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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: A couple of the same sex Joe Schofield (R) and Malcolm Brown from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire pose for a photograph and will marry at the Trades Hall the ceremony conducted by Ross Wright, from the Humanist Society Scotland shortly after midnight in front of friends and family in one of the first same-sex and belief category weddings in Scotland on December 30, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Same-sex couples have been able to enter into 'civil partnerships' since 2005, however following a change in the law on February 4, 2014. A couple of the same sex are now eligible to marry in Scotland. Parliament's decision to grant same-sex couples an equal right to marriage has been met with opposition from religious groups. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: A couple of the same sex Joe Schofield (R) and Malcolm Brown from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire pose for a photograph and will marry at the Trades Hall the ceremony conducted by Ross Wright, from the Humanist Society Scotland shortly after midnight in front of friends and family in one of the first same-sex and belief category weddings in Scotland on December 30, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Same-sex couples have been able to enter into 'civil partnerships' since 2005, however following a change in the law on February 4, 2014. A couple of the same sex are now eligible to marry in Scotland. Parliament's decision to grant same-sex couples an equal right to marriage has been met with opposition from religious groups. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

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