Sturgeon tells of 'pride´ 10 years after same-sex marriage...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : By the end of September 2024, there had been 10,138 same-sex marriages in Scotland - with Registrar General Alison Byrne, also the chief executive of National Records of Scotland, sending her congratulations to all the couples "who are shortly to celebrate their 10th anniversaries having been among the first to marry under the new law".
52% : Legislation that came into force a decade ago allowing same-sex couples in Scotland to marry is among Holyrood's top five achievements, former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
48% : "The law came into force on December 16 2014, with same-sex couples in a civil partnership then able to complete the necessary paperwork to convert that into a marriage.
48% : It was Ms Sturgeon herself who announced the Scottish Government planned to make the change to the law to allow same-sex couples to marry, with the then deputy first minister saying back in 2012 the government was "committed to a Scotland that is fair and equal".Same sex couples have been able to tie the knot in Scotland since December 31 2014.
45% : "On the day this Parliament voted for it, rights and freedoms were born that should never be taken for granted."Scottish Liberal Democrats were in the vanguard of delivering same-sex marriage and we will continue to fight for the rights of the LGBT+ community without hesitation."

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