A double-edged sword

Well, it didn't take long for Calton's prediction to come true and the SNP to be accused of going against the will of the majority of the population with their proposal for a same-sex marriage bill. What interests Calton is the way in which Tom French of the Equality Network and others are trying to weasel their way out of the fact that more people who responded to the Scottish Government's consultation were against same-sex marriage than for it by saying that the consultation is a way for people to put forward their views but (and here comes the double-edged sword which may yet be the SNP's downfall) the Government is not bound to act on those views. Which is just another way of saying that we, the voting public, who gave the SNP their majority, are being ignored. Calton wonders why they bothered having a consultation. And if this is an example of Scottish democracy in action, heaven help us if we become independent!