The arguments on both sides have been of high quality, especially in the House of Lords. But, as I have sat and listened to the debate, I cannot help wondering what a break it is in human history for so much intellect and feeling to be focused on such a small matter as the state’s withholding of a word, marriage, but not its substance.
双方的论点质量都很高，特别是在上议院的争论中。但是，就我所听到的争论而言，我不得不疑惑，如此之多的智力和感情聚焦于如此之小的细枝末节——“婚姻”这个词而不是其含义，这也算是人类历史上的奇谈了吧。