Dear AyameTan,

I was not writing about sex, but about marriage: may I remind you that sexual relations are not mandatory within a marriage?

Why, there is no reason to prevent a child from marrying an animal, nor to the best of my knowledge is there any law against it.
Given that no law prohibits this practice, suppose a new plebiscite asked me whether "the law should be changed to legalise marriage between children and animals", then "No" would be the only rational response.

As for "arguments", if I am to have any then I must first have a cause to argue for or against, yet I have none as far as this thread is concerned.

"accept your apology for inflicting your woke, left wing prognostications on other posters."

A big responsibility you have there JBowyer, (accepting apologies on behalf of other conservatives) was that decided at a 'Conclave of Conservative Forum Posters' or some such thing, that you would be the anointed one to accept apologies on behalf of all. Could it be you are simply trumped up, a self appointed leader of the pack?

Societies norms change over time, what was not acceptable in the past when intolerant conservative bigots held sway, are replaced with more inclusive attitudes. Just like spats and straw hats went by the way, so has much of the stodgy conservative attitudes of yesteryear gone by the way.

Yuyutsu, trying to be a bit of a smarty with that comment; "you must be a centenarian or older" when you obviously know I'm not. Why don't you go marry your goat, its not illegal for two goats to marry in Australia is it?

Dear Paul,

«Societies norms change over time, what was not acceptable in the past when intolerant conservative bigots held sway, are replaced with more inclusive attitudes.»

While many societal changes are detrimental, the particular change that is being discussed here, of accepting and normalising different gender/sexual orientations (provided these orientations are genuine, not the result of peer-pressure, political activism, or a desire to show-off), is positive. Variability in sexual orientation is so natural that it ought to go almost unnoticed, deserving no importance.

The problem is that this change is not being carried out in a smooth manner, but is somewhat violent and causes collateral damage. One such damage, as presented in this thread, is of exposing children to sexuality: an alternative sexuality, but sexuality nevertheless. I am not naive to believe that children in Western culture were not exposed to sexuality beforehand, but this new exposure does not help to reduce and eventually eliminate all sexual exposure.

many societal changes are detrimental,
Yuyutsu,
The Whitlam effect is solid prove of that ! It's still haunting us 50 years on !

Armchair, would you complain if a KKK rally received a counter-protest?

"The Whitlam effect is solid prove of that ! It's still haunting us 50 years on !"
Care to explain Indy.

I am surprised that Catholic priests are allowed unsupervised into primary school playgrounds before, during and after school. Have witnessed this for myself, a few years back when the wife and I took our grandchildren to be dropped off at school. Had this old bloke been properly vetted, I think not. Where were the screaming conservative protesters that day, nowhere to be seen.