"[On same-sex marriage.] My position on these matters is I will defend to the hilt everybody's right in a pluralistic and tolerant society to live and to love free of harassment and fear. And in the same way I hope that others can be afforded the rights of people of faith to practice fairly mainstream teaching. And that is the nuance that we need to capture on equal marriage. Equal marriages is a legal right, and as a servant of democracy, rather than a dictator, I absolutely respect and defend that democratic right."
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Interviewed on Good Morning Scotland (BBC Radio Scotland), cited in "SNP leadership: Kate Forbes defends gay marriage stance" BBC News (21 February 2023)
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