Supporters of a plan to allow humanists to conduct weddings, for gay and straight couples, in England and Wales have pulled their proposal after a debate in parliament.

British Members of Parliament (MPs) spent several hours debating the amendment put forward to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales today (21 May) in the House of Commons.

But now they have pulled it awaiting more information from the government on how to overcome legal challenges their amendment may face.

Most Britons back same-sex marriage legislation with only a third against.

That's the result of a new poll by YouGov.

It indicated ongoing support for the legislation going through the UK Parliament for the change in England and Wales. Separate legislation is being developed in Scotland.

The survey found 54% of Britons support same sex marriage legislation, with 36% opposed. Among Conservatives, more people oppose the measures than support them but the margin is narrow (48% to 45%).

Equal Marriage has been recognized for its efforts to legalize LGBT marriage in Scotland. The charity supported campaign has been listed for ‘Campaign of the Year’ and the ‘People’s Choice’ at the Scottish Charity Awards.

The campaign has been running since 2008 and aims to change the law to allow same sex couples to get married.

It also fights for faith and belief groups to conduct same-sex marriage and to end the requirement that transgender people must divorce before attaining Gender Recognition.

Friends of the disgraced Cardinal Keith O’Brien say he’s been ordered by the Vatican into exile and ditch his plans for retirement in Scotland.

The Herald commented that: ‘It is the clearest indication yet of the Vatican's unwillingness to let the matter drift’ of the Cardinal’s sexual assault on male priests when he run seminaries in the 1980s and during a drinks party in Rome.

LGBT people and their allies in Scotland have less than five hours to ensure a public consultation on gay marriage goes their way.

Anti-gay campaigners are trying to derail the Scottish Parliament’s marriage equality bill – calling for limitations so officials can refuse to wed lesbian and gay couples and teachers can tell their pupils that gay marriage is wrong.

And the public consultation on the bill will close at 5pm local time this evening (20 March).

Since learning of the case against Chris Wilson last week the Scottish Transgender Alliance and trans people generally have become increasingly concerned of the impact it may have on the criminal law as it applies to trans people in Scotland.

Chris pled guilty to two charges of ‘obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud’ for ‘deceiving’ sexual partners by telling them he was male when his birth certificate says female.

There’s an old Irish textbook, used in generations past, called An Rotha Mór an tSaoil. Literally translated, it means The Big Wheel of Life. Put another way, What goes around comes around. It is a statement I have often found to be not very far from the truth. It is also the statement that comes to mind when I look back over the past few weeks and the news around the Catholic Church in Scotland.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien has come forward acknowledging sexual misconduct with other priests throughout his tenure.

According to BBC, the cardinal said in a statement issued through the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland:

'In recent days certain allegations which have been made against me have become public. Initially, their anonymous and non-specific nature led me to contest them.

Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative party, split up with her partner after five-year relationship after the two have grown apart due to hectic work schedules.

Davidson, the UK’s first openly gay political party leader, split from Saskia Halcrow after a five-year relationship.

Davidson who is 34 year-old lived in a flat with Halcrow, also 34, in the Finnieston area of Glasgow, Scotland.

It is understood that Halcrow, a business analyst, moved out of the flat last month.

Andrew Walker has left the Scottish National Party (SNP) stating the one of the reasons was Alex Salmond’s, Scotland’s First Minister and party leader, support of gay marriage.

Walker who resigned also resigned from his post as secretary of the SNP branch in the Western Isles, said that the party's and Salmond’s support of marriage equality ignores Scotland’s ‘majority views’.

Sheena McDonald, known by her stage name ‘Horse’, wed yesterday Alanna in Lanark, Scotland, a town from which she fled from for anti-gay bullying.

The singer left the town as a teenager because she suffered anti-gay abuse but now returned to perform a civil partnership ceremony with her love.

She told The Scottish Daily Record that the fact that she felt comfortable coming back to exchange vows proves attitudes have changed.