The Catholic Church, Free Church, Scottish Association of Mosques, and Baptist Union all oppose the legislation.

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Rev Donald MacDonald of the Free Church of Scotland, based on Tiree, Skye, said: “On Skye we tend to get a number of elopement weddings every year – they came to an end when lockdown was ...

Bainsford Bridge has been a key junction point since the ‘Great Canal’ crossed the Falkirk to Carron road around 1770. The ...

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Ms Forbes is a member of the Free Church of Scotland, probably the most authentic and fearless of the main Christian churches in preaching Christ crucified. The outright bigotry regularly faced by ...

After the 1843 Disruption, when the Free Church of Scotland split from the Church of Scotland, some of its leaders tried to raise money from Presbyterians in the American South. Some of those who gave ...

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