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Appendix 5: Talking About Homosexuality 193 even though the “ love ” might be there! The ‘ marriage equality ’ sloganeering engineered by homosexual activists is thus something even they don ’ t believe in, and are merely leveraging the term “ equality ” for rhetorical affect. In the comparison to religious liberty, it is ironic that government sanctioned “ gay ” marriage may be quite incompatible with religious liberty. What may unfold in the coming years are religious groups coming under scrutiny by governments if their views are deemed ‘ discriminatory ’. This may lead to legal incriminations. Already a faith based adoption agency has been banned in one State since they did not allow adoptions for homosexual couples. Objection: If marriage is about children, why are marriage licenses given to those heterosexual couples who cannot have or do not want children? In response, it should be noted societal rules are always general in their proposition and application, so even if a heterosexual pair cannot have children, or do not plan children, does not distract from the general social rules – a statement that uniting a male and female is a foundational principle - since in the vast majority it leads to children. By way of analogy, a license to drive requires a minimum age in all jurisdictions. If a child is younger than the minimum, no matter how mature and precocious he/she may be, a license will not be granted. Moreover, it seems extremely impractical and intrusive to start asking every prospective couple if they have future plans for children before issuing licenses as a matter of public policy. There will always be a small minority of heterosexual marriages that do not have future children as an intention. But exceptions do not