Jeremy Irons Disappoint Us Makes Statement to Hurt Gay Marriage

Jeremy Irons: does he want to marry his dog? Photograph: Mark Cuthbert

Age: 64.

Appearance: The Ghost of Fassbender Future.

The actor? Yes, that Jeremy Irons. The one with an Oscar and a penchant for bold political statements.

Such as? Describing smokers as "a minority that cannot speak back", worthy of the same protection as "handicapped people and children". Or calling the fox-hunting ban "one of the two most devastating parliamentary votes in the last century". Or arguing: "If a man puts his hand on a woman's bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it."

Classy. And what has he done now? Voiced a truly bizarre objection to gay marriage.

How bizarre are we talking here? Extremely, utterly and bafflingly. As bizarre as a bursar at a bazaar buying basalt for Bashar al-Assad. So bizarre it can be seen from space.

What did he say? "Tax-wise, it's an interesting one, because, you see, could a father not marry his son?"

I'm sorry? It's exactly as it sounds. Jeremy Irons is worried dads will marry their sons. For tax reasons.

Does he think that mums marry their sons for tax reasons at the moment? No, of course he doesn't.

Because? Because there are laws against that kind of thing.

He doesn't think there might also be very similar laws against marriages between fathers and sons? How could there be?

How could there not be? Because, as Irons went on to explain: "It's not incest between men. Incest is there to protect us from inbreeding. But men don't breed, so incest wouldn't cover that. So if I wanted to pass on my estate without death duties I could marry my son and pass on my estate to him."

Ah, faultless legal reasoning. He's clearly given this a lot of thought. Well, he is a thoughtful guy. He went on to explain he was speaking as "a man who has a dog that he loves", and added: "Living with another animal – whether it be a husband or a dog – is great."

Do say: "There's a rumour Jeremy Irons wants to marry his dog ..."

Don't say: "... he says for love, the dog says for tax reasons.”

This post appeared at the  guardian.co.uk. I feel very disappointed by Jeremy. I have always had the highest regards and respect for him. I’ve lost both the respect and the regard is on thin water. I understand that there are gays and also gay friendly people that oppose to gay marriage. The gays because they don’t want to be connected to a corrupt church and rituals, like is these marriages are going to be blessed by the church nor most us want them blessed by church or just don’t care about that issue. Gay friendly gays are stuck up with religion and tradition. Two enemies of us reaching this century with out killing each other, with the dogma and traditions that may be made sen se back when but not now. For the gay against gay marriage including Jeremy, they most see the big picture. No one is going to force you to marry anyone in a church or anywhere. But is very selfish to impede your brother or sister acquire that right witch in turn makes the government and other institutions treat you like a real citizen and individual.

Adam Gonzalez