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5 August 2012
Catholic Bishop: Government should make incest legal if it really believes in equality 191 A senior Catholic Bishop in Scotland has stunned equal rights campaigners by suggesting that if the Scottish Government truly believed in equality it would make incest and polygamy legal.
3 August 2012
Scotland: SNP activist resigns over ‘undemocratic’ equal marriage decision 38 Robert Stewart, an SNP volunteer for 22 years has resigned over Scottish party leaders’ decision to push forward on marriage equality for gay couples in Scotland.
30 July 2012
Scotland: Catholic Church challenged on reduced gay life expectancy claim 72 The co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie MSP has challenged the Scottish Catholic Church to produce evidence for its claim that gay relationships harm life expectancy.
26 July 2012
Archbishop to meet partner of MP he suggested died early ‘because he was gay’ 92 The new Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia is to meet the partner of an MP he suggested died prematurely because he was gay.
26 July 2012
Equal marriage advocates collect messages for Scottish government ‘thank you’ 45 Following yesterday's announcement by the Scottish government that it will legislate to recognise marriages between two people of the same sex, equality campaigners are planning a giant 'thank you' card.
26 July 2012
Catholic Church in Scotland: Society ‘should not facilitate gay relationships’ 77 Following the government's announcement that it would legislate to allow gay couples to marry in Scotland, the Catholic Church has continued to claim homosexuality is 'hazardous and dangerous' and said 'no society' should 'facilitate or encourage' them whether through marriage or other recognition.
25 July 2012
Scottish government reveals marriage consultation figures 35 Following the announcement that it will bring forward legislation to allow gay couples to marry, the Scottish government has published figures from its public consultation last year.
25 July 2012
Scotland: Catholic Church calls marriage an ‘unhelpful’ response to gay feelings 47 The Catholic Church in Scotland has responded to news that the government will proceed with equal marriage legislation by saying marriage rights are not a 'helpful' response to gay feelings.
25 July 2012
Scottish government will bring forward equal marriage legislation 107 Equal marriage advocates have welcomed the Scottish government's much-awaited announcement this morning that it will be bringing forward legislation to allow gay couples to marry and remove current barriers for trans people.
25 July 2012
Video: New Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow linked MP’s death to homosexuality 61 The new Archbishop-elect of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia, who has warned the Scottish government against pursuing marriage equality, has linked a gay Catholic MP's early death to his homosexuality.
19 July 2012
Scotland ‘needs faith opt-out from Westminster’ for equal marriage 192 The Scottish government will 'need' clarification of the UK-wide Equality Act to ensure religious celebrants are not forced to conduct gay weddings against their will, according to a leaked email.
18 July 2012
New protocol puts more power in the hands of Scottish trans people 6 A new protocol issued this week by the Scottish Government is set to revolutionise the way trans people are served by the health system.
18 July 2012
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond ‘has not changed his mind’ on marriage 118 Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has confirmed he has not 'changed' his mind about supporting marriage equality between gay and straight couples.
18 July 2012
John Barrowman ‘has a problem’ with Cardinal Keith O’Brien 56 John Barrowman has said he 'has a problem' with the rhetoric of the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien.
18 July 2012
Glasgow Pride ‘breaks attendance records’ 2 More than 6,000 people were believed to have attended Glasgow's Pride event at the weekend, breaking previous attendance records, the organisers said.
17 July 2012
Updated: Scottish government fails to reach equal marriage decision 191 The Scottish government has not reached a decision today on whether to pursue marriage equality for gay couples, frustrating advocates of the move.
17 July 2012
Scotland: Government decision on marriage expected today 78 The Scottish government is expected to make a decision later today about whether to bring forward legislation which would allow gay couples to marry when it publishes details of a public consultation today.
17 July 2012
Comment: With rare political consensus, Scotland should be next to let gay couples marry 22 Labour MP for Glasgow North East Willie Bain says equal marriage will ensure LGBT couples are no longer 'separate but equal', but warns that inequality and homophobia will still exist in Scotland.
16 July 2012
Scotland: Catholic equal marriage referendum ‘a colossal waste of money’ 113 The call by Cardinal Keith O'Brien, head of the Catholic Church in Scotland and the most senior Catholic in the UK, for a referendum on equal marriage rights for gay couples has been criticised by advocates of the move.
10 July 2012
Scotland: Anti-gay marriage group’s ‘honest’ poll criticised 58 Claims by the anti-marriage equality group Scotland for Marriage that a new poll shows majority opposition to equal marriage have been called 'flawed and misleading' by the Equality Network.

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