[Qwinn]

"Sodomy is medically risky"

It is beyond merely "risky". It is downright, gravely dangerous. From the standpoint of hygiene it's about the thing a person could do. The only thing I can think of that would be more dangerous would probably violate posting guideliens if I were to post it.

"my chosen journey"

This sounds waaaaay to much like the "fellow traveller" BS of foreign sympathizers in our history. I'm sorry, but the road travelled isn't validated simply because someone chose to do it. Your entire point hinges on the fact that the activity in question is not illegal. The point was made repeatedly in the months prior to making it a "Constitutional Right" in Lawrence vs. Texas that it would be used to legitimize it on moral grounds, just another equally valid lifestyle. People making that argument were denounced as right-wing, homophobic crazies. You are now proving them right, by using the legality as moral approval.

Qwinn

[Torie]

Fair enough. I think private adult consenual activity should be legal, and if there is any right to privacy in the Constitution, it would cover this area first and foremost. Whether I approve or not is irrelevant, and should be irrelevant. I simply cannot and will not agree to anything which inhibits adults from seeking emotional atachments with other consenting adults, platonic or otherwise. Our journey on this planet is lonely enough as it is.