Yuytsu,

"The majority of those who want the state to bless same-sex relationships, do so not out of love for homosexuals, but out of their hate of what they perceive to be religion and their desire to hurt them who follow it."

That's merely your opinion....seems to me the ones who are fond of segregating people and fomenting "hate" and "hurt" appear to be on the other side.

"I presume you count me in that majority because I support marriage equality..."

You presume wrong - I couldn't give two hoots what you support or why you support it.

Poirot, I started this thread because I want to know why gays won't come to a compromise, which to me is the easiest solution as all couples, whether they be stright or queer can get married, choose the words that best suit their situation, or mind set, and be recognized as being legally married, just not in the same way as myself and my wife as we chose the words between a man and a woman.

I ask again, seeing as you are an obvious supporter of queers rights, where is the problem with that?

My thoughts are that the problem is not so much the right to marry and as a result the right to marry is only the tip of the ice berg as this tiny minority of people who choose their queer lifestyles will not rest until they get recognized as being equal in every way and that's simply not going to happen. Ever!

As I said before, imagine the mess we would be in had Noha saved same sex specifies as opposed to a male and female of each. Yea right!

Suseonline, " the 'unnatural' act of sodomy"

As the poster who is forever spruiking in favour of anal sex and is silent about the well-known health problems, no doubt your inverted commas indicate that you dispute that anal sex is unnatural and you believe the reverse, ie that anal sex is somehow natural.

Anal sex is NOT natural. Anal sex is never medically advised.

http://www.medinstitute.org/2012/06/anal-sex-a-dangerous-trend-3-2/

General Comment
Gay activists try to camouflage the risks factors facts and normalise the practice of anal sex with dishonest tricks of argument, such as by saying that some heterosexuals might sometimes perform anal sex too, and, heterosexual sex has STI risks too.

The public has received precious little information about what will inevitably be the aftermath of the radical surgery on the Marriage Act if the 'Progressive' Cultural Marxists and Gay Pride activists get their wish. Yet there is plenty of information from overseas experience of continuing activism to go by.

The present deceitful marketing of anal sex as 'natural' will be reinforced by activists demanding compulsion for schools to deliver 'equality' for homosexual sex, including anal sex. The prevailing, extreme political correctness will ensure that the serious risks of anal sex are diminished and soothing assurances delivered. Political correctness deems that the 'correct' focus should be on how to facilitate anal sex, to ensure 'equal' rights for gays.

Health authorities are already concerned about HIV and other serious harm to girls and young women from the proliferation of anal sex, which has jumped from the seedy hard pornography sites to mainstream entertainment and even daytime talk shows for women. Anal sex is common in film and on The Box. Why is that so?

Girls and young women -who may one day have children- are being led to believe that they are failing their sex partners if they do not service them with anal sex and other highly questionable sexual practices.

yep its homophobic otb to point out that faeces and disease go together. I thought Susie was suppose to be a nurse.

I find it rather puzzling the assumptions some
people make about other people who are different
from themselves.

Why do so many supposed intelligent people
assume that all homosexuals practice
anal sex and that any person who is in favour of
same-sex marriage must therefore be a proponent of
anal sex?

Really?
Do all heterosexuals have sex in exactly the same way?
I doubt it.

Unhealthy sexual habits - can be practiced by anybody
of any persuasion.

Healthy sexuality is as much about physical hygiene as it is
about mental attitudes towards sex. It's also about
knowledge and education on the subject.

Barrier contraception, say the experts are a highly effective
way to ward off diseases that can be transmitted sexually.

Sexual dangerous diseases such as HIV - AIDS, genital warts
and even cervical cancer, can be prevented to a large extent
by the use of barring contraceptives - such as condoms for men.
Unprotected sex and having multiple partners is also a major
unhealthy sexual habit. Knowledge and education would help
relieve this problem. A problem shared by people of all
sexual persuasions.

'I find it rather puzzling the assumptions some
people make about other people who are different
from themselves. '

I find it puzzling that Foxy who claims to be a person who accepts facts and truth ignores the numerous studies showing high disease rates among homosexuals. Even the Red Cross would not accept blood from sodomites ( even though they screamed discrimination). These are FACTS not assumptions Foxy.