This, he declares, is the essence of marriage not sex, or children, or even self-fulfilment, but a life-long commitment, recognised and supported by society, by two people to care for one another.Mr Rauch goes on to rehearse all the arguments against same-sex marriage, only to knock them down one by one.
Some Jewish groups were upset when the Democrats, in its platform document setting out party policy, unexpectedly dropped a previous commitment recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Egypt, for example, says it agrees that Hamas should meet such conditions as accepting previous Palestinian peace commitments, recognising Israel's right to exist and renouncing resort to violence.
His loyalty, sense of duty and commitment was recognised not only by the bands and artists he served with but also by Martin Mills, the owner of Beggars, who continued to use Pete when his touring days ended, employing him at the Beggars office in Wandsworth, south London, as building manager.
Competition with other commitments was recognised by providers: " it is a heck of a commitment; twice a week for two hours for 10 weeks" (P31).
There has to be a long-term commitment to recognising trees as the asset that they are".
He said: "We need to make sure that our commitment to recognise marriage in the tax system is more than window dressing.
He also reminded delegates of David Cameron's commitment to recognise marriage in the tax system in this parliament, though this has yet to materialise.
Abbott said the "quite unusual" occurrence of having an event at the prime minister's Sydney residence hosted by both major party leaders showed their commitment to recognising Indigenous people in the constitution.
They liked the Labour dossier, drawn up by Alistair Darling's office on Monday, "exposing" the so-called £34bn black hole in Tory spending plans, and they liked even more David Cameron's admission that he "messed up" in response by initially suggesting he was going to drop his party's commitment to recognise marriage in the tax system.
He will use his speech to the Birmingham conference this afternoon to restate his commitment to recognising marriage in the tax system, an idea he floated yesterday as a possible way of compensating some of those who will lose out from the child benefit changes being introduced in 2013.
