Congratulations to Scotland on Passing Marriage Equality!

Hello everyone,

Although it was inevitable, this evening the Scottish parliament passed equal marriage in Scotland, 105 to 18!

Although the United Kingdom has Civil Partnerships which afford practically the same rights as marriage (and has done for many years now), full marriage equality is a devolved issue, meaning that it is up to the UK constituent countries to pass its own laws on. England and Wales passed their own equal marriage legislation earlier this year, which is due to come into effect in March. This means the only region of the UK that will not have full marriage equality will be Northern Ireland, although they continue to have Civil Partnerships though, as that is UK law.

All in all, very good news!

Dan.