<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Statement:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>All sentient entities, with the desire and commitment to do so, should be able to enjoy any and all rights, benefits, and protection by law, guaranteed to any other group. And that these intelligences, in the engagement of forming a family, shall do so without hinderance or bound of law, no matter what the nature of their manifestation, but by their declaration, understanding and choice.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Like it? Hate it? Do better.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What about more than two people? Do you think that marriage and families are bounded by rules made by key demographics? They've only existed as long as the major religions? What about AI? What about your uploaded self? Your selves? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>How can you be a member of this list and contemplate a 'gay gene'? Many, many years from now people will look over this archive. Some of you will be embarrassed. Some very. I can not believe that this list - this list - is hamstrung on these notions. I am stunned. What list am I on again? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">Any policy of exclusivity is written to the advantage of a given group. We, and the effort before us, will live and die by how we include. If our species is to embrace Transhumanist notions, we have to do better than this.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>]3</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>ps - I began with the message below.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV>On Jul 21, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Evan Hamlin wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">. One simple reason is that a society of purely homosexuals cannot exist without the natural reproduction of heterosexuals</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>yet. 50 years, tops. Then what will you do, Evan? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV>On Jul 21, 2005, at 12:14 AM, Damien Broderick wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Off the top of my head, various other possibilities suggest themselves.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV>I am curious, Damien: Do you spend as much time coming up with 'reasons' for heterosexuality? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:19 AM, Samantha Atkins wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The goals of society. I am sorry but we appear to be of different political species. The legitimate function of government and law is to protect the rights of the people not to shape the people according to some "society". You appear to be a socialist of some variety.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV>Although I greatly enjoy the meter of this remark, I have to interject: Taxation is more social policy and agenda than anything else. Just take a look at the tax law. Truly. And it is annoying.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV>On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:27 PM, Al Brooks wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Though I support all rights & full legal marriage for gays, it is good to see reasonable dissenting views. </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Name one 'reasonable' dissenting view.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>