In all fairness, studies show that less than 25 percent of gay men engage in anal sex ever, and even fewer practice it on a regular basis (at least once a month). Still, thanks for making me laugh out loud. That's worth a slapnuts at least.
Just to clarify what I said above, I am not opposed to gay rights
per se. In other words, I don't think sexual orientation should have an effect on civil rights. Gays should be in the military, they should adopt, they should be able to do anything else anyone else can do, since the law should be neutral and blind when it comes to things like sexual orientation. When I said I don't support gay marriage, I meant that I don't support the licensing of
any kind of marriage. For me to support gay marriage would be to tacitly legitimize government regulation of marriage, which I decline to do.
Incidentally, the
Catholic Encyclopedia states: ". . . contracts, which affect social and civil life, are subject to state authority, so that this can make such regulations and restrictions even as to their validity, as it deems necessary for the public weal." It states
elsewhere even more directly: "It is historical fact that the Church always recognized the right of the State to legislate in certain respects concerning marriage, on account of its civil effects." My disagreement with this notion is just another way I make for a naughty Catholic.
Le sigh.