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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 11:11 AM
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9. Re: your first point
Based on my prsonal experience, I think the number of people who are technically bisexual (that is, those who have engaged in both homo- and heterosexual sex at some time in their lives) is vastly greater than most "straight" people imagine--especially where men are concerned. And the opposite is true too: a great many people who identify as homosexual have also had at least one hetero experience. So while these people may not identify as 'practicing' bisexual, they are technically bisexual in the sense that Freud talked about.

So, IMO, the terms we use to describe sexuality are fairly arbitrary. It all depends on self-perception, and on whether one is discussing the subject clinically or in a psychosocial sense.

As to the second topic, you're right, of course. The government has zero right to intervene in an area that is acknowledged by the government's supporters to be religious in nature.
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