has been the best receiver in the CFL.

They made several big plays and came up with key stops when they were needed.

That's basically a safe play call. You'll either get a first down with YAC or punt it away.

Bloody shame, considering what you paid for it. High temp paint can be bought in spray cans. If you can find someone to sandblast it, you can do the repainting yourself.

Agreed. Even the most recent books (the gospels) were written with a great deal of metaphor. Anyone who thinks the Bible is meant to be taken literally - has not spent enough time reading it. What it does have are certain enduring truths that can be found if one is sincerely looking for them. The core of the message, if you will. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but myself and many of my friends in the teaching profession have seen the results of bad relationships first hand. I'm sure most of you are aware that there is a demand for male elementary teachers, and I would venture to guess you can connect the dots and figure out why.

The bolded part: I used to believe that, but I'm not so sure any more. I've already given my reasons for that. Same sex marriage aside, the real concern should be the decrease of monogamous relationships in today's society. #1 it isn't safe, #2 is doesn't build strong families. You can poke fun at this very old book as much you like, but the fact is its got some pretty good advice on things like adultery and faithfulness.

Not sure what that means. You would prefer they were "entrenched" in a communist system? It doesn't matter what system you are entrenched in if your people don't want to pay income taxes, and the government can't be bothered to collect them, or enforce income tax laws. It also doesn't matter what system you are in when your people decide they want everything for nothing, and think they are entitled to it. You are pretty much screwed at that point. Have a look at the Roman Empire at its peak. Why did it fail? Because everyone stopped working for a living, and just had a big party, and they became so soft that they were easy prey for other warring nations that just tore the entire empire apart. If you want some insight into the Greek mind, just look at how other countries have planned for and built infrastructure for the Olympics. They always build with a future plan to use the infrastructure, or move it somewhere else. They have a plan. Greece didn't have a plan for their 2004 Olypmics. They just built these massive stadiums with hundreds of millions of borrowed euros, and now they are all just rotting, unused. Typical Greek planning. That's why that country is so screwed. They have become the welfare case of Europe. I'm too lazy to go looking for the link - but the problem of unused and rotting Olympics infrastructure isn't unique to Greece.

Don't forget the Christians killing non-Christians. Something called the Crusades. Absolutely.

Christians were killed for many years before they became powerful....and the want to kill them never went away.Christians have more than other ways, spread their beliefs through their own blood. Unlike some other religions I can name that spread it mostly by the sword. love them or hate them, the Christian faith has kept the west alive and 'free' for hundreds of years. And if you religious or not, they still want the west dead...or cowed. We're all in this together. I only say this because we're a target more than ever and this thread's topic is just one other thing that angers our enemies. I'm not blaming homosexuals, jut saying. They're allowed to live free here but are still imprisoned and killed in many nations. We're all lucky to live here. And in the grand scheme of things, I believe gay marriage is a footnote in a world where we have much bigger problems. The truth is there were Gentile Christians and Jewish Christians in the early church (c. 100 CE). The persecution was almost entirely these two groups persecuting each other. The governing authorities had little if anything to do with it. Roman tolerance of Christianity is mostly a positive story. During the middle ages (dark ages) you had church and state intertwined and very corrupt. When people started to speak up about this, they were persecuted by the Catholic Church and by governing authorities. My own ancestors were among these groups and were in fact considered radicals during that era. In short, it's mostly a history of Christians persecuting each other because of differing beliefs.

The church during the Middle Ages was manipulative, but not the early church. Contrary to popular belief, the Romans actually supported the Early Church created by the Apostles. Things were quite peaceful until Constantine decided church and state should be one and the same. That's when all the trouble and all the wars started; the idea of a 'just war' finds its roots in the amalgamation of church and state.

people should be able to marry regardless of religious beliefs Given that marriage has traditionally been a religious institution, perhaps a dividing line would have been the best way to resolve this. In other words, call it something else for people who are not religious. After all, why would anyone who is not religious want to be associated with something that was inherently religious for centuries? But alas, that opportunity has come and gone. Now we're left arguing over something that's mostly a matter of semantics.