Madam, - For the information of Ian Kelleher (October 26th) and others who take exception to the notion that marriage is heterosexual in its essence, marriage is indeed, among other things, intrinsically ordered to the procreation and upbringing of offspring.
In the case of a woman who has had her uterus removed, nature has been impeded in fulfilling its goal on account of human intervention but, clearly, signs of nature's intent are still in evidence. No amount of fanciful imagination can fashion such signs for homosexual partners. - Yours, etc,
PÁDRAIG KEOGH, Summerfield Avenue, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.