20 March 2013
May the force to marry be with Jedi?
The proposed Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill which would allow a “third category” of groups centred on a belief to perform ceremonies, as well as religious and non-religious groups has attracted criticism. The Reverend Iver Martin of the Free Church of Scotland told the BBC that this “belief” category could mean “virtually anything—the Flat Earth Society and Jedi Knights Society—who knows?”.
