Kate Forb’s n for First Mister may be short-lived but will certaly be tertg. Her challenge: she’s a member to the Free Church of Stland which oppos gay marriage, abortn and genr self-ID. For seven years as a parliamentarian she has avoid sayg what she thks about such issu and for obv reasons:
Contents:
- SPECTATOR’S FRASER NELSON SAYS HE DIDN’T LL EUROVISN ‘TOO GAY’
- IS FAH-BASED OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE A ‘PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC’?
- THE HISTORY OF NELSON GAY – A REMARKABLE PROVENANCE
SPECTATOR’S FRASER NELSON SAYS HE DIDN’T LL EUROVISN ‘TOO GAY’
The Seventi saw many women's rights, gay rights, and environmental movements. Spectator edor Fraser Nelson, 41, has e unr fire after remarks he ma at the Eurovisn nference last week were terpreted as implyg the petn was “too gay”. “[In the UK Eurovisn is] rced to the level of a mil gay pri march.
”But Nelson, prevly a bs wrer for The Tim and polil mentator for the News of the World, told The Inpennt he didn’t say Eurovisn was “too gay” and said that he fds the ia of such a view “repugnant” Nelson is the edor of The Spectator (Getty)He said the “unfortunate phrase” was ed by the panel’s morator who later apologised for when an dience-member plaed about . “I didn't say was ‘too gay’ - nor would I ever make such a daft remark, ” Fraser said. After years parliament she will have been aware of the reactn to an MSP who clared their opposn to gay marriage, let alone pre-maral sex.
” And on gay marriage: “I would have voted, as a matter of nscience, along the l of mastream teachg most major religns, that marriage is between a man and a woman. Her challenge: she’s a member to the Free Church of Stland which oppos gay marriage, abortn and genr self-ID. But today she was asked directly and gave a straight answer: she would have voted agast gay marriage and would have ‘stggled’ to back Nila Sturgeon on genr self-ID.
IS FAH-BASED OPPOSN TO GAY MARRIAGE A ‘PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC’?
Sadiq Khan, for example, is unlikely to be asked if he backs gay marriage – not jt bee this isn’t really relevant to his duti as Mayor of London but bee this would be seen as a dig at his beg Mlim. You n be agast gay marriage your own church, mosque or synagogue – but through a belief liberty, vote to ensure that others n arrange their own affairs any way they like. Tim Farron voted for equal marriage but was asked a different qutn: did he regard gay sex as sful?
She offers the example of Angela Merkel, who personally opposed gay marriage but still believed that should be brought if via a mocratic procs.
THE HISTORY OF NELSON GAY – A REMARKABLE PROVENANCE
Yoaf has, meanwhile, been asked by Andrew Marr about gay marriage. When to gay marriage, do Yoaf disagree wh his fah – or his party?
Farron’s learship of the Lib Dems was, of urse, sunk by repeated qutns as to whether he thought gay sex is sful.