Who Is Kate Forbes? Everything You Need To Know About The Devout Christian Causing Controversy In Scotland’s Leadership Election

last week week that she would be stepping down as leader of the Scottish National Party. However, she intends to remain in office until a successor is elected - and so, naturally, all eyes are on who could be in the running as her replacement. One particular candidate making waves is Kate Forbes, currently finance secretary who has been described as having a 'meteoric rise through the ranks of government’ since her political debut in 2016.

Today, key backers announced they could not support her bid for SNP leadership because of comments she made about gay marriage. Last week, she told The Scotsman that she would have voted against equal marriage as a 'matter of conscience' if she had been a member of parliament when the vote took place, in 2014.

'I had a very strange upbringing that’s quite difficult to categorise,' she told Premier Christianity. 'My parents always disagreed with the characterisation of them as missionaries. Growing up, reading stories of Hudson Taylor and Elisabeth Elliot, my sense of missionaries were of brave, courageous souls that ended up being martyred for their faith. We were a fairly ordinary family that found ourselves in India.

She went on to confirm to Channel 4 News that she would not row back on rights that already exist in Scotland and after public backlash, apologised for any 'hurt or offence' her comments may have caused.Questioned further on her religious views, Forbes recently told Sky News that her faith preaches sex is for marriage only and thus having children outside of marriage is 'wrong'.

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