"Now with China we have a relationship as equals.
A law against "homosexual propaganda" makes it illegal to speak of gay and straight relationships as equal, or to take part in a Moscow pride parade.
The campaign against homophobic bullying in C of E schools is welcome, but when the church itself fails to treat gay relationships as equal to heterosexual relationships, its message is undermined.
Ahead of yesterday's press conference, comments by the Vatican's top canon lawyer, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, underlined that doctrine had a long way to go before it accepted that gay relationships as equal to heterosexual ones.
However, I draw the line at the idea of redefining traditional marriage to include homosexual relationships, as equal.
So if you want to enter a relationship as an equal, do your best to first make yourself self-reliant financially.
"Like Americans from all walks of life, the Democratic Party has recognized that committed and loving gay and lesbian couples deserve the right to have their relationships respected as equal under the law," said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign.
My mother and I have a fabulous relationship now, as equals.
If they are treated equally (in inheritance law, for example), the relationship is classified as "equal," but if one child is favored (the firstborn son, say), the relationship is "unequal".
Like Wollstonecraft, Mill described the ideal marital relationship as one of equal friendship (Abbey and Den Uyl, 2001).
