Scotland to legalise gay marriage

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Scotland to legalise gay marriage

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-26/s ... ge/4155340

Scotland has announced plans to become the first part of Britain to legalise gay marriage.

Deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon said Scotland's devolved government would publish a draft bill permitting same-sex weddings later this year.

That could allow the first ceremonies to take place at the start of 2015.

Ms Sturgeon said the decision was "the right thing to do", adding that the government was "committed to a Scotland that is fair and equal".

Equality groups welcomed the move, but church leaders condemned it.

A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Scotland said the plans were a "dangerous social experiment on a massive scale".

The announcement came after 65 per cent of the nearly 80,000 people who took part in a Scottish government consultation supported same-sex marriage

Well most Scots wear dresses anyway they just call them by a different name