My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, he has made many important points but in his first point I think he was saying that there is no risk of confusion in the public mind and no need for this differentiation because it is all clear. However, is there not a risk in terms of raising children? There is a real question in the public mind about having children raised by, for instance, two men or two women and about children being raised without a father. I must not go on, of course, and this is a simple question. However, there is confusion, and is not the benefit of this amendment that there would be less confusion?
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Earl of Listowel
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
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2013-14
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