The US isn't the only backward place
Jun. 5th, 2008 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularThis turned up in my daily check of the newspapers.
Kinda sticks in my craw.
Now, according to birthright rules, I'm a Greek citizen. But throughout the process, nobody asked me to swear any oaths of fealty, and ... well, there are parts of the Greek constitution that I can't dedicate myself to. Specifically Article 3.
Here's the full Constitution.
Oh, and incidentally, the only place marriage even gets a mention, despite the claims of the people quoted in the news article, is in Article 21, which is somewhat vague about things. I wouldn't support a narrow interpretation if it were me.
But then, nobody's asking me.
Kinda sticks in my craw.
Now, according to birthright rules, I'm a Greek citizen. But throughout the process, nobody asked me to swear any oaths of fealty, and ... well, there are parts of the Greek constitution that I can't dedicate myself to. Specifically Article 3.
Here's the full Constitution.
Oh, and incidentally, the only place marriage even gets a mention, despite the claims of the people quoted in the news article, is in Article 21, which is somewhat vague about things. I wouldn't support a narrow interpretation if it were me.
But then, nobody's asking me.
