Sir, – Rosemarie Rowley (November 25th) oversells the act which binds heterosexual couples together.
As made clear in the Law Reform Committee of the Law Society's report, Nullity of Marriage: the Case for Reform, the requirement of copulation is not concerned with procreative capacity or potential. Its existence in law remains a relic of medieval times "when the first act of intercourse was thought to 'mark' a new bride as 'property' of her husband". The medieval view of women as property is not a valid concern to prevent marriage equality for same-sex couples in the 21st century. – Yours, etc,
BRIAN DINEEN BCL(Int),
LLM, The Rise,
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Bishopstown, Cork.