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Foulkes tables Parly motion over 'un-Christian' gay attack
Lothians Labour MSP George Foulkes has branded a Catholic bishop's comments "un-Christian". Bishop of Motherwell Joseph Devine caused controversy by claiming that the gay community had launched what he called a "conspiracy" against Christian tradition.Now Mr Foulkes has tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament expressing concern at "the hurt which will be caused to gay people, and gay Catholics in particular, by the unfortunate, outdated and un-Christian remarks of Bishop Devine".
Full story at the Edinburgh Evening News.
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