▁minister s ▁who ▁did ▁vote ▁against ▁it ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁for ▁various ▁reasons . ▁C ertain ly ▁in ▁constitu ency ▁terms , ▁I ▁felt ▁that ▁over wh el ming ly ▁the ▁constitu ents ▁of ▁Cl w yd ▁West ▁were ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁change . ▁But ▁also ▁ ▁I ▁regard ▁marriage ▁as ▁an ▁institution ▁that ▁has ▁developed ▁over ▁many ▁centuries , ▁essentially ▁for ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁a ▁warm ▁and ▁safe ▁environment ▁for ▁the ▁up br ing ing ▁of ▁children , ▁which ▁is ▁clearly ▁something ▁that ▁two ▁same - sex ▁partners ▁can ' t ▁do . ▁Which ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁I ' m ▁in ▁any ▁sense ▁opposed ▁to ▁stable ▁and ▁committed ▁same - sex ▁partners hips ". ▁The ▁gay ▁rights ▁organisation ▁Stone wall ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁express ing ▁disappoint ment ▁at ▁his ▁comments . ▁In ▁a ▁statement ▁after ▁the ▁interview , ▁Jones ▁said : ▁" I ▁made ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁stress ing ▁that ▁I ▁was ▁fully ▁support ive ▁of ▁committed ▁same - sex ▁relationships . ▁I ▁simply ▁sought ▁to ▁point ▁out ▁that , ▁since ▁same - sex ▁partners ▁could ▁not ▁bi olog ically ▁pro create ▁children , ▁the ▁institution ▁of ▁marriage ▁was ▁one ▁that , ▁in ▁my ▁opinion , ▁should ▁be ▁reserved ▁to ▁opposite ▁sex ▁partners ." ▁ ▁B log ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Jones ▁was ▁accused ▁by ▁fellow ▁MP ▁G uto ▁B ebb ▁of ▁being ▁co - author ▁of ▁the ▁blog ▁" Th ought s ▁of ▁Oscar ". ▁Jones ▁denied ▁having ▁anything ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁the ▁blog ,