>>It is not just the strange leap to opposing gay marriage, Jack. Anyone can oppose anything they like in my book. It is the insistence that being gay is a perversion and that the only way to counter the spread of HIV is to put all gay males on a register and force them to be tested twice a year or so. It is that I find sick. It is also pretty hateful to a whole group of innocent people. I have asked over and over what the penalties will be for failing to register or refusing the tests. I have not yet had a satisfactory response.

DtG<<

I note that you have expressed your opinion about Akenaton's opinions, without a speck of name calling.

Yes. It is outdated to use the world "perversion." But, within our lifetimes, on both sides of the Atlantic, Psychiatric manuals listed common aspects of homosexuality as diseases and disorders. As he has not caught up with current medical practice Akenaton is no doubt overly selective in his use of medical data.

Yes. Such a registry of people based on sexual preference would be both impractical and discriminatory. Thank you for making that point without the use of the words "raging", "homophobe", or "hatred."

I find you to be a gentleman and would be surprised to see those words in that context. But thanks anyway.