Civil Partnerships in Scotland – has the means come to its end?
The future of civil partnerships in Scotland hangs in the balance. Civil partnerships were introduced in Scotland in 2004 as a means of formalising same sex relationships in the form of a legally binding commitment. In the movement towards equality, it was a stepping stone towards the legalising of same sex marriage which eventually came in 2014 with the enactment of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014.