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22 April 2013Church of Scotland faces renewed internal division on gay ministers in sexual relationships 5 It is claimed up to 50 congregations may leave the Church of Scotland if the General Assembly votes next month to allow the ordination of ministers who are in same-sex sexual relationships. -
16 April 2013Church of Scotland to debate ordaining gay ministers 12 The governing body of the Church of Scotland is to debate the issue of gay ministers.
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9 April 2013Scotland: Equality Network writes to chief public prosecutor after trans man sentenced over sex ‘by fraud’ 2 An LGBT rights group has written to Scotland’s chief public prosecutor over the decision to prosecute a trans man on the charge of “obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud” -
15 March 2013Scotland: Gay clergy row Aberdeen minister returns to former church 6 An Aberdeen minister and his congregation who quit the Church of Scotland over the 2009 ordination of a gay minister are to be temporarily allowed back into their former church building. -
14 March 2013Church of Scotland to have meeting over gay clergy row 12 The Church of Scotland is to meet to discuss a minister who left the Church, along with his congregation, over the ordination of a gay minister.
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8 February 2013Scotland: Church minister and worshippers leave Church of Scotland in gay clergy row 33 The minister of a church in Aberdeen and its members have quit the Church of Scotland over the issue of gay clergy and have decided to set up in a hotel instead.
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12 September 2012Aberdeen: Trainee lawyer found guilty of homophobic attack 11 A second-year trainee lawyer has been found guilty of making homophobic remarks and attacking two students outside a nightclub in Aberdeen. -
26 April 2011Church of Scotland leaders to discuss special commission report on same-sex relationships 10 The Church of Scotland's leaders will discuss the Special Commission's report on same-sex relationships and the ministry at May's General Assembly meeting.
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Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but they can only donate if celibate for five years10
US radio host: Employers should be allowed to discriminate against gays who ‘display their lifestyle’16
Czech president makes U-turn and grudgingly honours gay academic with title4
Russia: Council of Europe demands protection for gay pride rallies4
Scottish Lib Dem leader urges Scotland to follow England’s lead on equal marriage6
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France: Far-right leader pays tribute to anti-gay historian who shot himself dead over equal marriage19
Tory MP David Burrowes accuses David Lammy of ‘playing the race card’ in equal marriage debate32
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote50
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins55
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MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading52
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 91
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland brands student a s**t in equal marriage Twitter row8
Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland: I would rather be called a 's**t' than a homophobe and the equal marriage bill is flawed20
UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won't expel members who call gay sex 'disgusting' 40
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault141
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
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France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage91
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