The “civilised” debate that led to the legalisation of equal marriage in Scotland would not be possible 10 years on amid a global trend towards polarisation and the increasing inability to find common ground, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Sturgeon, who led the Scottish government’s drive for equal marriage rights when she was deputy first minister, said she believed the outcome would probably be the same, but “the nature of the debate would be much more toxic, divisive and unpleasant than it was 10 years ago”.
