I've come into this thread rather late and I haven't read everything that's gone before, so apologies to anyone whose posts I may be repeating. I've no axe to grind about other peoples' sexuality - I don't want sex with another man but, if others do, that's fine (fine too if women want sex with other women). But I can't accept same-sex marriages for the simple reason that marriage is, by definition, a union between a man and a woman.

However I do feel that a form of formal commitment for homosexuals, male or female, should exist - it has to be right and proper that a partner should have the same rights as a husband or wife with regard to property, pensions et al. Just don't pretend it's marriage. That's like pretending a donkey's a horse.

Johnny :0)