"To Jesus through Mary"
You don't need to go thru ANYONE to get to Jesus! You all have missed the ENTIRE POINT OF JESUS!
Well then, I hope you've never asked anyone to pray for you, because it's the same thing.
Not exactly. If one were to venerate someone else and then pray to that someone else to pray for him, then it would be the same thing. Without the veneration and the prayer, it is merely asking.