Sorry for my edit but I didn't want to get into a conversation about something I am not actually comfortable trying to be an authority about. I realized I was reaching past what would be reasonable for me to represent in a substantive way.
I hope you understand my hesitancy in such a public medium, and I appreciate your feedback.
Definitely no need to apologise at all I can fully understand. I have edited my own responses in this conversation, given the topic, so as to show (I hope) I am being reasonable and open minded. I am myself no expert in these topics and can see that it's divisive enough for the reply button to be delayed in appearing on posts (I'm assuming for moderation purposes, though this might be something that always happens but I've never noticed before).
Either way I've enjoyed this discussion and have learned from it. I wish you all the best.
I hope you understand my hesitancy in such a public medium, and I appreciate your feedback.