Same-sex marriage goes against the natural order

The word ‘marriage’ is derived from the Latin ‘matrimonium’, meaning ‘mother’ and ‘motherhood’, which imply fatherhood and children. 

If that is what marriage is about, can a same-sex couple ask for marriage to be accorded to them? They cannot give what their parents gave to them: ie a father and a mother. Is it not impertinent to claim a status the conditions of which one cannot meet?

If the call to acknowledge and respect the obvious qualifications for marriage will not be heard, have we not reached a stage where debate is no longer possible?

The rational conditions for marriage, the order of nature, rights of conscience and the perennial wisdoms of religious insight and belief can all be trampled down on foot of a will to power that turns reality on its head.

The drive for same-sex marriage is in the aftermath of rights and privileges being accorded to gay couples under the Civil Partnership Act, 2010, and has certainly not come from the mass of the people.

What kind of madness is this that has taken hold of political, media and other elites in our country?

To quote St Paul, “…they have become futile in their thinking.”

John O Donoghue

Woodlawn Road

Killarney

Co Kerry