Concentrate on the main issue.

So a magistrate has been sacked for refusing an adoption order to a single-sex couple.  He intends bringing a case for unfair dismissal.  He is accused of "bringing the judiciary into disrepute" by acting so as to cause " a reasonable person to conclude that he was prejudiced against single sex adopters".  But surely this is barking up the wrong tree?  Whether he is pro or against single sex couples is not the question. What he has to consider is what is in the best interests of the child. And I think there will be many people - myself included - who will think that, whatever our views on how people choose to arrange their personal relationships, a child up for adoption would be best brought up by a father and a mother.  This isn't a matter of discrimination or prejudice - just what is best for the child.