The LGBT Group at St Mary’s met on 18 February to prepare its response to the current Scottish Government consultation on the bill that it is proposing to bring in on allowing changes to marriage law in Scotland including allowing same-sex couples to be able to be marriage.
In case anyone is interested, here is the response that the group made:
St Mary’s LGBT group response to government consultation
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