[Cultural Jihad]

As a libertarian, my belief is that equality before the law for all is the cornerstone on which individual liberty rests.

Well said. There is no inequality, no discrimination in the law at all. They are free to marry and have morally-licit relations if they want to. There are only two sexes, not four or six or eight.

[oncebitten]

I think many taboos, such as eating pork and sodomy, have their roots in observed negative consequences. In the case of pork trichinosis would have been a major problem in ancient societies without the knowledge of microscopic organisms. In the case of sodomy, the human anus is not designed for the kind of abuse inherent in using it for a sexual organ and becomes an easy pathway for the spread of pathogens. The widespread outbreak of AIDS in the gay community of the 80's is proof that this basic fact has not changed. Heterosexual sodomy coupled with adultery has had the same effect in Africa from what I understand. Therefore a society has the right and obligation to impose rules of behavior that protect society at large from a very real threat linked to sodomy.