Sheeshe, Ake. There is only one political point to this thread, as far as I am concerned. That is the core issue of the civil status being denied a particular group on spurious and prejudicial grounds.

We learn slowly, and often we redefine as we learn. I remind you the word citizen at one time was denied some minorities (due to race or inadequate wealth). At another time a subset of humans was denied the right to marriage or sex because of their economic status. At another, the act of love between two humans was constrained if one was the wrong color.

We are about honoring individual freedom to choose, Ake, not about living up to imaginary norms imposed by authorities. Maybe we differ in this, but that is what I believe we are about.

To the degree we do not learn to honor individual freedom to choose, weare steering in the wrong direction.

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