The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is due to complete its final stages through Parliament this summer. But updated guidance issued in ‘explanatory notes’ reveals the baffling explanation of how ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ will become interchangeable. It comes as part of the Government's initiative to “clarify” what words will mean when g-ay marriages become lawful. But critics described it as the vocabulary of “cloud cuckoo land”. A spokesman for the Coalition for Marriage, which campaigns against the change, said: “We always knew the Government would tie itself in knots trying to redefine marriage, and this shows what a ridiculous mess they’ve created”.
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