5. (1) Conservative politicians say that gay marriage must be banned in order to protect the sanctity of heterosexual marriage. (2) How, exactly, does gay marriage threaten straight marriage? (3) Marriage is a way of publicly stating that two people care deeply for one another and want to establish themselves as a permanent couple. (4) Marriage makes a society more stable, not less so. (5) When two gay people get married, it does not mean that two straight people have to break up. (6) Conservatives are supposedly in favor of “family values,” and what is more in keeping with “family values” than committed partners? (7) If people don’t like the idea of gay marriage, they are entitled to their opinion. (8) But they should not try to make their opinion the basis of law affecting the lives of others. Is it? A) to inform B) to persuade C) to entertain