No it doesn't need to address that possibility. I would much rather be abused by cheaters than make ourselves bigots. Discrimination is always bad, <b>always </b>every time. I don't want discrimination against mixed racial couples, people with non christian personas, same gender couples or anyone else. <br>
And to stop the two Duke scenario, only one member of a couple may fight in any crown tournament. If you are accepting someone to fight for you to be sovereign or consort then you may not fight. And if you have been sovereign OR consort you may not fight in the next crown. This way if a pair of Dukes want to team up then it reduces the chance of one of them winning crown because only one of them will be able to fight.<br>
<br>~M<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Dante di Pietro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.di.pietro@gmail.com">dante.di.pietro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<p>One thing to keep in mind is that they had to include some kind of protection against the scenario where two dukes decide to fight together, double their odds so two more do, and so on. Without some kind of method of prevention, it would be POSSIBLE, if however UNLIKELY, to have a kingdom with no queen for years. Whatever issues there might be with the proposed language, and alternatives must address that possibility. </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 2, 2012 5:07 AM, "Marcolo DelMare" <<a href="mailto:marcolobronzethunder@gmail.com" target="_blank">marcolobronzethunder@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
What a pile of crap. We are going to miss the opportunity to correct discrimination verbage, and instead change the style of the discrimination. Oh how big of us to say if you want you don't <b>have</b> to discriminate but we prefer it if you do.<br>
<br>Marcolo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:57 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lady_esperanza@cox.net" target="_blank">lady_esperanza@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Subject: [Announcements] "Same-Gender Consort Proposal"<br>
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At the Oct 2011 Board meeting, in response to a formal request from An Tir and a<br>
substantial amount of related correspondence from our membership, we committed<br>
to crafting proposed language to allow same-gender consorts at the Crown/Coronet<br>
List level to send out for commentary. This topic is clearly emotionally charged<br>
for many people, whether for or against the change. We do not have clear<br>
direction from a majority of participants based on either the Census data or the<br>
correspondence received to date.<br>
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The Board therefore solicits commentary on the following potential language<br>
change to its governing documents in hopes of eliciting commentary and direction<br>
from the membership:<br>
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Current language:<br>
Each competitor in a Royal Lists must be fighting for a consort of the opposite<br>
gender.<br>
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Proposed Language:<br>
Each competitor in a Royal Lists must be fighting for a consort of the opposite<br>
gender. Crowns may permit entry into the Royal Lists by same-gender couples.<br>
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Comments on this proposal are due by April 1, 2012. Please use the title<br>
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