[After Forbes said she would have voted against same-sex marriage in the Scottish parliament if she had been a MSP in 2014] In practice, I think you … - Kate Forbes

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[After Forbes said she would have voted against same-sex marriage in the Scottish parliament if she had been a MSP in 2014] In practice, I think you couldn't get elected leader of the Conservative Party now, with the view that she has, so try getting elected leader of a more left-wing party with that view, that's the difficulty that she’s got.

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Kate Elizabeth Forbes (Scottish Gaelic: Ceit Fhoirbeis; born 6 April 1990) is a Scottish politician and accountant who served as the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy from February 2020 to March 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency since 2016. In February 2023, Forbes declared her candidacy in her party's election for the Leader of the SNP (who automatically becomes the First Minister of Scotland), but was defeated by Humza Yousaf.

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I think for me, Angela Merkel is the example I would follow, I would have voted, as a matter of conscience, along the lines of mainstream teaching in most major religions that marriage is between a man and a woman.
But I would have respected and defended the democratic choice that was made.
It is a legal right now and I am a servant of democracy, I am not a dictator.

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Now, I admit that often I don’t understand the "whys" of God’s plans. Maybe it's because I don’t know myself as well as He does. He knows the exact number of hairs on my head. I don't. Or, maybe it's because I'm not God and never will be, and so I don’t quite grasp his reasoning.
Maybe it's because I am ambitious, young and female. I have a degree from Cambridge University, worked in politics and I'm now employed on one of the best fast-track schemes in the business world. Education, hard work, and stewarding our talents within the parameters of Scripture are commended in God’s Word.

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