Show me the link that insists that anyone who is 'different' should not be treated the same as all the other people who are 'different', namely everyone.

So okay... lets accept the mortality figures for homosexual males living shorter lives than hetrosexual males (though I don't ever accept them because smack in the middle are bisexual males). Lets say that gay men die earlier on the planet. Let's say none of us are as concerned as you Akenaton about saving their lives...

Now please tell me why they should be treated less favourably than anyone else and not be given the same rights as everyone wlse who is not gay? Can you imagine for one mnoment what it could have been like for you had you been born gay or bisexual and fell in love with a man you wanted to settle down with for life and declare that love to the world in a church. tell me why you should not be allowed to?

It's not about me being "all heart" as you said in whichever way you meant it. It's about me affording others the same things I am allowed and me being allowed the same thing they are allowed, if we wish to exercise the right to use that.

The health statistics have NOTHING to do with this topic as there can be no good reason to deny someone something if they want it because others have it. This is not even a gay issue. It's a fairness issue

Do unto others as you would have done to you: the ethic of reciprocity

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