Strange? I don't find Scotland any different to anywhere else. When I managed a place in Airdre, the pubs were full of the same bar room barristers as in Chesterfield. When I spend time in Edinburgh, it is as multicultural as London. My wife was in Inverurie at the weekend and enjoyed her time there. She wouldn't have bothered if the room was going to be full of bigots.
No. Other than the midges in summer and the depressing weather the rest of the time, Scotland is the same as the rest of our country. In every sense.
Scotland has always been socially conservative? Now we are talking! I can enjoy arguing that without having to have a wash afterwards, as I feel important to do when discussing gay issues with you.
In that case, Scotland is full of socialist pandas. It was, I believe, one of your heroes who first pointed out there are more pandas than conservative MPs in Scotland?
if you mean conservative in the other sense, then yes, there are some miserable presbyterian dour buggers, especially around Fife.
But to say Scotland supports your Gay stance? {chortle} Alex Salmond supports equality, gay marriage and inclusiveness. Now... would he say that if there weren't votes in it?