For those who have no idea who Dan Savage is, stop here if you do not wish to experience a rude awakening from your blissful ignorance. Otherwise, read on:

Daniel Keenan “Dan” Savage (born October 7, 1964) is an American author, media pundit, journalist and newspaper editor. Savage writes the internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column Savage Love. In 2010, Savage and his husband Terry Miller began the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide among LGBT youth. He has also worked as a theater director, sometimes credited as Keenan Hollahan….

Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, have one adopted son, D.J., and were married in Vancouver, Canada in 2005. Following the 2012 legalization of gay marriage in Washington, he and Miller were part of the ceremonial first group of 11 couples to receive a Washington marriage license. Savage and Miller married at Seattle City Hall on December 9, 2012.

In a recent Australian panel discussion, Savage, on being asked what dangerous idea has the “greatest potential to change the world for the better”, answered instead, the question: “what stupidest idea has the greatest potential to change the world for the worse”:

“I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years”

One can only assume that Savage and Miller are not interested in adopting any more children – for 30 years, at least.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ndMloq4m_M

The whole episode is at the bottom of this post and is worth perusing if only to enjoy the masterful way Peter Hitchens effortlessly irritates the opposition by merely stating simple truths.