I was going to reply to McGraw of Harlow till he went and sat in Akenaton's passenger seat. I accept that it is churlish not to be seen to agree when you do, but in his case, it only encourages the bugger, as you and I both know.

I don't need to add anything here, but of course I will. Not because I want to add to the debate, but that Akenaton and his mates need challenging at every turn till they either have a barbecued donkey on the road to Damascus moment or keep their odious views to themselves. Of course, they can always carry on spewing them out, hurting decent people in the process, but that speaks louder than the words they use...

The primary function of marriage is not, and never has been to have children. The primary function of sex can be to have children,but like marriage, there are other reasons to indulge.

Churches don't define the term marriage, Parliament does. Hence Parliament (or Holyrood Parliament in the present case) is the place to decide.

Churches can decide what they like, what they want and the terms of joining their club, but polite society has already gone too far by allowing them to conduct marriages and then use their bigotry to decide who qualifies.

If I were them, I'd accept that decent people have indulged them thus far. But no further please..

And so called atheists like Akenaton need to decide whether Frankenstein science is an affront to a God they don't believe in or a personal vendetta that needs professional help.