«Scotland is a better place today
because of equal marriage and I want to take that positive message from our experiences here to Belfast and beyond.»
On the other end of the political spectrum, Alvarado Quesada profited from being the only prominent candidate to come out strongly in
favor of equal marriage.
Maria Miller is being pursued by the press because of her role in implementing press regulation and
support of equal marriage, her parliamentary aide has claimed.
• Downing Street has said that Nicky Morgan will combine being equalities minister with being education secretary but that Nick Boles, the new skills minister, will take
charge of equal marriage.
The Supreme Court of California, in Re Marriage Cases (15 May 2008, S147999), actually stresses the societal importance of the family, particularly in the nurture of children, but considers this an argument in
favour of equal marriage, given that Californian law now fully recognises the childraising capacity of gay couples.