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You're simply off point. You ignore the scientific argument I've posited, and respond instead with occupations, preoccupations, avocations, a nod to communism and a tenet of our nation.

But you offer nothing to refute the fact that a homosexual act contributes nothing to society. If you disagree, what positive contribution has it? Why in your opinion should society recognize or encourage further homosexual acts? Of what benefit is this to society?

The only fair and reasonable comparison if debating so-called gay marriage are comparisons between homosexual and heterosexual acts. Any other behavior, anything else has no relationship whatsoever to the debate. That noted, the hobbies and recreational pursuits you offer, some may easily argue, do in fact contribute to society, and in a number of positive ways, including exercise, relaxation, stress reduction, education, and history, to name but a few.

Engaging in a homosexual act does absolutely nothing positive. At best it may reward with but momentary pleasure its participants, and the behavior does in fact expose the participants and perhaps others to health risks that may include fatal diseases.

Your retort is a distraction, more smoke-and-mirrors, and it does nothing whatsoever to offer any reason compelling or otherwise that society should recognize in some way the coupling of individuals who wish to engage in homosexual acts -- including those who flaunt an alternative from tradition while simultaneously demanding tradition and societal acceptance of their alternative.

I am not writing of "the state", in particular the evil, ominous Red State of which you interject: I am writing of a society, of the species, within its context as the collection of individuals whose behavior affects directly and indirectly the life of that society or species.

The Pursuit of Happiness? I've neither suggested nor stated it should be denied to anyone. Nor have I drawn any distinction as to whether the marriage be that before a civil court or in a religious setting.

There is simply no benefit to society to recognize an arrangement in which the participants gather simply to perform acts of homosexuality. If you have an example, offer one.