Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
by Roodgorf on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:55PM
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The audacity! Europeans had feudalism for... as long as I can remember! Who do those colonists think they are?
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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
by igravious on Friday June 26, 2015 @06:53PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Comm...
1569–1795
"The Union possessed features unique among contemporary states. Its political system was characterized by strict checks upon monarchical power. These checks were enacted by a legislature (sejm) controlled by the nobility (szlachta). This idiosyncratic system was a precursor to modern concepts of democracy, constitutional monarchy, and federation."