Scotland’s first same-sex marriages will take place today as new laws legalizing the change come into practice. Melbourne couple Douglas Pretsell and Peter Gloster were due to be the first to take advantage by using the time difference in Australia to convert their Scottish civil partnership to marriage on the stroke of midnight UK time. Pretsell, 47, who is originally from Edinburgh, and Gloster, also 47, who hails from Melbourne, have been together for seven years;
“We are so proud of Scotland for introducing equal marriage. Prior to today, same-sex couples were deliberately treated as though our relationships were inferior and not worthy of the same recognition or respect. Well from today its official, we are married and we have the certificate to prove it.”
Congrats to Douglas and Peter and all the couples in Scotland who can now be legal! (via The Scotsman)
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