After Wales and England now also allowed Scotland to marry homosexual couples. In the autumn there could be the first same-sex marriages. This was decided by a large majority the Scottish Parliament.

In Scotland, gay and lesbian couples may soon marry. A similar law approved on Tuesday evening, the Scottish Parliament. According to the British BBC voted 105 deputies for and only 18 against the law. The first marriages between homosexual partners, there could be as early as autumn. Optionally, can also include a civil partnership couples in the future.

The new law provides that religious communities can be trusted same-sex couples, but it does not have to. The Catholic Church and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland had opposed the opening of marriage to same-sex couples.

In England and Wales in same-sex marriages are already possible. This was brought about by the upper and lower house as early as last summer, Britain’s Conservative government. Queen Elizabeth II signed the bill in mid-July. In the southern parts of the country, the first homosexual couples can get married in late March.

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