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There aren't any. Allowing gays to marry would harm no one.

That said, from Jay you'll probably "find out" that you can't trust gay
people around children of the same sex. He has a very distorted view of
the consequences of homosexuality, and may very well believe that allowing
gays to marry might hurt someone.

Thanks, Pete, for filling in for me.

However, your distorted view of my point (from way back when we were
discussing the problems that come along with allowing a homosexual Boy Scout
leader to take boys on overnight camping trips) doesn't cast any light on
the question this gentleman is trying to answer.

CJ did a pretty good job of answering the question, however. It's not a
matter of denying homosexuals the right to marry -- it's a matter of
distorting the definition of "marriage" to fit your agenda.

"Marriage" is the union of a man and a woman. There are no laws (to my
knowledge) forbidding homosexuals from engaging in this practice.
Therefore, no discrimination exists.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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"Marriage" is the union of a man and a woman. There are no laws (to my
knowledge) forbidding homosexuals from engaging in this practice.
Therefore, no discrimination exists.

I'm not sure why you have your head stuck in the sand, but you do.

Your "definition" of marriage is hardly shared by everyone. It used to be
that the word "person" did not include black people. You can't go running
to the dictionary every time someone has a view you don't hold to. The fact
is that civil marriage grants numerous benefits to those married, and those
benefits are illegally being withheld from homosexuals.

There are plenty of people (perhaps including yourself) that say "so what?
I don't care whether homosexuals are treated equally". Some people even say
"so what? they chose to be homosexuals, if they want the benefits, they can
choose to be heterosexual" (maybe you say this too). But the latter is not
supported by scientific evidence, and neither is a particularly open-minded,
loving attitude.

"No discrimination exists"? Oh well...you're just proving my point about
how huge portions of the electorate simply believe whatever they want to
believe, regardless of the facts.

Pete