Repeal "Definition of Marriage"
Two different proposals to repeal the Definition of Marriage resolution reached a quorum of UN Delegate endorsements in the same week in August 2006. Any time more than one proposal has reached quorum and is waiting to reach the UN floor, proposals reach the UN floor in the order in which they were originally submitted to the proposal queue, thus the repeal authored by Sir Ernest Shackleton is considered the first Definition of Marriage repeal. However, given that there were some drastic differences in the grounds for the two repeals, the text of the second repeal, sponsored by Pro-Sovereignty Babes, is also included here. The debate of the first repeal focused as much on the differences between the two repeals as it did on the text of the original Definition of Marriage resolution.
First Repeal Text
| Category: | Repeal | Resolution: | #81 | Proposed By: | Sir Ernest Shackleton |
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Description:
UN Resolution #81: Definition of Marriage (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Argument:
This resolution goes too far. It mandates what a constitutes a "marriage" with no respect for a nation's religious beliefs, or societal structure.
The last line is also disturbing: "FURTHER RECOGNIZES all nation's right to expand this definition beyond species borders as the individual governments see fit."
This is an endorsement of beastiality, and it should have no business being in the UN. Therefore, we shall hereby strike "Definition of Marriage," knowing that the individual nations know best what is a marriage and what isn't.
- Votes For: 8,776
- Votes Against: 5,767
- Implemented: Wed Aug 30 2006
Second Repeal Text
Description:
UN Resolution #81: Definition of Marriage (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Argument:
WHEREAS, Resolution #144 affirms this United Nations should seek to “streamline and strike out superfluous and ineffective legislation.”
WHEREAS, Resolution #99, “Discrimination Accord”, already establishes the right of marriage cannot be denied to certain groups and ensures the passage of this repeal will NOT permit member states to discriminate “on the basis of differences in recognized religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, age, language, school of thought, or intelligence”;
WHEREAS, the provisions of Resolution #25,“The Child Protection Act”, already establish the age of a child as a just reason for not recognizing marriage;
WHEREAS, the resolution neglects to include as part of a definition of marriage any condition of consent;
WHEREAS, Resolution #81, “Definition of Marriage”, is ineffective because it fails to describe what social rights and obligations being able to marry entails. Without this, Resolution #81 safeguards nothing;
ESTABLISHES “Definition of Marriage” as ineffective and unnecessary;
REPEALS United Nations Resolution #81, “Definition of Marriage.”
- Approvals: 189
