Gay equality charity Stonewall Scotland is sending postcards to MSPs urging them to support same-sex marriage.
In addition, 79% of Latino Catholics said a person could express support for gay equality and still be a good Catholic.
At the same time Mr Wilders has fashioned himself as defender of gay rights and gender equality.
For the first time, Gallup Polls show a majority of Americans support full marriage equality for gay couples.
The surprisingly sharp topics that arise in interviews (filmed mainly in black-and-white) include eroticism, poverty, mediatized violence, gender equality, gay marriage, the power of advertising, and the deformation of minds and manners by television.
Among the issues raised by the gay marriage debate is tax equality.
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"Nobody wants to be seen as anti-equality and the gay rights lobby have been very effective in framing the argument as being one equivalent to ending slavery, " Austen Ivereigh, a spokesperson for the Catholic Voices pressure group, told CNN.
His Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) Bill is designed to provide legal protection for those who back the current definition of marriage - he points to the case of a man demoted at work for comments on Facebook that gay marriage was "an equality too far" - and he wants to make sure people like teachers, foster carers and others are not disciplined for their beliefs.
It has been called both a "resounding success" by Steve Goldstein, head of the gay-rights group Garden State Equality, and a "bureaucratic nightmare" by James O'Neill, the interim school superintendent of the township of Roxbury.
While some observers believe the queen's signing of the Commonwealth Charter signals her implicit support for gay rights and women's equality, a Buckingham Palace official said the monarch is merely carrying out her official duties.
Opponents of same-sex marriage argue that the equality argument made by gay rights campaigners is a false one and that there are real social risks involved in redefining the notion of marriage in ways broader than the traditional union of man and woman.
We are also huge advancers of equality and tolerance, from gay to interracial marriage.
At the start of the debate, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira said the introduction of gay marriage was "an act of equality".
"As a cardinal in Argentina, the new pope spoke strongly against marriage equality and against the right for gay and lesbian people to adopt children, " said Francis DeBernardo.
Gay rights advocates say this is a milestone for equality despite strong opposition from Christian lobby groups.
That's the story of the movement for fairness and equality, and not just for those who are gay, but for all those in our history who've been denied the rights and responsibilities of citizenship -- (applause) -- for all who've been told that the full blessings and opportunities of this country were closed to them.
Still, according to a group called Immigration Equality, only about 35, 000-40, 000 gay couples would be affected.
Talking of London, your candidate for London and now Tory Vice Chairman Steve Norris was saying this week very strongly that if we believe in equality and so on there is nothing against the idea of gay marriages, quote "no moral barrier to the civil registration of gay partnerships", do you agree with that, you don't, do you?
But since the likelihood of this is just above 0%, this state-constructed distinction (marriage) should be available equally (equality under the law), regardless of genetic makeup (genetically gay or heterosexual).
Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated outside parliament after the bill was passed, calling it a milestone for equality.
To fight for an America defined by deep and meaningful equality -- from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending discrimination to promoting unionization to providing help for the most important job there is: caring for our families.
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