Canada has WMDs

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And therefore, I suggest you read the title of the post where I threw that sarcastic comment in, liberty and license, and reconsider why you fell into the typical trap.

Sorry, I'm going cross-eyed looking at the threaded view.

I still think we are arguing different things. You are right that paedophilia/pot-smoking/marriage are defined differently in different countries. You are right that one country can consider activities as criminal where others do not.
What I am saying is that there is nothing criminal about same-sex marriage, it just wont be recognised by the U.S.

I suppose I could put it better by saying that the issue of U.S. recognising same-sex marriages conducted in other countries is similar to the issue of whether N.Z. accepts qualifications of medical professionals from countries outside of N.Z. (I have a workmate from India who is a qualified anaesthetist in India, but it is not recognised here, so she is an I.T. project manager). There is nothing criminal about her holding that qualification, the only crime is if she attempts to 'fraudulently' (in the eyes of the host country) us it to gain the benefits it entitles (in this case practising medicine)