Former SNP leader opposes gay marriage

[Mather]

Gordon Wilson, the former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has claimed that gay marriage is a step towards fascism.

LINK (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/10/15/former-snp-leader-says-equal-marriage-is-a-step-towards-fascism/)

I have lost count of the number of times that homophobes have sought to equate gay rights with fascism/nazism. A few weeks ago, 'Lord' Carey was spouting crap in seeking to compare opponents of gay marriage as persecuted people in the same way Jews were genuinely persecuted during the Holocaust.

LINK (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/10/08/uk-lord-carey-criticised-for-anti-equal-marriage-nazi-remarks/)

Talk about the fucking pot calling the kettle black.

[Mather]

For some reason the links don't work.

I re edited it and checked the webpage links and they still don't work, any ideas?

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Former SNP leader says equal marriage is a step towards ‘fascism’

by Scott Roberts
15 October 2012, 10:54am

Gordon Wilson led the SNP from 1979 to 1990 (Photo: BBC)

The former leader of the Scottish National Party Gordon Wilson has once again criticised the leadership of the SNP for supporting equal marriage.

He is due to tell the party at a fringe event at its conference this week in Perth that plans to legalise same-sex marriage in Scotland are a step towards “state fascism”.

In September, the Scottish Government announced that an equal marriage bill would be voted on by MSPs within the current parliamentary term.

Over the weekend Mr Wilson, who led the SNP from 1979 to 1990, also branded the Scottish Government’s consultation on same-sex marriage as a “fraud” and warned MSPs not to “scorn” the electorate in a free vote on the issue.

According to the Scotsman, Mr Wilson will say in Thursday’s speech:

“If you think we are sliding down a road to state fascism and intolerance, you may not be far wrong. Be warned, those MSPs of all parties on a narrow majority who exercise their ‘free’ vote for same-sex marriage.

“They may find that a free vote has as much validity as a ‘free’ lunch. If they ignore public opinion, a P45 may await. Do not scorn the electorate”.

In response, Tom French, of the LGBT campaign group the Equality Network, said: “The opponents of LGBT equality have sunk to a new low by comparing equal marriage supporters to fascists and Nazis.

“The fascist regimes of the 20th century persecuted, tortured and murdered LGBT people. In contrast, the Scottish Government are promoting equality and religious freedom for all.

“No religious body will be required to conduct same-sex marriages, but those that want to will now have the freedom to do so. This is a fair compromise that is supported by over two-thirds of people in Scotland.”

Last week, gay rights campaigners criticised the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey for mentioning Nazi Germany during a speech against equal marriage at a Conservative Party Conference fringe event in Birmingham.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

For some reason the links don't work.

I re edited it and checked the webpage links and they still don't work, any ideas?
No ideas. I tried to post the link, and had the same problem, so I posted the text of the article instead.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Good thing he's a former leader rather than a current leader. He sounds quite confused as to what fascism is.

[Sasha]

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[TheGodlessUtopian]

I remember reading about this not too long ago... didn't think much of it, just typical right-wing crap; using peoples "fear" of fascism to try and score a political gain on the heads of the incredibly ignorant.

[l'Enfermé]

Aha! So now we know why the half-fascist PVV is so pro-gays! Pro-gayness is an attempt to implement state-fascism, guys! :rolleyes:

[RedAnarchist]

“They may find that a free vote has as much validity as a ‘free’ lunch. If they ignore public opinion, a P45 may await. Do not scorn the electorate”.

That would be the public who naively believe that these people could bring any sort of change for the better, and that they are electing these politicians to represent them. It's why some of those people voted for his party, because they believe a Saltire flying over Edinburgh rather than a Union Flag would make any real difference to them.

[Rocky Rococo]

They've still got a long way to go to reach our lofty Tea Party standards. Only in the US are we menaced by the constant threat of Marxist Islamo-Fascism cloaked in the Gay Agenda. Thank God we have thousands of overweight middle-aged middle-class suburban white people in tricorn hats with teabags hanging from them studying it out to protect our freedumb!

[Mather]

No ideas. I tried to post the link, and had the same problem, so I posted the text of the article instead.



anonym.to is down, i'm on it...

Thanks.

I'm not that big a techie so if someone can fix these links, it would be much appreciated.