A step too far

Ross Chmiel (Letters, 12 July) claims that “most Catholics, like the rest of society (more than 64 per cent according to an Ipsos-Mori poll) favour the rights of loving same-sex couples to get married”.

This proves nothing. Truth and morality are not determined by public opinion polls.

It is inadmissable for 
members of the homosexual community to hijack language to promote their own agenda.

If same-sex couples wish to form a civil partnership, then that is up to them; just don’t call it marriage when it isn’t.

Marriage is the union of a man and a woman as husband and wife. The primary, but not the only, purpose of marriage is 
procreation.

As same-sex couples cannot be procreative, it is clear from reason that such a relationship is not marriage.

Therefore, to talk of “marriage equality” is meaningless. If 
people are to use words just as they please, we don’t get equality, we get chaos.

Colin McAllister

South Street

St Andrews