He says "my memory" is that he abstained, and that he now thinks "the ideal adoption is finding a mum and a dad, but there will be occasions when gay couples make very good adoptive parents.
My son is a child of colour, with two dads, and the sad truth is there will come a day when he too feels like a stranger in the country he calls home.
We remember our dad telling us that there will be a lot of people who will tell you that something cannot be done.
David Simmonds, chair of the LGA's children and young people board, said: "Government has responded to the LGA's call to help provide school places, and thanks to this extra investment, mums and dads will feel reassured there will be a place for their child.
Yet I have to accept that because there are two dads in our house, there will always be people who see our lives -- for good and ill -- largely through the prism of their own politics, biases or faith.
I'll say to my dad, "There are deer in the yard".
Just like my dad grew up watching football with his dad, and I grew up watching football with my dad, there is a generation of gamers out there who will raise their children watching esports.
As for the rest of the event: more people think there will be dad jokes on stage than a woman on stage (44%to35%5% respectively), only 23% expect new laptops to be announced, and just 8% are holding out hope for the Apple Car – iCar?
Of that new generation there are going to be 10 who will go to dad one day and say, "Dad, there is a Pakistani gentleman at the door selling a suitcase nuclear bomb.
This is something you really need to be aware of before you become a dad so that you understand that there will be more hurdles for you as you try to be a supportive parent (be one anyway!) but also because (though everyone needs some encouragement sometimes) you shouldn't let this shower of praise get to your head.
