Few countries endorse same-sex marriages

I WISH to reply to the letter from Ian McGahon headlined ‘Same-sex marriage: the civilised world view’ (Irish Examiner, January 7).

Few countries endorse same-sex marriages
Tue, 10 Jan, 2006 - 00:00

He claims not to understand how I came to the conclusion that the "UK is out of touch with the rest of the 'civilised world' by allowing legal recognition for same-sex relationships."

By most accounts there are 193 countries in the world. Of these, only four or five have legalised same-sex marriage.

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