Scottish gay marriage law: Father Mother now Parent—Son Daughter now Child—Sister Brother now Sibling………

One of the big catch phrases liberals use against dissenters of gay marriage is this: ‘How is gay marriage going to affect you?’ They have this deluded idea that it is only about two people getting married; they have no idea what they are voting for; they have no idea that they, themselves, will be impacted as much as everybody else.

Yes, these naïve, gullible liberals are voting for the gutting of society as we know it today just to appease a very very minute segment of the community; they are voting to rip apart everything family; they are voting to rip apart everything civil liberties; they are voting to rip apart everything law; they are voting to rip apart everything education; they are voting to rip apart everything language; they are voting for everything tax increases, and they are voting for………….but, ‘hey’ gay marriage is not going to affect us!

To believe that gay marriage won’t affect us is delusional beyond belief. The following is what Scotland is proposing with their plans to redefine marriage; they are proposing to redefine language pertaining to marriage law, and without question that will follow on into every aspect of society including education.

The following is from Scotland’s official consultation documents on gay marriage which includes their draft Bill; it highlights their intension to use gender-neutral terminology in order to accommodate gay marriage. It was sourced from the Scottish Government’s official website:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00410328.pdf (see page 133)

CHAPTER 1

SAME SEX MARRIAGE

Overview

This Chapter makes a number of changes to marriage law. In particular, it amends the 1977 Act, in relation to the “forbidden degrees” (about people who are too closely related to each other to get married) to reflect the introduction of same sex marriage; it deals with existing references to marriage and related expressions in legislation and private documents, such as wills; and it makes bigamy a statutory, rather than a common law, offence in Scotland.

Section 1: marriage of related persons

1. This section makes a number of amendments to the 1977 Act, in relation to the “forbidden degrees”. Provision is made about the forbidden degrees in section 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1977 Act. Section 2 makes various provisions about how the forbidden degrees are to operate and be interpreted. Many of these provisions refer at present to a husband and wife or make other indirect references to opposite sex marriage. Due to the introduction of same sex marriage, these provisions are amended by section 1 so that they can apply to opposite sex and same sex marriage.

2. Section 1 introduces a new Schedule 1 to the 1977 Act, replacing the current Schedule. The new Schedule 1 is a simplified version of the existing table of forbidden degrees in the 1977 Act. No changes are made in respect of the types of relationships which mean that a couple cannot marry. Instead, the change relates to how the relationships are described. The table below demonstrates this:

NOTE: As I couldn’t put a table (as shown in their pdf document) in this post, I have listed the language changes this way:

Relationships by consanguinity:

‘Mother’ or ‘Father’ will now be called ‘Parent.’

‘Daughter’ or ‘Son’ will now be called ‘Child.’

‘Father’s mother’ or ‘Father’s father’ will now be called ‘Grandparent.’

‘Mother’s mother’ or ‘Mother’s father’ will now be called ‘Grandparent.’

‘Son’s daughter’ or ‘Son’s son’ will now be called ‘Grandchild.’

‘Daughter’s daughter’ or ‘Daughter’s son’ will now be called ‘Grandchild.’

‘Sister’ or ‘Brother’ will now be called ‘Sibling.’

‘Father’s sister’ or ‘Father’s brother’ will now be called ‘Aunt or Uncle.’

‘Mother’s sister’ or ‘Mother’s brother’ will now be called ‘Aunt or Uncle.’

‘Brother’s daughter’ or ‘Brother’s son’ will now be called ‘Niece or Nephew.’

‘Sister’s daughter’ or ‘Sister’s son’ will now be called ‘Niece or Nephew.’

‘Father’s father’s mother’ or ‘Father’s father’s father’ will now be called ‘Great-grandparent.’

‘Father’s mother’s mother’ or ‘Father’s mother’s father’ will now be called Great-grandparent.

‘Mother’s father’s mother’ or ‘Mother’s mother’s father’ will now be called ‘Great-grandparent.’

‘Mother’s mother’s mother’ or ‘Mother’s mother’s father’ will now be called ‘Great-grandparent.’

‘Son’s son’s daughter’ or ‘Son’s son’s son’ will now be called ‘Great-grandchild.’

‘Son’s daughter’s daughter’ or ‘Son’s daughter’s son’ will now be called ‘Great-grandchild.’

‘Daughter’s son’ daughter’ or ‘Daughter’s son’s son’ will now be called ‘Great-grandchild.’

‘Daughter’s daughter’s daughter’ or Daughter’s son’s son’ will now be called ‘Great-grandchild.’

Relationships by affinity:

‘Daughter of former wife’ or ‘Son of former husband’ will now be called ‘Child of former spouse.’

‘Daughter of former civil partner’ or ‘Son of former civil partner’ will now be called ‘Child of former civil partner.’

‘Former wife of father’ or ‘Former husband of mother’ will now be called ‘Former spouse of parent.’

‘Former civil partner of mother’ or ‘Former civil partner of father’ will now be called ‘Former civil partner of parent.’

‘Former wife of father’s father’ or ‘Former husband of father’s mother’ will now be called ‘Former spouse of grandparent.’

‘Former civil partner of mother’s mother’ or ‘Former civil partner of mother’s father’ will now be called ‘Former civil partner of grandparent.’

‘Former wife of mother’s father’ or’ Former husband of mother’s mother’ will now be called ‘Former spouse of grandparent.’

‘Former civil partner of father’s mother’ or ‘Former civil partner of father’s father’ will now be called ‘Former civil partner of grandparent.’

‘Daughter of son of former wife’ or ‘Son of son of former husband’ will now be called ‘Grandchild of former spouse.’

‘Daughter of son of former civil partner’ or ‘Son of son of former civil partner’ will now be called ‘Grandchild of former civil partner.’

‘Daughter of daughter of former wife’ or ‘Son of daughter of former husband’ will now be called ‘Grandchild of former spouse.’

‘Daughter of daughter of former civil partner’ or ‘Son of daughter of former civil partner’ will now be called ‘Grandchild of former civil partner.’

Relationships by adoption:

‘Adoptive mother or former adoptive mother’ or ‘Adoptive father or former adoptive father’ will now be called ‘Adoptive parent or former adoptive parent.’

‘Adopted daughter or former adopted daughter’ or ‘Adopted son or former adopted son’ will now be called ‘Adopted child or former adopted child.’