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"Sorry to disappoint you if you thought I would say God. I don't know what (certainly not a who). It's nature, so perhaps designed wasn't the right word. Can you suggest a better one?"

No I can't, because it is your understanding of nature which is faulty. Things are not "mean't to be" or any of the other words you could use to describe your flawed views on the actions and consequences of things in nature.

Ignoring the fact that humans are part of nature, and by definition, the things we do would are "natural", I could also point out all of the variety in sexuality that exists in nature. However, I don't think this would change anyones mind here on the forum.

Pete,

I'm not sure what your point is? There are many types of risky sexual behaviors, and consequences arising from them. In any situation, has the solution been government regulation?

Overall, This discussion doesn't impact me personally in any way, however I simply don't care what other people do in their own bedroom, or the types of relationships they have with other consenting adults. I don't care if these relationships are public or private, or about the names they want to use to describe their names.

However what I see here and elsewhere, is that there are people on both sides of this who do care, and they want to force others to conform to how they believe personal relationships should be. The mechanism available to them to force people (in either direction) is the government. So my question to everyone here is why do we allow the government to regulate our private relationships?

No commenters need set themselves up as self-appointed directors of discussion/questions.

As I was saying:

Just because chatterati-opinion-leaders rate the marriage equality issue highly doesn't mean people should be obliged to worry about it or go vote on in Parliament or by Referendum.

I remeber when AIDS was a worry inflicted through a hugely expensive advertising campaign in the 1980s to SCARE heterosexual families about it. See the Grim Reaper ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo .

Turns out that in the 1980s AIDS was a tiny threat to heterosexuals but a major threat to male homosexuals.

The fact that media producers, directors, especially Actors were disproportionaley homosexual mean't Everyone had to be given the Frightners.

Sorry Pete I forgot you didn't like to be questioned. Probably a sign of a weak argument.

That was a statement, no need to respond.

Stezza,

Try to remember that it is only your OPINION that my ideas of nature are "faulty". You are going to have a difficult time if you continue to barge through life thinking - and telling everbody else- that yours is THE WORD. Nobody is ever convinced by a BS artist.

Nah Stezza

I just won't be directed by your oddness on how to argue and what about. You have no authoritah matey.

As I was saying:

Just because wouldbe opinion-leaders rate the marriage equality issue highly doesn't mean people should be obliged to worry about it or vote in Parliament or by Referendum about it.

I remeber when AIDS was a worry inflicted through a hugely expensive advertising campaign in the 1980s to SCARE heterosexual families about it. See the Grim Reaper ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo .

Turns out that in the 1980s AIDS was a tiny threat to heterosexuals but a major threat to male homosexuals.

The fact that media producers, directors and especially Actors were disproportionaley of a particular leaning mean't Everyone had to Worry about a disease resulting from the lifestyle of said media producers, directors and especially Actors.

//Just because wouldbe opinion-leaders rate the marriage equality issue highly doesn't mean people should be obliged to worry about it or vote in Parliament or by Referendum about it.//

Oh good. When the plebiscite is called the naysayers won't feel obliged to vote and the yaysayers will win in a landslide factory. At which point the Government will pass the legislation allowing gay marriage and the naysayers will only have themselves to blame because they couldn't be bothered voting.

Isn't democracy grand?