Tag Archives: scotland
Sense and Worth: Burns Night and Peter Tatchell Day
One hundred and ninety-three years apart, Robert Burns and Peter Tatchell share the same birthday, 25th January. Today Alex Salmond announces the launch of the consultation for the independence referendum, but let’s talk about Tatchell and Burns, first. [Update, 14:49 … Continue reading
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Gay marriage in the united kingdoms
Cardinal Keith O’Brien says the consultation would be ‘utterly subverted’ if “foreign submissions” were accepted. (And by “foreign”, he means from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.) “Allowing thousands of respondents outwith Scotland to actively participate in our political process utterly … Continue reading
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Scotland for Marriage
I responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on lifting the ban on same-sex couples marrying in Scotland. (You can too: www.equalmarriage.org.uk.) Question 10: Do you agree that the law in Scotland should be changed to allow same-sex marriage? Yes. Please … Continue reading
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