Today Edinburgh, outside the Scottish Parliament, the Equality Network will be holding a final rally before the first crucial vote on Scotland’s equal marriage bill. The gathering will start at 12.30pm – all supporters who can make it along very welcome!
The stage one vote on the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill will take place on Wednesday. The vote will reveal whether MSPs support equal marriage and allow the Bill to proceed, or reject the Bill and deny equality to LGBT people.
While surveys of MSPs suggest the Parliament will back the measure, which has support across all parties in the Scottish Parliament as in England and Wales there is a strong and organised lobbying campaign against the bill.
The debate in the Scottish Parliament is expected to start at around 5pm today with a vote at around 8pm.
