Stonewall In Gay Row After Keith O'Brien,….
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Catholic Leader, Named Bigot Of The Year
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland was given the 'bigot of the year' award
A row has broken out after Cardinal Keith O'Brien, leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, was named "bigot of the year" by gay rights charity Stonewall.
The award has now been labelled "an outrage" and showing "significant lack of judgement" by the church.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, who picked up a politician of the year gong at the ceremony, used her speech to condemn the "bigot" category, saying campaigns for equality were better served in other ways, but she was booed off the stage.
The Scottish Cardinal was voted for by 10,000 supporters and came after the cardinal went "well beyond what any normal person would call a decent level of public discourse" during the heated debate over gay marriage in Scotland.
O'Brien called off talks with the Scottish government over same-sex marriage earlier this year after comparing the reform to the re-introduction of slavery, describing it a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right."
He has also compared gay marriage with paedophila, saying: "What if a man likes little girls? Can he adopt a little girl and then just have a little girl at home? We are working towards the destruction of any sort of moral standards."
Gay Marriage is be made legal in Scotland, the SNP government announced earlier this year.
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Gay Marriage is be made legal in Scotland, the SNP government announced earlier this year.
Actually, that's not completely true.
The SNP (current ruling party) keeps putting off making an official policy announcement over gay marriage.
The reason is obvious, they want to win the Scotland independence vote, so they don't want to piss off the bigots.
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