[John O]

somebody would have to find reasons that appeal to something other than the sake of tradition, or a religious person's discomfort at having to deal with the fact that there are gay people in this world.

You've been shown the studies and the reasons. You just choose to refuse to believe them. There is none so blind as he who will not see.

Have a great day.

[hunter112]

You've been shown the studies and the reasons.

I've seen studies that show a relative few homosexuals can, in the face of great motivation, and with entire churchloads of people to supply public pressure, can maintain at least a veneer of heterosexuality. There have been notable cases of "relapses". I've seen studies that show all kinds of awful diseases that are rampant in urban homosexual populations, none of which cannot be caught by promiscuous heterosexuals who are willing to bubble around in the same foul stewpots. I've seen theories of how homosexuality is caused, everything from the classic "distant father, smothering mother" theories that are used as joke bait on "Will and Grace", to the lack of a religious home environment.

All of which is not going to make one bit of difference in the coming debate on gay marriage.

Have a great day.

Thank you, I will. It's going to be a pretty rough month for the folks who despise gay marriage, though. We've had Kerry's medals, Fallujah, and now this Iraqi prisoner abuse thing dominating the news for the past several weeks, but as May 17th approaches, expect Massachusetts gay marriages to bob to the top of the headlines again. I expect the threads here at FreeRepublic to be lit up again on this topic.