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[Walshicus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25960225

Following on from England and Wales' legislation for Marriage Equality, the Scottish government has just passed it's own law on the subject.

Scotland started the process before England and Wales but has taken longer to get an outcome. That said, the provisions in the Scottish bill seem a bit more liberal than the English and Welsh version.

First marriages are expected as early as the Autumn, while the end of March will see England and Wales' first.


So three down, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Channel Islands, Faroe Islands and the Isle of Mann to go in North-West Europe...

 

[Mercury Fred]

Woo hoo!

 

[BertramCooper]

I didn't realize that marriage licensing was a devolved power.

Interesting.

 

[archnemesis]

Great news! If only the southern and eastern parts of Europe could do it too.

 

[NekoFever]

Then how come it's only raining down south today?

 

[Wilsongt]

where's the dancing gif? We need the dancing gif!

There we go.

 

[ivysaur12]

Genderless dystopia train rolls on.

 

[TheAbsolution]

where's the dancing gif? We need the dancing gif!

There we go.

Actually in oder to qualify as a valid ivy-worthy thread you need 3 of them.

 

[Rubixcuba]

Great news !

 

[Satch]

18 votes

cackling

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

There is always this gay celebration but I am not gay so I feel like I am missing all the action

 

[smokeandmirrors]

There is always this gay celebration but I am not gay so I feel like I am missing all the action

Celebrate the equality. Don't need to be gay to do that.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

There is always this gay celebration but I am not gay so I feel like I am missing all the action

It's a +1 for humanity in general.

 

[Davis_McGee]

There is always this gay celebration but I am not gay so I feel like I am missing all the action

Make gay friends and go to their gay weddings. Fabulous times to be had by all.

 

[Midnight Bliss]

There is always this gay celebration but I am not gay so I feel like I am missing all the action

I can start being twice as gay for every day that you're not. :]

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

I guess that's a good thing. Marriage is one of those things that I can't really bring myself to care much about.

And this is coming from someone whose (lesbian) aunt got married a couple of months ago.

 

[Wilsongt]

There is always this gay celebration but I am not gay so I feel like I am missing all the action

Ssh. No questions. Just Penny dancing.

 

[yellow submarine]

Wow, no one's done this yet? It's scotland...

FRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

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Looks like the world is coming around, but it's 2014, about time.

 

[Ahasverus]

Good for them!

Edit: That gif makes me cringe.

 

[anaron]

Good for them!

Edit: That gif makes me cringe.

 

[ivysaur12]

Edit: That gif makes me cringe.

 

[Frost_Ace]

Woohoo!

 

[Huw_Dawson]

Woohoo!

 

[real_slime]

Yeah, this is good. I'm Scottish, so I'm happy to hear it. Unfortunate it took this long.

 

[8bit]

Let's crack open some Scottish beer to celebrate!

http://www.brewdog.com/product/hello-my-name-is-vladimir

Hello, my name is Vladimir. I am a beer for uber hetero men who ride horses while topless and carrying knives. I am a beer to mark the 2014 Winter Olympics. But I am not for gays. Love wrestling burly men on the Judo mat or fishing in your Speedos? Then this is the beer for you!

 

[Stinkles]

Och aye, the noo.

 

[sixteen-bit]

That's awesome.

 

[terrisus]

Then how come it's only raining down south today?

Have to wait until Autumn for those.

First marriages are expected as early as the Autumn, while the end of March will see England and Wales' first.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Scotland started the process before England and Wales but has taken longer to get an outcome. That said, the provisions in the Scottish bill seem a bit more liberal than the English and Welsh version.

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That's because the English and Welsh version is fucking bullshit and literally calls out Gays as 2nd class citizens and says 'deal with it'.
Illegal for the Church of England to marry a same sex couple? Were they scared a future monarch might officially come out?

 

[Ahasverus]

.

.

