[JLS]

Actually you are making the error of confusing discriminating with being univerally bad. For example your mom [or you wife] certainly hope you are discriminating about who you spend the night with.

In addition, there is basically not discrimination in marriage in the US. Any two people of the opposite sex can marry and gain the benefits and costs associated with it. If you are a homosexual and want to get married, you certainly may. There is no discrimination, you just have to marry, ie a person of the opposite sex, to get married if you are homosexual or heterosexual. The only discrimmination concerning marriage in the US has to do with age and certain genetic relationships. You must be a certain age which various by state. You must not marry too close a relative.

But there is no test of religion, race, economic standing, etc to be married in the US. No one really even cares how two people getting married plan to sexually gratify each other or themselves. People generally assume the married couple will be sexual together, but that is not a requirement. It does give you spouse grounds for anullment if you are a homosexual, but you can get married. So this is not an issue of discrimination.

[happygrl]

Actually you are making the error of confusing discriminating with being univerally bad. For example your mom [or you wife] certainly hope you are discriminating about who you spend the night with.

Actually, this is the very point the CBB made in his essay.

You need to reread it, not skim it.

[Bigun]

Actually you are making the error of confusing discriminating with being univerally bad.

Discrimination is FAR from a BAD thing. In fact, I would contend that discrimination is the ONLY means given man to enable his survival!

Of course, since it is imperfect men that we are talking about here, the basis of one's discrimination can most assuredly be flawed.