Ake:

Civil rights--not incest--is not a health issue. The guarantee of equal rights under the law will definitely not exacerbate the health issues of homosexuality, and in fact would probably reduce them to some small degree. Allowing equal rights with respect to marriage is if anything an incentive against promiscuity which is a major vector in the health risks you are complaining about.

The health risks you talk about are no more grounds for denying basic civil status of equality than, say, being caught up in a flue epidemic is.


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