The amendment, by Michael McMahon, Labour MSP for Hamilton North and Bellshill, would have put a clause in the Ethical Standards of Public Life (Scotland) Bill acknowledging the importance of marriage in raising children, while also acknowledging the need to avoid stigmatising children from "alternative family units".

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Sure, we need to switch off the phone and lay off the Big Macs while driving, but we also need to keep our attention tightly focused like a Formula One driver careening around a racecourse at 150 miles per hour.

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While you need to keep introducing new ideas, you also need to identify the bedrock principles you believe in.

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