"Rights are conditional on health psychiatric considerations and homosexuality at the moment contravenes both these considerations."

Donuel and the others are right. sorry Ake, rights are not conditional. And even if they were it is not homosexuality that contravenes botht hese conditions. A person just _is_ homosexual, that doesn;t automatically give them health issues. Some of their _personal_ choices may lead them to have health issues but that is on an induvidual basis the same as it is for any other part of society. Homosexuality is just something people are. It's not a group like...a particular church group or...vegans. lets take vegans! I know several Vegans who have serious eating issues because they don;t know how to feed themselves a properly balenced diet. Are we supposed with hold their rights because their private life might cause some health issues for them? No, of course not. If we provide rights for people who create their own issues why on earth should we not for people who just happen to be gay and hence associated with STIs? It's not a club! It's not a label that gives you the right to deny their rights! It's just that they happent to prefer people of their own gender. It's irrelevant. You can;t start taking away rights because you think someone has chosen an unhealthy lifestyle. That goes for gay and straight, people who stuff themselves with junk, fat people, skinny models, every teenage boy that sleeps around etc etc. or...say you had a hereditary disease would you think it fair for them to ban you from marriage and sex because of the risk of it being passed on? No. Of course you wouldn't. because, it's totally irrelevant!

Also, do you think STIs and other health issues are that much more prevelant in homosexuals? Why do you think that?