Well, heck, Ebbie, I find male/male union quite a bit less appealing than male/female union...and I bet if the truth were told, that is true of most of us here. Haven't most of us chosen male/female unions? That speaks for itself. As for female/female union...I find that reasonably in the middle ground, appeal-wise. In other words, I find it more appealing than male/male union, perhaps because I am male myself...perhaps because of things I've learned from Taoism regarding the use of sexual energy as pertains to good health.

So what????????? What difference does it make what I find appealing and what I do not? Should I be afraid to say so?

Seems to me that all I keep hearing on this thread is a lot of people just bending over backwards to PROVE to the whole world that they are NOT prejudiced, by God! This is dangerous to the spine after awhile, and it impresses no one. At least it doesn't impress me. I call it "PC Whiplash Syndrome".

I bet that at least 95% of the present population finds male/female union much more appealing than male/male union. So what????

95% of our population finds eating raw meat less appealing than eating cooked meat too...but that doesn't mean much. In Japan it is considered quite normal to eat raw meat. Matter of fact, I like sushi. Again...so what?

People may be allowed their preferences. It doesn't threaten me in the least if some males want to marry each other...that doesn't mean I need to find it "appealing" or that I'm some kind of bad, bigoted person if I say that I don't find it appealing. It doesn't mean I should cheerlead for them either and persecute anyone who doesn't...just to prove how goddamn liberal I am... (And I am liberal. Better believe it.)

To not personally find something appealing does not equate to denigrating it or attacking it. It simply indicates one's own tastes and preferences, that's all. We all have tastes and preferences. To be made afraid to even express them because it is not presently PC to do so does not help matters one bit. It's evidence of bigotry masquerading as liberalism.

I agree 100% with Strinsinger's last statement: "A committed relationship should not be denigrated in any way."

Correct. It should not. Nor should a religious choice! That doesn't mean I will necessarily find every form of committed relationship or every form of religious choice "appealing". I won't.

And if someone can't handle that? Tough.