Sailor Steve,

I agree to a point regarding morals. What you do in the privacy of your home is your business. That is why I don't have a problem with gays entering into a civil contract if they choose to. That's between them.

My point was the hypocrisy of saying that we are wrong for letting "moral decadence" run amok in our country, while we are castigated if we take a moral stand. Either you stand on certain morals or you don't. They don't have to be sexual morals. That was simply an example.

Its one of those "if you take a stand, your damned for it" and "if you don't take a stand, your damned for it" comments that I see as a double standard way too often. Not that Alex himself does it, but its often seen on the interwebs, and here I'd like to see a little less....

I think I understand. Maybe I don't recognize your "damned if you do/don't" observation because I try not to act that way myself and don't recognize it when others do. And your point is a good one.