:Fourthly, the claim that this bill introduced 'secular marriage' is totally and utterly wrong. The actual bill that introduced secular marriage as a legal status was passed in 1939. However, secular marriage, in practice, has been around in Scotland more or less for as long as there has been such a country as 'Scotland'. | :Fourthly, the claim that this bill introduced 'secular marriage' is totally and utterly wrong. The actual bill that introduced secular marriage as a legal status was passed in 1939. However, secular marriage, in practice, has been around in Scotland more or less for as long as there has been such a country as 'Scotland'. |