THE Scottish Government will today announce controversial proposals on gay marriage amid an increasingly bitter split over the legislation from religious and pro-equality camps.
Details will be unveiled after a cabinet meeting, with First Minister Alex Salmond under pressure to go ahead with plans to legalise same-sex marriage amid outrage from the Catholic Church and Muslim community.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of Scotland's Catholics, has demanded a referendum on the policy after an official consultation on gay marriage drew more than three times as many responses as the consultation on independence.
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