Had this sorry excuse for a man true belief in the gay cause and their plight, he would have proposed marriage rather than civil union in the electoral manifesto. He would have had the Marriage Act amended to say that marriage can take place between two people of whatever gender, and that would have been the end of that.

He did this to secure votes from the conservative segment of PL voters, who I’m sure faced with voting in favour or not for gay adoptions, would have thought otherwise than voting PL.

Unfortunately, these sort of tactics where Muscat promises one thing but delivers a whole other thing are sure to repeat themselves in the coming years, especially since the 9-seat majority allows him to do it.

Sinjura minn Marsaxlokk: L-ewwel haga nifrahlek ghax hallejt il-gvern tieghek jaghmillek bomba idrogina wara biebek u itlob kuljum lil Alla li jehilsek jekk qatt jigri xi haga ghax l-inqas dawk iz-zewg swaba ma jifdallek.

Issa ghar-rigward ta’ dawk iz-zewg swaba dawk taf fejn ghandek iddahhalhom? F’ghajnejn min huwa bla principju ta’ xejn.

Min jaf jekk mortx tigri wara l-Madonna tad-Duluri, u issa mort taghmel il-qrun lill-avvversarji tieghek li zammew mal-principji morali? Isthi, Mari’.

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/comment/blogs/38036/lessons_in_political_suicide_

The big happy crowd wasn’t, the PN isn’t, yours to define, Mr Balzan, and the leader of the Opposition chose discernment over your cold soup of a social analysis.

Which you refuse to admonish as ‘negative’ and ‘isolated’ notwithstanding your own survey.

And as an aside, political suicide belongs to those who’ll render their pens to the great infallible leader. As of today you’ll have to remain true to your word and reinforce the fresh dogma that leaders are obliged to go against democratic constraints.

Dik il-mossa li qieghda taghmel b`ida ghal min kienet qed tirreferi, ghal ta’ hdeja?

I can bet my soul that the majority of those present were neither gay nor lesbians. They were there just to cheer Joseph and boo the opposition. Just for the fun of it.

Not to rubbish your superbly researched and well-sourced factoid, but which liberal/secular/progressive countries do you speak of exactly? Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, and the Netherlands, amongst others, have all legalized same-sex adoption.

I pity that poor girl and her confusion. It is for reasons such as these that far more advanced and secular nations have not yet introduced adoption clauses for gay couples.

It’s because they are thinking things through, putting a child’s interests and its psychological well-being before popularity votes – and not because the concept never occurred to them.