It never ceases to surprise me how much quibble, random stum und drang and sheer babble can be generated by the moronic conflation of things that are different. Without this single element of identifying things that are actually different, I suspect ninety percent of Mudcat's BS section wouldn't exist. The differences, for example, among the following:

# The cloud of various moral judgements about same-sex relations, both positive and negative

# The various religious assertions about same

# The assorted emotional reactions to all the above

# The policy stances of religious organizations with regard to such relationships

#The civil requirements of law under the U.S. constitution requiring equal opportunity under the law

Each of these sets of noise has their own gradations of heat and light. And they are entirely different sets of things.

The Supreme Court took the correct step with regard to the last set, but it has no *or very little) bearing on any of the others.

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