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Cam-- The answer to that question depends on what religion you follow. The Catholics believe in different levels of sin (i.e. mortal and venial sins) and some protestants agree. I personally don't really think God differentiates, but that's just me.
As far as Africa and AIDS, you are correct in that the majority of HIV spread in Africa is through heterosexual contact, mostly from HIV positive men. Those of you who know something about the state of HIV in Africa know that there are major cultural hurdles to overcome before we can try and stem the tide over there. Case in point, many African men think the way to cure themselves of AIDS is to have unprotected sex with a virgin. Therefore there is a significant trade in young virgin girls which these men then infect with the virus. Prostitution is also rampant. It's exceedingly difficult to get the men to use condoms.
Lastly, as far as degrading marriage, I think it does degrade marriage. The fact that marriage in the US has degraded on its own is irrelevant to me. Sorta like legalizing cocaine just because large numbers of people do drugs. Legalizing gay "marriage" and using that term along with all that it connotes religiously would simply degrade the state of marriage in this country even further.
I really can't see why civil unions for gay couples and "marriage" for heterosexual couples is not a completely workable solution.
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Rick
1984 911 coupe
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