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JWeinCom said:

If that's your personal belief than that's fine and dandy.  You're an individual, and you're free to determine your behavior based on your personal beliefs.  If you think that homosexuality is going to lead you down the road to bestialty, then by all means don't have gay sex.

The problem is that the person who said this quote was not just some guy on a message board.  He was a senator, who is in charge of making policies.  It is his job to look at the evidence and make informed and educated decisions.  It's not ok for him to legislate based on his personal opinons, religious beliefs, or anything besides sound logic, reasoning, and evidence.

I really don't see the difference between a person basing their policies on personal belief and a person basing their policies on personal values based on naturalism. I honestly don't see how one is superior to another.