FORMER SNP leader Gordon Wilson claimed Nationalist ministers were "lemmings" for pushing ahead with plans to legalise same-sex marriage.
The outspoken former MP told a fringe meeting at the SNP conference that efforts to win the independence referendum would be undermined by the move.
Addressing an audience of 200 people at an event organised by the Scotland for Marriage pressure group, he said: "Who will get the blame?
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