While it might be legitimate for a politician to keep their religious views to themselves, the media smelt blood, questioning Farron at every event about his views on homosexuality. Privately, one of Farron’s MPs revealed that the leader had indeed once confided that he believed gay sex was a sin. Farron’s position was that his votes had never been determined by his religious views. Yet because he failed to close down the issue it began to freeze out even Brexit as the dominant theme of his campaign.
