And as to Akenaton:

That 79% of all new cases of HIV/AIDs are among male homosexuals is not at all that surprising. Akenaton uses this figure repeatedly as if it is unexpected, and—for some unfathomable reason—a rational for denying same-sex marriage. This 79% sounds quite large, but it represents a much smaller number of actual people than he is trying to imply.

Legalizing and recognizing same-sex marriage, and thus encouraging stable same-sex relationships, would go a very long way toward reducing the amount of male homosexual promiscuity, which is the primary way in which the virus is spread.

I fail to see any good reason why Akenaton cannot—or will not—see this.

Don Firth