Yes I agree all parties should be aware of previous sexual activities of each other before agreeing to have sex.
STD's are occurring in great numbers of all sexually active people.

I would imagine that gay men are well aware of the dangers of anal sex, but are willing to take the risks, just like smokers, drug takers and drinkers do.

Gay women don't have any more risks with sexual activity than any heterosexual couple that I am aware of. Maybe just allowing them to legally marry would be ok then Is Mise?

Suse,

"Gay women don't have any more risks with sexual activity than any heterosexual couple that I am aware of. Maybe just allowing them to legally marry would be ok then Is Mise?"

Lesbianism is a bit of a joke and those who indulge in simulated copulation with a male via a trap-on dildo are the funniest of all.
Provided that those who so indulge keep their apparatus clean and do not buy (or make) ones that are liable to breakage and resultant sharp or jagged ends, then I have no objection, provided that they don't want to call their union 'marriage'.

I remember that the "Itci Kitchi" Music Hall in Tokyo used to present a Lesbian act among their repertoire of bare breasted dancers etc.
It always brought the house down.

Lol! Is Mise, you must be very naive if you think it is only lesbian women who use sex toys!
Many women, including married women, use them, as do many men.

Again I ask, how will gay men or women getting married, when they are already indulging in the wild thing and living together and bringing up children, going to affect your marriage in any way......exactly?

Dear Is Mise,

We all have our preferences as far as sexual
practices go. Not all of us like the same things.
Therefore one should not assume to stereotype
people.

I imagine that being homosexual is not about what
sexual practices you do or do not engage in,
rather it's about who you want to have sexual
relationships with. There are many ways for each of
us to express our sexuality - and find what gives us
pleasure. I'm sure that not all homosexuals love
sex with penetration, whether with a dildo, vibrator,
fingers, hands or any other object.
We need to allow for individual differences and not
look at things in very rigid and stereotypical terms.

Suse,

You asked about health risks, so I answered you; stop moving the goal posts.

"Again I ask, how will gay men or women getting married, when they are already indulging in the wild thing and living together and bringing up children, going to affect your marriage in any way......exactly?"

They will in my eyes and in the eyes of many others lower the institution of marriage to their sub-normal level, this makes many people a bit unhappy.
The meaning of 'gay' has changed to such an extent that people who are 'happy and carefree' are hesitant about saying that they feel gay.

I couldn't care less what homosexuals get up to or what inadequate heterosexuals get up to, if some bloke can't get a woman and buys himself an inflatable doll then good luck to him, at least it won't snore; although I believe that there are programmable ones with which one can have a conversation.

But don't call such a relationship marriage.

If it is discrimination to deny homosexuals the 'right' to call their union marriage then it is also discrimination against heterosexual couples to change the meaning of the union into which they entered.

At the next election let's have a plebiscite and ask the Australian people, let's be democratic.

We can then all abide by the decision until heterosexuals start a campaign to have homosexuals excluded from using the word marriage to describe their union.

Dear Is Mise,

How will allowing two people who are in love and want
to marry lower the institution of marriage to a
"sub-normal level?