If we’re saying that public office, or at least high public office is barred to people of a particular faith, or people who have a faith but can leav… - Kate Forbes

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.

[Asked if SNP colleagues withdrawal of support following her expression of socially conservative opinions about same-sex marriage had affected her campaign.] Absolutely not [...] We have a large party membership, most of whom are not on Twitter, and I understand that people have very strong views on these matters.
I think the public are longing for politicians to answer straight questions with straight answers and that's certainly what I tried to do in the media yesterday. That doesn't necessarily allow for much nuance.

[On having children outside marriage.] It's entirely up to them. It's something that I would seek to avoid for me personally.
But it doesn't fuss me, it doesn't put me up nor down. The choices that other people make is [up to them].
In terms of my faith, my faith would say that sex is for marriage and that's the approach that I would practice. [...]
For me, it would be wrong according to my faith, but for you I have no idea what your faith is. So, in a free society you can do what you want.