The fact that Ake still insists that homosexual activity per se is "risky behavior" convinces me that he persists in clinging to his medieval belief that HIV is created by spontaneous generation.

Homosexual activity is no more risky than heterosexual activity. What is risky is unprotected, promiscuous sex. And that is risky for anyone, regardless of the gender of their sexual partner(s).

It all zeroes in on Ake's baseless antipathy toward homosexuals. Pure and simple. And that particular quirk is something he doesn't care to deal with, he just wants to justify it, not only to others, but to himself.

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And Paco:    Most heterosexual men may find homosexual activity not to their taste, but when it comes right down to it, the vast majority are simply indifferent to it. I don't go rock-climbing and I don't play golf. I could if I wanted to, but I just don't want to. I don't spend a great deal of time brooding over the matter.

If the thought of homosexual activity turns your stomach, stop thinking about it.

As to the argument that homosexuality is "unnatural," this is bogus on two counts. First, as MP points out, it is not "unnatural," it is indeed rife among the animal kingdom. Once this is pointed out to those of the "homosexuality is unnatural" types, they tend to respond with something like, "Well, aren't we supposed to be better than animals!??" It becomes an argument that eats its own tail. [How's that for kinky!??]

Don Firth