Scotland leader: Muslim contender allegedly skipped gay marriage vote under ‘pressure’ from mosque

February 25, 2023   

(Breitbart) Leftist Humza Yousaf, frontrunner to become Scotland’s new first minister, allegedly caved to “pressure” from a mosque to skip a vote on same-sex marriage — but he has faced little scrutiny of his religious views compared to Christian rival Kate Forbes.

With Nicola Sturgeon stepping down as leader of the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP), which governs Scotland’s devolved government — roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government — alongside the Scottish Greens, other SNP MSPs are vying to fill her shoes as the country’s first minister, with Humza Yousaf, a practising Muslim, and Kate Forbes, a practising Christian, leading the pack.

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