EDINBURGH: Three candidates - two women and a Muslim man - will battle it out to replace Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, it was announced on Friday (Feb 24), in a race already mired in controversy. Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf all met the threshold of support needed to enter the contest
EDINBURGH: Three candidates - two women and a Muslim man - will battle it out to replace Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, it was announced on Friday , in a race already mired in controversy.
While Forbes has defended her stance on the issues as a matter of personal conscience, it puts her strongly out of line with the SNP's centre-left base, and four high-profile supporters immediately withdrew their backing. "In terms of my faith, my faith would say that sex is for marriage and that's the approach that I would practise," she told Sky News.
Regan has stated her opposition to a controversial measure pushed through by Sturgeon allowing people to change gender without a medical diagnosis, from the age of 16.
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