LEJ, I congratulate you for a well-articulated statement that does not lapse into insults or posturing. I don't know if anyone is changing any minds in this thread, but the best way one can hope to do that is with reason and courtesy, as you displayed.

This is a topic about which people feel passionately, so I understand why we all might lapse into less-than-polite forms of communication. But your post rises above that, and I appreciate it.