I really don't want to get drawn into a debate on homosexuality with you Ake - not because I'm afraid to do so, but because I think to have it "properly debated" with you is impossible. But, just this once, let me remind you of your own words:

At least folk music seems to be pretty clear of this scourge.
Just shows what well adjusted ,sensible hetros we are.

Do you call this "proper debate"? I don't. How could I or anyone else honestly reason with such an attitude? Let me expand a little with an example. My immediate next-door neighbours are two guys in their 40s who have been together for many years. A couple of years ago they had a civil ceremony to celebrate and legalise their partnership. After attending the ceremony as guests, me and my mates played some jazz in our local pub for their evening celebration. The guests were mainly locals from our village. The whole day was brilliant. They're a deeply loving couple and very popular in the village, with friends of all persuasions. And they're damned good neighbours to have.

Why should this partnership in "mainstream society" be a "serious and far reaching issue"? Who gives a tuppenny damn about what "male to male sex" they practice in the privacy of their own home? If I invited you round to a party at my place for a musical evening, what would you say to them about all this if they were part of the company?

You use what I consider to be weasel phrases like "serious and far reaching issue", "properly debated", "many questions", etc. I frankly think they're just a cloak to hide the basic homophobia of a "well adjusted, sensible hetro".

Scourge is your word. So what's to debate? You don't use reasonable language - there's no point. Which is why I usually don't debate this and other topics - and neither do other people. And I won't in future.