Ake:   I am sure, and the uptake figures support my view, that the vast majority of active male homosexuals have no interest in "marriage" or monogamy, and the issue is actually being driven by an anti- conservative, anti religion pressure group, which has enormous power principally in the news and entertainment media.

Sorry, not true. Any of it.

The actual figures do not bear that out. First, the uptake figures are very high. In each of the states in which same-sex marriage has been legalized, the "uptake" figures have been surprisingly high, much to the exasperation and frustration of certain conservative groups, some churches, and people like Ake. There has been a rush to the altars (there are a fair number of churches that have no problem with this) or to a Justices of the Peace by same-sex couples—women AND men.

And the campaigns have been driven, not by Liberal pressure groups, but by same-sex couples themselves. But supported by Liberal groups, who tend to be a fair-minded bunch and don't believe in trying to curtail the freedoms of others.

Like some folks.

Just because Ake doesn't like the real figures doesn't mean they're not true.

Sorry, Ake. (But not really.)

Don Firth