Ms Marian Boteju:

I cannot comment on that issue because I have not carried out enough research to be able to say conclusively that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender couples can raise children in the same manner. I would not deny that any individual can provide a child with love. I also cannot say a heterosexual couple sitting in front of me would give a child the love he or she needs by virtue of who they are. I would not identify giving love to a child with sexual orientation.