SNP suffering from selective deafness

Calton has a lot of sympathy for Cardinal Keith O' Brien, who has decided to stop talking directly to the Scottish Government over the issue of same-sex marriage. The latter have completely ignored all the postcards sent in by individual Roman Catholics in response to their consultation, ostensibly because they all say the same thing but in reality because they don't say what the Scottish Government wants to hear. If people take the time and effort to sign a postcard, put a stamp on it and post it why should that not count? Not everyone has access to the internet or is computer literate. Many people are not comfortable with filling in an online form. Why is their contribution to the consultation worth less because it was done in an old-fashioned way? It seems that the Government is discriminating against older people, since it is they who are less likely to respond using the internet. The Government is also discriminating against those who didn't feel confident about putting their views into their own words and so used the pre-printed postcards which their church provided for them. If you include all the postcards, the majority of those responding to the Scottish Government's consultation on same-sex marriage were against it. The SNP are now going against the wishes of that majority because they have a majority in the Scottish Parliament and they think they can do as they please. They should remember who put them there.