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(Zagreb) Croatia's ruling party vowed on Friday that legislation to allow same-sex couples to register their unions would never pass.

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The ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ on Friday denounced the bill. During a heated debate in Parliament that was pockmarked with homophobic slurs HDZ members and those of other right of center parties said they would vote together to ensure the bill would not pass.

"The whole universe is heterosexual, from an atom to a fly and an elephant," declared HDZ member Lucija Cikes.

Ninety percent of Croatia's 4.5 million people are Roman Catholic and the Church has already made it known it opposes the legislation.

Despite the existing domestic partner law gays and lesbians find they have not rights to their homes when a partner dies if that partner was the only name on a lease. Partners cannot apply for loans together or open joint bank accounts. In many instances people are denied access to the hospital rooms of dying partners.

Yet, under Croatia's constitution it is illegal to discriminate against gays.

If the proposed bill fails, Lucin and Banac said they may raise the issue with the European Commission or the EU Parliament.

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Originally posted by Hephaestion:
Atoms are heterosexual?!

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I always knew physicists were just lettered Peeping Toms. I just knew it!

[ 18 March 2006: Message edited by: Crippled_Newsie ]

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Originally posted by Michelle:
Atoms are heterosexual? Good grief.

However, this could be a boon for women's groups who want to protect the right to choose. Even atoms don't reproduce!

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Waittaminute, Michelle. You're forgetting about fast breeder reactors.

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Originally posted by oldgoat:
Hey people, please.... practice safe fusion.

Oh, and fission makes ya go blind.

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[ 18 March 2006: Message edited by: 'lance ]

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Originally posted by Hephaestion:
Atoms are heterosexual?!

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Here's the exchange........

DrConway
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posted 09 February 2004 02:01 AM
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So the fermion says to the boson, "How would you like to be antisymmetric under inversion?"
The boson says, "No thanks. I'd be excluded from all my friends!"

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oldgoat
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posted 09 February 2004 10:25 AM
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It would seem that chemists conventions must be much jollier affairs than I would have thought. I know I'll never stare at a bosun the same way again, symmetric or not.
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DrConway
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Babbler # 490
posted 09 February 2004 10:35 AM
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Well, fermions can't occupy similar quantum states while bosons can. That's why the second part of the joke.
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oldgoat
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 1130
posted 09 February 2004 10:51 AM
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I knew that. Sienfeld did that joke years ago.

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The unabridged exchange here

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edited to add: This has gotta be the worst case of thread drift on a serious topic I've seen in awhile. Sorry Heph.

[ 18 March 2006: Message edited by: oldgoat ]