Modern state of affairs

MARRIAGE today is not needed to bring children into the world. Almost 50 per cent of children today are born out of wedlock. Same-sex couples already can have children, including adoption.

You don’t have to worry about “what will happen next” if you are a heterosexual as it will not impact you whatsoever.

We are talking about real people here, just wanting to be treated equally. Regardless of who is making the noise, the majority of LGBTIQ folks are just quietly sitting through the indignity of having us discuss their future. Helen Smith, Trinity Beach 1066: Normans under William the Conqueror defeat English at Battle of Hastings. 1586: Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial in England, accused of conspiring against Queen Elizabeth I. 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for the US presidency, is shot in the chest in Milwaukee. He is saved by his thick coat and a bundle of paper in his breast pocket and goes ahead with a scheduled speech. 1944: German Field Marshal Erwin

Rommel commits suicide. 1947: Air Force test pilot Charles “Chuck” Yeager becomes the first person to break the sound barrier. 2005: English actor Daniel Craig (above) is named as the new James Bond, taking over from Pierce Brosnan. BIRTHDAYS: Dwight D Eisenhower, US general and 34th president (18901969); Ralph Lauren, US fashion designer (1939-).