None inferred, Smokey. As I said, though not naive, my exposure to life's underside has been limited, thank the Lord. Nor have I lived in the UK. Nor, when I have visited there, have I seen many young people whom I would suspect, by their appearance and demeanor, of being child prostitutes. I certainly do not doubt that they exist in substantial numbers, but I can't help wondering how the law deals with such a situation.

I still fail to see, however, any 'immorality' on the part of the RCC in picking and choosing the social organizations it wishes to aid financially, based on those organizations' associations.

Personally, I've always considered same-sex marriage a non-issue, because the solution seems so obvious. You just have, at the state level, civil unions for everyone, leaving the traditional aspects of marriage to the churches entirely. Let those denominations, and independent churches, who are willing to marry same-sex couples do so, and let those who refuse continue to refuse. Problem solved.