Definitions can change at the drop of a hat. Standards are known to become obsolete every once and a while. This might be one of those times. Money is money, no matter :-) who uses it. Your distinctions only serve as distractions.

Making your culture wars into world wars, it appears

Ah.. That settles it. Equality is definitely off the table then. Thanks for confirming the bigotry. As harsh as that seems to you, that's what we have. Ask the gay people in your family, and with whom you work (since that makes you an authority on the matter) if I'm wrong.

And since you liked to use the old saying,

First, they came after the homos...

You know, they got a few of your evangelist buddies over there in Africa. You ought to take a look at the 'good works' they've done.. Somewhat ironically you might find sanctuary in places like that.

You'll have to talk to the gay people in my family, and with whom I work, to understand that I'm not against them, as humans.

Enough to push the government to recognize a marriage contract?

Some of my best friends are gay, too...

We don't understand our creator either.... When a computer can comprehend itself, it will only think that it understands us. And then it will start great wars over who thinks who understands best. And the Apple will still be the forbidden fruit...

It makes no sense to separate government from non-government. All the money should be counted as one, especially with the strong business influence over the state. Even the 'communist' countries were/are simply state run capitalism. They use the same spreadsheets as everybody else. Do not try to 'meddle with the forces of nature, Mr. Beal'.

How much money for a product or service has to change hands then, before it becomes 'commercial'?

...I cannot see how anybody could think it was an acceptable move from Yahoo.

It was a business decision, pure and simple.

Yeah, tell me about it... after you shed your cultural/religious bigotry against gay people.. You are trapped (by your own free will in fact) even thought you don't want to see it. You choose to be politically correct amongst your own group, too afraid to rock the boat and face rejection.

But Obama is sure as hell a disappointment.

Only to the naive. He performed exactly as expected by the rest of us.

You forgot sky cranes. Lifting heavy weight stuff on construction sites or even something like material for roof repair would be ideal.

:-) What's the... you don't understand English?

It doesn't who the buyers and sellers are. When money changes hands, it's commercial.

Search and destr... uhhh... rescue! That's it...

And maybe crop dusters to eradicate cannabis.. er.. I mean.. bol weevils