The idea (as described in the book) is actually quite good (which, extremely briefly, is that the institution of granting “marriage” is privatised (but not monopolised) whilst the state only recognises “civil unions”).

He uses a teleprompter too, I guess.

Min kien dak ic-cuc li qal li Gahan kien iblah?

[Daphne – Do stop parroting what you hear the grown-ups around you say, Luigi. At your age, you should be able to have insight of your own.]

This is Muscat when he was against, the polls were against at that time probably.

Cyrus wanted a baby it seems.

Thank God that divorce is not on the table.

This is obviously a red herring, and he’s trying to rope in the Church in the political debate for the next two months.

Although the Church has a right to speak about moral matters I hope it is wise enough to just ignore his statement, for now.

How is adoption by gays going to solve our bread and butter issues?

Pensions
Education
Job creation
Tourism
EU relations
Healthcare
Recession
Financial crisis

When the dust settles and Joseph is prime minister what would I take home for my family after a day’s work?

Would I tell them “Here, eat this law on gay adoption which our beloved leader spearheaded through parliament.”