Peter Kearney of the Catholic Media Office writes to disabuse me of my notion that the Holyrood same-sex marriage Bill will provide equality (Letters, February 7).
Peter Kearney of the Catholic Media Office writes to disabuse me of my notion that the Holyrood same-sex marriage Bill will provide equality (Letters, February 7).
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He claims: "Unless the Scottish Government's legal advisers can be persuaded that there is such a thing as homosexual consummation, the illusion of equality will continue to evaporate."
We live in Scotland and, in Scots law, there is no such thing as heterosexual consummation of a marriage, which is an English law concept.
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Same-sex marriage does offer equality
Peter Kearney of the Catholic Media Office writes to disabuse me of my notion that the Holyrood same-sex marriage Bill will provide equality (Letters, February 7).
He claims: "Unless the Scottish Government's legal advisers can be persuaded that there is such a thing as homosexual consummation, the illusion of equality will continue to evaporate."
We live in Scotland and, in Scots law, there is no such thing as heterosexual consummation of a marriage, which is an English law concept.
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