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The Israeli Foreign Minister has appointed a gay man as Israel's next ambassador to Angola. This diplomat is married in a same-sex union to a man with whom I am acquainted. The diplomat's partner will enjoy the same status - and emoluments - as are accorded to any ambassador's spouse.
Of course I am pleased with this news. But should it have made the headlines as "Gay man appointed Ambassador"?
(I remember that a few years ago Denmark sent an ambassador to Israel who was gay and married, and he and his partner presided over receptions as is customary.)
Am I being foolish when I think that an ambassador's sexual orientation should be of no consequence to the general public?
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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