Quote Originally Posted by McElmurry View Post
I agree. I actually like that the gloves are slipping off a bit on this topic. It is often discussed in a polite code that is less than clear to me. If I am going to adopt someone’s symbol I want to understand how that will be viewed from the perspective of the folks who are caretakers of that symbol. I don’t feel anyone is trying to force me to do anything. They are just explaining how “it is done”.

And you, as the OP, did ask for the Scottish perspective on clan affiliation.
Yes, that is one of the nice thing about this forum! He ask for opinions from different groups, and he got them! Hopefully, we have all learned something from the discussion, particularly from those opinions that we do not share.