@MrMazda:

I kind of get where you're coming from coming from on that point, but I'm not sure that I can completely agree with that. Whether you're in Canada or the USA, you're protected by law from any form of discrimination. Granted, businesses have the right to refuse service to any given customer at their discretion, but when it comes down to refusing service to someone simply because they're gay, black, asian, etc is just not something that I can support. Now that being said, if a business owner, minister, etc refuses service to someone because they're a downright asshole and they're really hard to deal with, then I say by all means, deny service. In my opinion it shouldn't be based on any physical attribute that the person may or may not have, but rather should be based individually on how the person you are offering said product or service to handles the situation, rather than race, colour, sexual orientation, or any other physical attribute they may or may not have.

Don't get me wrong, because anti-discrimination laws DO exist, they should cover any type of discrimination, including discrimination against someone based on sexuality. But they simply should not exist at all, and one day they won't. However, until that times comes LGBT individuals should receive the same protection from discrimination as one would receive for race or religion.

@raphjd:

Why don't they allow everyone to discriminate as they please, against anyone they want?!

That's the bigotry of this, as it only applies to gay people being discriminated against.

I agree with this. I think any person or business should be allowed to discriminate against any other person or group. If a racist shop owner wants to refuse blacks, it's his shop, he should be able to. If an anti-religious person wants to ban Christians from entering her store, it's her store, she should be able to. And if a bigot wants to refuse service to gays, he should be able to.

The government is terrible. One day it'll fail and the free market will govern itself.

@lawyer72us:

The Oklahoma House approved legislation that protects ministers who refuse to officiate same sex marriage.

A bill that will allow ministers to refuse to officiate same sex marriage has been approved by the Oklahoma House. Representatives voted 88-7 Thursday for the bill put forward by Republican Representative David Brumbaugh. The measure will now go to the State Senate. The bill grants licensed ministers immunity from any civil claim based on their refusal to recognize a marriage that violates the minister’s “conscience or religious beliefs.”
The news comes after judges in Alabama, where equal marriage has just become law, refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples.

The measure has been criticised by LGBT rights groups for being discriminatory. It is assumed that the Supreme Court will soon vote to allow same-sex marriage in every state. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bade Ginsburg said the move wouldn't take a large adjustment.

I live in Oklahoma and I would support this. Well, actually I don't recognize the authority of the government at all. This would protect a person's rights though. If a person doesn't want to solemnize a marriage, then they don't have to. If a minister refuses to officiate a same-sex marriage then they're (not-surprisingly) shitty. But it's THEIR choice whether or not to do it. For a same-sex couple to try to FORCE them so do something they don't want to do is beyond shitty. That would make the same-sex couple worse than the bigoted minister. People that think they can force other people to cater to THEIR wants are just awful.

I'm actually a licensed minister also. I preformed a same-sex marriage for my friends Oct. 24th, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalized in OK.

@Batstar:

I can personally attest to the options and power of the Dolphin Emulator.  However you will have trouble playing Twilight Princess on it.  I couldn't get it to work properly and suffered from unplayable lag whenever I entered Hyrule Field after about the 3rd major area.  It worked great everywhere else though.

It looks like they fixed that in an update to the emulator sometime last year.

"As the player progress through the game, Hyrule Field will become progressively slower. See issue 720 and issue 2499. Previously, the "ZTP Hack" could be used to improve this issue. This patch has since been integrated into to the game's ini file. Fixed by 4.0-1767."

I haven't actually played Twilight Princess using Dolphin. My boyfriend did a few months back and he never mentioned anything about this problem. It was probably fixed by the time he played it.

@Delphinki:

Sounds pretty good, but i can't seem to find an emulator to work with the gamecube games. or its a completely different system than im used to and have to do a bit more research into it, any suggestions or tips would be helpful. anyway, thanks for the tip about wind waker, ill definitely take it into consideration. also, ive been looking at the 3DS release of Majora's Mask and was wondering if it is a worth while buy.

Dolphin is the emulator that you want. It can emulate both GameCube and Wii games. You'll need a pretty powerful computer to pull it off though. It's actually pretty cool because the emulator runs the games better than the consoles ever could. The emulator will allow you to play the games in HD, which is something that GameCubes and Wiis are incapable of.

I plan on picking up Majora's Mask 3D when it releases on Feb. 13. The main thing I want from Majora's Mask 3D would be a hero mode or master quest type mode after the fist playthrough. Otherwise it'll be pretty similar to the original but with a higher polygon count. They have changed at least one boss battle so far though.

@Delphinki:

A QUEST!
As of recently I have made a decision to play and fully complete every Legend of Zelda game. It started out well with me beating The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and that is where I get stuck. The rest of the games require me to buy a new system or the game which is kind of expensive at the moment, and my main concern is that my partner will not be pleased with me spending an exorbitant amount of money on these games and systems. Does anyone have a suggestion about how to save a bit on these things? I've already made plans to trade in my DS for a 3ds but still the costs are overwhelming.

P.S. To get the rest i will need to buy a Game Cube, Wind Waker, Four Swords, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Wii U, Hyrule Warriors, and of course the upcoming release
If you have a powerful enough computer you can emulate all the GameCube and Wii games. You'll still need a Wii U though to play Hyrule Warriors and the new Zelda game that's supposed to release this year sometime.

Also, I'd recommend playing Twilight Princess on GameCube, not Wii. The GameCube version is the intended version and is vastly superior. I would also recommend playing Wind Waker HD on Wii U if you're going to buy the Wii U anyways. The increase in processing power of the Wii U allows for the ship to sail at a rate that doesn't make me want to kill myself.

I don't much care for Hyrule Warriors myself. It's a spin-off that crosses the themes of Zelda with the game mechanics of Dynasty Warriors. It doesn't take place in the same timeline as the other Zelda games does. It's considered to be in it's own universe. That said, Volga's pretty hot, so there's that.