 

[abunai]

yay for us

 

[ivysaur12]

Penny > Llama

 

[woodypop]

Yay! =)

 

[Jacob]

Great news! Hope the new law goes into effect sooner rather than later.

 

[Chojin]

Who knew Scotland was full of "True Scotsmen?"

Good job! Lets get this train at full speed now~

 

[Sai-kun]

Gay gangs gonna party today!

 

[Trouble]

WTG, Scots.

 

[Naked Snake]

Just heard about this. Good stuff.

 

[Volimar]

 

[BertramCooper]

Scotland is Best Britain.

Seriously loved the place. I'd take it over England any damn day of the week.

(Though that's only tangential to this discussion.)

 

[UnrealEck]

Then how come it's only raining down south today?

As soon as I read that, I heard the rain hitting my window.

 

[terrisus]

Scotland is Best Britain.

Seriously loved the place. I'd take it over England any damn day of the week.

(Though that's only tangential to this discussion.)

Following on from England and Wales' legislation for Marriage Equality, the Scottish government has just passed it's own law on the subject.

Scotland started the process before England and Wales but has taken longer to get an outcome. That said, the provisions in the Scottish bill seem a bit more liberal than the English and Welsh version.

First marriages are expected as early as the Autumn, while the end of March will see England and Wales' first.


So three down, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Channel Islands, Faroe Islands and the Isle of Mann to go in North-West Europe...

Granted, in Scotland's favour, it says they started the process first (but took longer to reach this conclusion), and it says the provisions are more liberal, but still...

 

[Stinkles]

Scotland is Best Britain.

Seriously loved the place. I'd take it over England any damn day of the week.

(Though that's only tangential to this discussion.)

I'm Scottish, but lived in England for many years. I love both. Scotland has the edge on countryside and "living" culture (much of which is very touristy), and is also more manageable in terms of travel, but honestly, you can't knock either as places to live. Bath and London being my favorite English cities.

I'm from Edinburgh, which is kind of a microcosm of those two English towns.

 

[BertramCooper]

Granted, in Scotland's favour, it says they started the process first (but took longer to reach this conclusion), and it says the provisions are more liberal, but still...

That comment wasn't really related to the SSM argument (thus why I added the line in parentheses at the bottom). Just a random thought, really.

I will admit to being biased because I have quite a bit of Scottish ancestry.

 

[Clegg]

I don't look forward to this debate coming to Ireland. I think the majority of us are in favour of gay marriage, but there's a lot of hard line religious groups who've already set their stalls out in preparation for the referendum. The Iona Institute in particular are a rather loathsome bunch.

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Fucking fantastic Glad we joined the list of countries to make it legal.

Good for them!

Edit: That gif makes me cringe.

Sun in Scotland?

 

[Trouble]

I don't look forward to this debate coming to Ireland. I think the majority of us are in favour of gay marriage, but there's a lot of hard line religious groups who've already set their stalls out in preparation for the referendum. The Iona Institute in particular are a rather loathsome bunch.

I hope you guys can get it done. I have former co-workers in Dublin that deserve equal rights.

 

[Clegg]

I hope you guys can get it done. I have former co-workers in Dublin that deserve equal rights.

Oh no, don't get me wrong on this. I have no doubt that legislation on marriage equality for same sex couples will be passed. I'm just not looking forward to the anti gay marriage lobby starting their canvassing. Ireland is still a rather conservative country in some aspects. Ask a lot of Irish parliamentary members about their views on same sex marriage and they'll give as non committal an answer as you could find. Luckily enough they're not the ones deciding this.

In Ireland any change to the constitution can only be passed through plebiscite. So the public will have ultimate say in this. Unfortunately that means anti gay marriage groups will be given the opportunity to speak on television/public debates etc. Not too enthused about that.

 

[Messofanego]

Then how come it's only raining down south today?

Reminds me, UKIP Weather twitter is so good!

 

[Tabris]

Another country more evolved socially than the Super Powers we have (America, China, and Russia).