British Lawmakers Approve Gay Marriage

[abu nuwas]

Truly, I don't understand why anyone would get so het up about a contract that traditionally is nothing more than transferring ownership of the bride from her father to her new husband.

There is something absurd about obsessing about other people's intimate or other relationships. It would all be simpler, as I think you said somewhere, if it were not something into which the state needed to poke its nose. Then again, I often wonder what would happen if Parliament passed no laws for a few years, save for dealing with the budget. A five-year moratorium, while Ministers could concentrate on running their ministries well. One can dream....