LYS welcome the comments of Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, in response to claims from the Catholic Church in Scotland that voters will abandon those MSPs who support marriage equality.
Willie said: “I am disappointed that leaders of the Catholic Church in Scotland have threatened the Scottish government over proposals to bring equality to marriage. Over six in ten people support same sex marriage, so to threaten politicians with the votes of 800,000 people of the Catholic faith may backfire on the Church.”
Sophie Bridger, President of LYS, added: “In an open society no religious group should be able to force their beliefs on any other. By taking this line, the Catholic Church is seeking to use the state to force its position on those religious groups that do want to perform same sex marriages. The decision should be up to religious organisations themselves.”
You can support Liberal Youth Scotland’s ‘Separate Isn’t Equal’ campaign by emailing your MSP via our website and asking them to support equal marriage rights: www.lyscotland.org/campaigns/equality
