Same-sex marriage: the ‘civilised world’ view

PAUL KOKOSKI claims the UK is out of touch with the rest of the “civilised world” by allowing legal recognition for same-sex relationships (Irish Examiner letters, December 28).

I fail to understand how Mr Kokoski came to that conclusion given that more and more countries are now legally recognising same-sex relationships (South Africa, Spain, Canada, New Zealand, etc).

Mr Kokoski would appear to want the world to go backwards in terms of civil rights for lesbian and gay citizens. Surely this would not be a civilised world.