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> LONDON - The U.K.'s equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, launched a full-throated defense of under-fire Scottish National Party leadership hopeful Kate Forbes' right to oppose same-sex marriage amid a bitter row.

> Badenoch - who stressed her own support for same-sex marriage - told a POLITICO event in London Tuesday night that she would defend the right of Forbes to hold those views, and refused to condemn her comments in her role as equalities minister.

> Badenoch - viewed as a rising star in the Conservative Party, which is at odds with the SNP on the key question of Scottish independence - said she admired Forbes "For not being dishonest" about her faith.

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