The backlash begins

The backlash against the SNP's decision to proceed with a bill for same-sex marriage has begun with the resignation of long-standing SNP activist Robert Stewart. What interests Calton is that this is not a protest by a Roman Catholic or Evangelical Christian on moral grounds - this is a protest against the undemocratic way in which the SNP hierarchy has railroaded the decision through simply because Nicola Sturgeon thinks that it is the 'right thing to do'. On what basis? Clearly the SNP's definition of 'right' differs from that of the Roman Catholic church or Islam and they can't all be right! What is also clear is that the course the SNP have embarked on is likely to cost them votes in the independence referendum and the subsequent Scottish elections and not just because they have disenfranchised Christian and Moslem voters - they are also increasingly alienating all those who, like Calton, cherish democracy, with their autocratic behaviour. Will Nicola still think it was the right thing to do when she finds herself on the opposition benches in a devolved parliament in 2015?