Her comments revealed deep divisions between her and the frontrunner, the Scottish health secretary, Humza Yousaf, on LGBTQ+ rights.
It looks like she wasn’t prepared to take it.” Pete Wishart, the party’s longest-serving Westminster figure, who had previously urged Forbes not to be deterred from standing “over all this rubbish about her religious beliefs” swiftly moved to distance himself from her campaign, tweeting: “Kate had every chance to say that she would be prepared to come in behind the parties social liberal agenda. Tom Arthur, another Scottish government minister, Highland MP Drew Hendry and Holyrood’s health committee convener, Gillian Martin, likewise withdrew their backing, while MP Hannah Bardell posted at length on Twitter about how “hurtful and painful” Forbes’ comments were to her LGBTQ+ friends. I cannot continue to support Kate’s leadership campaign- Clare Haughey MSP February 21, 2023 I absolutely and completely support equal marriage. I cannot continue to support Kate’s leadership campaign.”
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Forbes, a member of the socially conservative, evangelical Free Church of Scotland, told reporters on Monday she would not have voted for Holyrood’s equal marriage legislation had she been an MSP at the time, just hours after launching her campaign.īy lunchtime on Tuesday, the MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch had lost at least half of her original MP and MSP supporters, as she doubled down on her “straight-talking”, telling Sky News that having children – and sex – outside marriage was “wrong according to my faith”.Ī source working closely with Forbes campaign acknowledged that the past 24 hours had been “bruising”, but underlined that that she had always been honest about her religious beliefs and that her refusal to “put up a pretence in order to win votes” was a sign of integrity.Ĭlare Haughey, the minister of children and young people, who had earlier nominated Forbes for her “skills, knowledge, experience”, responded: “I absolutely and completely support equal marriage.
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