tac....I know you to be a good man...and I don't hold it your earliest post against you. We all make mistakes from time to time...self included. The OP was, I thought a wry commentary on one aspect of contemporary social justice. Quite likely in 50 years time, monkeys much younger than you and I will wonder what all the fuss was about, not quite comprehending the depth of feelings of some in the present marriage equality debate: Much the same as many people would presently be scratching their heads with wonderment that folk like Andrea Perez and Sylvester Davis ; and Mildred and Richard Loving were denied the fundamental right of marriage, simply because they were of different "races". Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Perez v. Sharp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pictures - Interracial married couples, rich & famous | Examiner.com Loving v. Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In a spirit of reconciliation,I am happy for the moderators to delete in their entirety, posts #2 ,#3 and #4 in this thread as being irrelevant to posts #1 and #5. I hope that you will agree to this arrangement also.
I did also...no...not at all. I was just concerned at the way in which the thread may appear to be escalating.