Those who favour change argue that children born as a result of donor insemination can be psychologically damaged by discovering in later life that they will never know their biological father.
Well, Lords reform has always been defeated by those passionately opposed to change finding a way to vote with those passionately in favour of change but opposed to whatever plan happens to be on the table at the time.
If the Lebanese are, by the rough tally of crowd sizes, two-to-one in favour of change, the media greatly amplify this advantage.
The leadership of the Church were fully aware that the vote would be close and spoke out clearly in favour of change.
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No popular consensus exists in favour of change or tough decisions.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he would favour a change in the law to halve the limit on abortions from 24 weeks into a pregnancy to 12.
Stephen Conroy, the communications minister, openly accused the Sydney Daily Telegraph of trying to force an early election and to bring down Gillard's minority government (although his accusations that the Telegraph favour regime change pre-date the present crisis).
Unsurprisingly, those most in favour of constitutional change are those who are also unable to stand for re-election.
The poll also says only Baptists, Muslims and Hindus do not have a majority in favour of a change.
Only the Anglican, Jewish and Sikh faiths had a majority in favour of a change in the law in this category.
Public opinion appears, however, to be moving in favour of fundamental change.
General synod voting rules meant that while 324 members were in favour of the change, and just 122 against, it was not passed.
The 84-year-old said she had been in favour of the change to democracy and Wednesday's election had been "the icing on the historic cake".
Voters in Bristol will also get the chance to elect a mayor for the first time, following a referendum in favour of the change in May this year.
Those in favour of a change said babies born at 24 weeks were increasingly likely to survive, and it should therefore not be permitted to abort pregnancies at this stage.
Those in favour of the change reckon that putting centralised functions such as accounting, insurance-licensing and claims-handling into a listed company will help to solve some of Lloyd's most pressing problems.
Germany will delay tax change in favour of deficit control as demanded by the unfied constitution.
"We need a big cultural change - a cultural change in favour of competitive sports, " he said.
Montenegro is expected to vote in favour of the constitutional change on Tuesday.
The sectarian fragmentation that makes Lebanon the Arab world's most tolerant society also tends to generate scrappy, paranoid politics, as leaders fear that any change may favour rivals.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said there needs to be "a big cultural change" in favour of competitive sports in schools, while the British Olympic Association (BOA) has called for a "step change" in government policy towards sports.
Labor delegates to the conference voted 206-185 in favour of the motion to change the party's policy.
The white paper's determination to change travel patterns in favour of public transport is being down-played.
Mr Bush's apparent change of mind in favour of pressing Mr Aristide to quit may have been influenced by fears of a refugee crisis in the middle of his campaign for re-election.
The government cites an e-mail sent by Mr Gates in July 1999 that showed a willingness to change Office applications to favour devices that run on Windows, even if that damaged the interests of customers who rely on the ubiquitous Palm Pilot.
But he believed the "winds of change are in our favour" telling the Commons that if the UK's reforms are successful "we stand to gain a stronger Council of Europe and a more effective court which is focused better on real, substantive breaches of human rights".
Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant said understanding of the horrific impact of the weapons had led to a change of political mood in favour of their prohibition.
Some on the Tory right also want a change of approach, though they favour tax cuts over an easing of the spending squeeze.
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