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Scottish civil servants concerned about religious freedom if gay ‘marriage’ passes: leaked e-mail

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Scottish Government logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) EDINBURGH – BBC Scotland has seen an e-mail sent between Scottish civil servants that shows Scottish National Party ministers are concerned about the far-reaching effect on civil freedoms of a proposed redefinition of marriage . They express concerns that “ gay marriage ,” will impact the freedom of citizens, particularly religious ministers, to object to and refuse to participate unless substantial changes are made to the UK ’s Equalities Act 2010. The email says that the government “may announce” that they will proceed with same-sex “marriage,” both for civil and religious ceremonies, but not until the Act is “amended to provide full protection for individual celebrants who are opposed to same-sex ceremonies, even if their religious body has decided to opt in to carrying out such ceremonies”. “[T]he government recognises the need to provide appropriate protections for some in Scottish society who are against same sex m

Scotland’s opposition parties back same-sex ‘marriage’

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Image via Wikipedia SCOTLAND, February 7, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Scotland ’s four opposition parties are facing strong criticism after each of their leaders endorsed an “Equal Marriage Pledge” promulgated by homosexualist advocacy group Equality Network calling for a redefinition of marriage to include same-sex couples. The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) , which concluded a 14-week consultation on the issue in December, have so far refused to sign the pledge. But Labour Party’s Johann Lamont , Conservative’s Ruth Davidson , Liberal Democrat ’s Willie Rennie , and Green’s Patrick Harvie said last week that they would “campaign to beat the ban on same sex marriage,” as they jointly signed the pledge. At the signing event, which included cutting an “equal marriage” wedding cake, Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson said, “I support the Equality Network’s Equal Marriage campaign. … The Scottish Government will bring forward legislation on gay marriage in this parliament