This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for self-doubt. It is a moment of hope.
If gay marriage was OK ... then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.
My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.
I've always known my life would be turned into a farce. I'm just glad it's been entrusted to two such distinguished men of letters.