Regarding religious concerns about homosexuality, Humza Yousaf tells Sky News that while he 'can't change what's in scripture', he will not allow 'personal faith to be the basis of legislation'
Regarding religious concerns about homosexuality, Humza Yousaf tells Sky News that while he"can't change what's in scripture", he will not allow"personal faith to be the basis of legislation".Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerOne of three candidates vying to take over from Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP says his absence from a key vote on gay marriage is being"dragged up" for political reasons.
Humza Yousaf told Sky News that his abstention from the final vote on equal marriage in Scotland in 2014 is being raised by"people who are supporting other candidates".Asked twice whether gay sex is a sin, Mr Yousaf, a practising Muslim who says he will be fasting during Ramadan, replied:"No." He told Sophy Ridge on Sunday:"I believe that people's marriage, if they are gay, and they are married, that their marriage is no more inferior, or worth less, than my marriage as a heterosexual individual.
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