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Is social support a right or a privilege? That seems to be at the heart of this misunderstanding. You guys are equating positive encouragement as equating negative and detrimental discrimination to those not positively encouraged.
If there were two people on the planet and they co-habited, that would be status quo. No benefits, no assistance. No social recognition, no assistance getting food.
Positive encouragement is helping that couple get food. Minding the child for free, giving the couple food and water, helping the mother get well after birthing for example.
Negative and detrimental discrimination would be preventing the couple from eating, hampering them from finding food and water. Making their survival more difficult.
Why is this not apparent? Live and let live. If gays want to cohabit for life, that's no business of mine. I would hope they have wonderful and commited relationships together, and should they raise a child, hope they become a wonderful unit of love.
However, with my limited time, energy and resources, I would direct any spare encouragement towards a hetrosexual couple.
I am not hampering the homosexual couple, simply benefitting the hetro couple based on my assesment of things. They will increase in number. The investment goes beyond just those two individuals.
It is my life, and I can do with it what I want. No one has the right to force me to encourage anyone.
No... hopefully the simplification makes some sense. Simply amplify the individual into a collection of individuals and you have a society.
I am not suggesting detriment in one direction, but encouragement in the other. Leave the status quo as is.
Are we any clearer?
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