Elisabeth, you're right, you don't have to be married to have sex. But as has been mentioned earlier, many people choose to be married as a public and legal affirmation of their love and commitment to each other. You and James chose that; my husband and I did, millions of other people have chosen that. Yet the law states that two men - or two women - who may love each other more deeply than many of these millions of others, state that they cannot, simply because of their gender. I personally find that unfair.
And perhaps I have misinterpreted, but I didn't take Joy's comments as cursing at Terry, but just strongly expressing her disbelief that all homosexuals would deliberately choose to live that lifestyle - and its history of abuse from other members of society - if they didn't have to.
Kathy
