Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P.

..." Socially speaking, if a case was made out that morality would be endangered by the bill, that would be a reason for rejecting it; but he had not heard it established that such danger could arise. Marriage being a civil rite, they were bound to make that civil rite co-extensive with the feelings of the country. He had, therefore, come to the conclusion that it was his duty to support the second reading of the bill."—Speech of the Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P.