It’s time to talk about children

Minister after minister has gone on record stating that the forthcoming marriage referendum has “nothing” to do with children as regards the law relating to adoption, surrogacy and donor assisted human reproduction (DAHR). As a matter of constitutional law, this claim is simply bizarre.

The referendum proposes to amend Article 41 of the Constitution, titled “The Family”, by way of a newly inserted Article 41.4. If passed, same-sex marriage will have precisely the ...