Same-sex Marriage in Scotland
July 25, 2012 at 9:25 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2012 at 10:36 am by Gooders1002.)
Quote:Scotland could become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriage after the SNP government announced plans to make the change.BBC- Same sex marriage in Scotland
Ministers confirmed they would bring forward a bill on the issue, indicating the earliest ceremonies could take place by the start of 2015.
Political leaders, equality groups and gay rights campaigners welcomed the move.
But it has been strongly opposed by the Catholic Church and Church of Scotland.
This is why, for now, Europe is better then the USA (at Federal level and the majority of states) in terms of Equality.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
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Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
