The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has accused marriage equality campaigners of trying to “rewrite nature”.
In a strongly-worded attack on same-sex marriage, he said the plans would be “strenuously opposed”.
This week, the SNP government announced a consultation on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has accused marriage equality campaigners of trying to “rewrite nature”.
In a strongly-worded attack on same-sex marriage, he said the plans would be “strenuously opposed”.
This week, the SNP government announced a consultation on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has accused marriage equality campaigners of trying to “rewrite nature”.
In a strongly-worded attack on same-sex marriage, he said the plans would be “strenuously opposed”.
This week, the SNP government announced a consultation on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.

The New York Assembly has approved a gay marriage bill, setting the stage for a crucial Senate vote on Friday. The Democrat-controlled Assembly passed the bill by 80-63 votes yesterday.

The New York Assembly has approved a gay marriage bill, setting the stage for a crucial Senate vote on Friday. The Democrat-controlled Assembly passed the bill by 80-63 votes yesterday.

The French parliament has rejected a bill designed to give gay couples the right to marry. Today, lawmakers voted by 293 votes to 222 to block the bill, which was not expected to pass.

A Unitarian minister in Kentucky has pledged that she will not sign any more marriage licences until the state makes same-sex marriages legal.

A Unitarian minister in Kentucky has pledged that she will not sign any more marriage licences until the state makes same-sex marriages legal.

Two French women successfully circumvented France's same-sex marriage ban on Saturday owing to the fact that one half of the couple is still classed as a man - in the legal sense only.

Two French women successfully circumvented France's same-sex marriage ban on Saturday owing to the fact that one half of the couple is still classed as a man - in the legal sense only.