Tricota
Aristocracy
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- Jul 10, 2006
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- Denmark
It is only good that people are 'hell bent' on rectifying an obvious inequality - thank God for that. It may be that when males and females hopefully have equal rights, there are still inequality in the royal institution. Perhaps so, but that is in my book no reason for not adjusting what can be adjusted. And this can and hopefully will be.
Well, in this case, the constitution is more important for me, than something which wont be an isue until maybe 50 years from now.
If people are interested in an argument about the fairness of the Royal privileges then by all means. If we are trying to change or update the Royal Family, then why not look at issues of tax, the forcemet of religion, the fact the Royal Family can not be punished unless the Monarch gives his or her concent. These are all rellevant issues that could be debated, as long as we are actually changeing the constitution.
But no, we have chosen to focus on a small matter of equallity, which is not really an issue right now, with 2 males at the head of the line.
The reason we are only focusing on that, is because that can be changed. People are in favor of it, so it should pass. But the major problem is still a legal one. Because what we are changeing is not actually the constitution, but rather the law (tronfølgeloven) which the constitution refers to. We will therefore in actuallity have a constitution refearing to a law, that no longer excists or which have been drasticly changed, thereby creating a very dangerous precidence of alowing difference between the constitution and the actuall law.
You will effectively open the door, for situations, where you could change important rights, garantied in the constitution, by changing the law behind it, without having the need for a refferendum.
Read more about it here. Please...
Professor: Fogh sjusker med tronfølgeloven - Danmark
http://borgerligbums.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/derfor-nej-til-ny-tronfølgelov/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43107645928&ref=mf
I personally dont have a problem with equality, but the protection of the constitution is far more important.
And again, why are we rushing this law now, when this is hardly a pressing issue? Why are we not discussing other issues regarding the Royal Family that are also old fashined and may need "an update"? And why not use this chance to revice other parts of the constitution, now that we seem to be doing it anyways?
No, I dont like this one bit. I hate to be the paranoid looney, but at best, this is just sloppy legal work. At worst, this is a gateway to effectlively rendering the constitution that grants all of us our rights, useless. And since no politician is willing to debate this, even if the opposition in the Parliamant felt the same way last year, then I am forced to say NO. Atleast for now...