Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson backs gay marriage at Belfast Pride event
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson will give the 'positive message' about gay marriage during a speech in Belfast on Tuesday.
The MSP, who recently became engaged to her partner Jen Wilson, will discuss the issue when she gives a lecture as part of Belfast’s Pride celebrations.
Ms Davidson said she is “honoured” to have been invited to give the Amnesty Pride lecture at the MAC.
“As a practising Christian, a Protestant and a unionist who is engaged to a Catholic Irishwoman, for me, equal marriage isn’t about one religion, country or community,” she said.
“It is about people in Northern Ireland being afforded the same rights as everybody else.
“Scotland is a better place today because of equal marriage and I want to take that positive message from our experiences here to Belfast and beyond.”
Last year, Ms Davidson was involved in the successful campaign for equal marriage to be introduced in the Republic of Ireland.