SNP deputy Westminster leader Mhairi Black has accused Kate Forbes of 'intolerance' over her opposition to same-sex marriage
SNP deputy Westminster leader Mhairi Black has accused Kate Forbes of "intolerance" over her opposition to same-sex marriage.
This comes just hours after Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan were confirmed as the three candidates for the SNP leadership election. "However, the moment you use your religion to justify voting against me having access to any of the above, then it is you who is showing intolerance. Her tweets continued: "The idea that Kate is being ‘persecuted’, or that there is a ‘witch hunt’ or ‘unionist media plot’ against her is utterly fanciful at best and a dangerous conspiracy theory at worst.
Black added that she could not trust a leader who does not believe that she and her wife should legally be able to marry.
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