NO-ONE - man, woman, heterosexual or homosexual - has a right to marry. It is a choice. No-one therefore can claim equal rights to a right that does not exist.
Equally, no-one has a right to have children. Therefore there can be no basis to any claim for equal rights to adoption, whether from heterosexuals or homosexuals, whether single, married or co-habiting. Marriage is not a rights issue; neither is it an equality issue. We are not all equal or equally qualified.
I cannot go to church tomorrow and say Mass.
I have not been called to the priesthood. I am not qualified.
I cannot go into a university and start lecturing on nuclear physics. I am not qualified. Marriage is a union between a man and a woman who join together to become one flesh for the procreation and education of children.
Two men or two women joining together cannot procreate. They are not qualified.
FRANCIS GALLAGHER
Magherafelt, Co Derry
