Tag: equal marriage
Equal Marriage – Prop 8 Ruling in California
So, the anti-gay Prop 8 has been ruled unconstitutional in California. [Here's the catch-up if you've not been paying attention - California allowed some same-sex couples to marry, then there was a people's poll on the same day as the Obama election which was passeed by 52% to 48%. It determined a new amendment to [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2010 under Blog.
Tags: California, equal marriage, LGBT, Proposition 8
Comments: 4
Hold the Front Page
The Herald has a helpful story today (page 3, actually) about the movement that is building in Scotland for Equal Marriage. Equal Marriage means opening up marriage to same-sex couples on the same basis as opposite-sex couples. It also means that anyone who can currently conduct weddings should be able to conduct weddings on the [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Blog.
Tags: equal marriage, gay weddings, same-sex couples
Comments: 7
Read all about it … again
Hey look, the Sun newspaper has picked up the Equal Marriage story from yesterday. They seem to be using a jollier picture of me than Scotland on Sunday used. And with a brilliant sense of irony that will be lost on most readers, they’ve used a pic from my photoshoot at the Scottish Wedding Show [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Blog.
Tags: equal marriage, LGBT, scottish parliament, The Sun, white knot
Comments: 13
Read all about it
There is an interview with me in Scotland on Sunday today. Headline is “Senior Cleric Comes out for Same-Sex Weddings in Church”. “I want every gay couple to be able to walk down the street holding hands if they wish to do so. “I also want every gay couple to be able to walk down [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2009 under Blog.
Tags: equal marriage, Scotland on Sunday, scottish parliament, white knot
Comments: 7
Petition and Parliamentary Update
You’ll remember that I was going on about people signing a petition to allow gay couples the same access to marriage as straight couples. Here is the update on what happened when the petition was presented. On Tuesday afternoon, the petition was heard by the Scottish Parliamentary Public Petitions Committee. There was cross party (Green, [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2009 under Blog.
Tags: equal marriage, hate crimes, scottish parliament
Comments: 1
The Equal Marriage Petition
Just a reminder about the petition that is before the Scottish Parliament on opening up civil and religious marriage to everyone in Scotland. (That means opening it up to same-sex couples). Nick Henderson, the original petitioner came to St Mary’s last night to talk to the LGBT group about the petition. It only has a [...]
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under Blog.
Tags: Christian Ethics, equal marriage, same-sex couples
Comments: 6
Norwegian hurrah!
Looks like Norway is adopting equal marriage legislation.
Posted: June 13th, 2008 under Blog.
Tags: equal marriage, LGBT
Comments: none
