Brendan O'Neill

Mushy and meaningless redefinition of “marriage” benefits no one

Michael Kirke | 08 April 2012
Collapsing together every human relationship under a mushy and meaningless redefinition of "marriage" benefits no one. Except the political elites, who are so desperate to advertise their modernising zeal they will ride roughshod over people's identities if they think it will help them.
  
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