MSPs told gay couples still discriminated against GAY couples in civil partnerships still face discrimination, equality campaigners told MSPs as a Holyrood committee took evidence today on same sex marriage. Tim Hopkins, director of the Equality Network, said its research found that more than half of gay couples who enter a civil partnership complain that they are not treated the same as mixed-sex married couples. Mr Hopkins insisted that legalising same-sex marriage would "genuinely reduce stigma and discrimination," as he gave evidence to Holyrood's equal opportunities committee. He said that marriage is the "last big area in which the law still discriminates against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people." Mr Hopkins said: "This Bill is about love. Marriage is about love. If you speak to most married couples and ask them what their marriage is about, it's about love, it's about commitment to each other. If they have children, it's about their family. However, Dr. Salah Beltagui of the Muslim Council of Scotland, speaking at the same committee said that legalising same sex marriage would be "dangerous for society."