Gilly......From Mr Sewells article.

"Thus the recent institution of civil partnerships seemed to be the final necessary reform, giving homosexuals the right to inherit each other's property, just as may a man and his wife; and if they want a family, there is now no barrier to their adopting children – in the case of homosexual men, so long in error bundled together with paedophiles and pederasts, an astonishing recognition of moral responsibility.

Why, then, do they and lesbians demand the right to marry? Indeed, how many of us have made that demand? One in 20? One in 10?   Most of us – and certainly the generations for whom, when they were young, any expression of homosexuality, no matter how trivial, was outside the law and "pretty policemen" (the Met's own term for them) were sent out to tempt and arrest the unwary – are content with civil partnerships and have not pleaded for gay marriage. But every minority has within it a core of single-issue politicians and protesters who are never satisfied and always ask for more, and homosexuals, both male and female, are no exception.

It is this noisy nucleus that demanded gay marriage and, seeing a handful of votes in it, David Cameron announced his support. Nick Clegg is in favour because he is a Liberal Democrat. Even Tony Blair, a newly devout Roman Catholic, declared his "strong support". Have they between them one single logical, reasonable or theological argument? Did any one of them consult a quieter voice before they surrendered to the camp hysteria of clowns demanding the right to dress in funny old clothes and have another party?