It’s probably inverted snobbery, though I sometimes think that people would do anything for a
… oh well, never mind.

I’m still waiting.

Just to clarify, the event was held in one of only two gay bars which are currently found in Malta.

Ray Calleja is the managing director of the bar, and as such is there on a nightly basis.

There. Didn’t I tell you?

That wouldn’t be a problem were the electorate not to end up with a sore arse.

Having secured the vote of those who will be swayed, he need not go any further; that would risk alienating other voters, which would interfere with his current goal of winning a historic landslide victory.

As always, there is no question of principle getting in the way of the glorious narrative of the Life of Joseph.

As to the substance, I think that he said previously that LGBT people can already adopt and that it is therefore unnecessary for a same-sex couple to adopt.

His logic fails on every count; if he believes that same-sex couples are entitled to equality, then it follows that families of same-sex couples should be entitled to equal treatment too (ie they should be treated as a family with two parents, if they wish).

If he does not believe that they should be treated equally with regard to parenthood, then why should a single LGBT person be entitled to adopt but not a same-sex couple in a durable relationship?

D&^khead (sorry – ma niflahx).

Yes it was Ray Calleja and there was Kenneth Zammit Tabona too. The event was called I’m In – Celebrating Diversity – and it was organised by the Labour Youth Forum. It tnejn li huma ma tantx ghadhom zaghzagh.