Robert Lauer Schuman brings up an excellent point in his letter to the Cape Cod Times: "In his April 15 letter, the Rev. Christopher Wiley stated that if same-sex marriage is legalized, he will seek to undermine it. "'Why? Because my tax dollars, my insurance premiums and my conscience would all be violated by it.'
"We are all aware that straight people are not the only people who pay taxes to support the institution of heterosexual marriage. Gay people, too, pay those same taxes to support the marriages of people other than themselves. And gay people, too, pay insurance premiums to support spousal benefits for married heterosexual couples. Although this is not taxation without representation, it is similar ... .
"Although a Boston Tea Party is not yet being staged over this issue, good conscience does dictate that the matter be addressed by corrective tax and insurance legislation. Unless and until 'same-sex marriage' is legalized in Massachusetts, gay people should be exempted from having to pay taxes and premiums that go to support institutions and programs from whose direct benefits the gay population is excluded."
Adrian Jackson writes to the Melbourne Herald Sun: "Ashley Alp ( Herald Sun, April 19th ) , it is not unlawful to be a homosexual or to have relations outside wedlock.
"Fifty per cent of church weddings end in divorce, including abuse and emotional stress on children. Church laws are not relevant in 21st-century Australia."
... Or anywhere else in my opinion.