Irish Marriage Equality Referendum Draws Near

[Ben Kenobi]

"I ask myself, most of these young people who voted yes are products of our Catholic school system for 12 years. I'm saying there's a big challenge there to see how we get across the message of the Church," he added.

Guess who's job that's gonna be?

[Ben Kenobi]

You're not English. Canterbury is never going to belong to retarded Canadian living in Texas.

I have family that's been in Canada for 250 years and family from Manchester and Northumberland. So yeah, I'm more English than anything else.

[giblets]

LOL

That's like saying Irish Americans who've never been to Ireland are Irish.

[Ben Kenobi]

That's like saying Irish Americans who've never been to Ireland are Irish.

English Canadians are English, French Canadians are French. What's hard to understand that? I'm one generation off of UK citizenship. One away from American citizenship too. One from German.

[kentonio]

If you're one generation away, then you're neither English, American or German. You're Canadian. It's really not complicated.

[-Jrabbit]

I'm one generation off of UK citizenship. One away from American citizenship too. One from German.

"One generation away" means your parents. The above seems to indicate that you have 3 of them...

[Ben Kenobi]

"One generation away" means your parents. The above seems to indicate that you have 3 of them...

You need to brush up on the various naturalization laws. For those born in Canada - they can obtain British citizenship with a British grandparent. Not certain of the rest.

[Ben Kenobi]

If you're one generation away, then you're neither English, American or German. You're Canadian. It's really not complicated.

So is Ted Cruz, Canadian, American or Cuban? I can be all three of those things. I am predominantly English, so that's the most accurate term. English-Canadian.

[-Jrabbit]

You need to brush up on the various naturalization laws. For those born in Canada - they can obtain British citizenship with a British grandparent. Not certain of the rest.

No, you need to brush up on what words mean. Am I contesting your claim? No. Couldn't care less, as your claim is meaningless.

"One generation away" from citizenship = "not eligible for citizenship"

[Ben Kenobi]

Am I contesting your claim?

Obviously not, because it would mean you were wrong about something. We can't have that, now can we?

[kentonio]

So is Ted Cruz, Canadian, American or Cuban? I can be all three of those things. I am predominantly English, so that's the most accurate term. English-Canadian.

No, English-Canadian is a meaningless term when you only have Canadian citizenship.

[Dauphin]

You need to brush up on the various naturalization laws. For those born in Canada - they can obtain British citizenship with a British grandparent. Not certain of the rest.

Where were your grandparents born?

[Aeson]

Just let Ben be English. I know it sucks for you Brits, but at least then we can say Ben stole land from the Catholic Church.

[Ben Kenobi]

Where were your grandparents born?

Two in Saskatchewan, one in Alberta, one in Ontario.

Go back another generation, you get one from Manchester, one from a small town in Northumberland, one from Dublin, two from Germany (OstPreuben), one from the United States (North Dakota), two from Canada (Ontario). Both of the Canadian branches are English Canadian.

[Ben Kenobi]

No, English-Canadian is a meaningless term when you only have Canadian citizenship.

Insignificant to Americans, perhaps.