Kate Forbes has refused to quit the SNP leadership race following a storm over her comments about gay marriage.
The finance secretary only launched her campaign to replace Nicola Sturgeon yesterday but immediately ran intro controversy following a round of interviews she gave last night.
The MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, a committed member of the Free Church of Scotland, said she would have voted against the equalities bill at Holyrood "as a matter of conscience".
