-> ->> ->>  ...   
   ->    
   -> ->> ->>  FS> Homosexuals and Lesbians have exactly the same rights as   
   -> ->> ->>  FS> *I* have -- no more, no less!  Say, for example *I* wanted   
   -> ->> ->>  FS> to marry a man.  I couldn't do it.  Does that bother me??   
   -> ->> ->>  FS> Not in the least!   
   ->    
   -> ->> ->>  Would you want your sister/daughter/other female relation to   
   -> ->> ->>  marry one?   
   ->    
   -> ->>  FS> I have no sister, daughter, or female relative, hence the   
   -> ->>  FS> question is moot ... [sigh] ...   
   ->    
   -> ->>  IOW, you have no basis to compare.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> That's a foolish statement.  Furthermore it avoids my   
   ->  FS> response to the Homosxual/Lesbian complaint about not being   
   ->  FS> able to marry.  They have exactly the same marrying rights   
   ->  FS> as *I* have.   
   ->    
   ->  Not *exactly*. You have the right to marry someone who appeals   
   ->  to you. To have *exactly* the same rights they would have to   
   ->  have the right to marry someone who appeals to them.   
      
   Not quite!  If the "someone who appeals" to me is a *man* I cannot marry   
   him.   
       
   ->  Since, generally, it's a bad idea for a gay to marry a straight,   
   ->  harmful to the straight person as well as the gay person, it's   
   ->  not a good idea.   
      
   I didn't say it was a good idea.  I merely pointed out that they have   
   exactly the same rights WRT marriage as *I* have.    
   --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5   
    * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 And Still Here. Join Us: www.DocsPl (1:123/140)