Tim Farron quits;hostility vs Christians reaches fever pitch

The fact is that if he had no problem with gays then when he was first asked he would have just said so. Engaging in the usual politician "saying something acceptable whilst not answering the question" is a strong indicator that there was a problem there. Dodging it subsequently for all that time reinforced that. And yes, he said he had no problem with gays - and then resigned, citing as his reason that he couldn't support party policy given his personal beliefs.

Which really comes as close as you're ever likely to get to proving that he was lying when he said he had no problem with gays.

So no, he really doesn't get the benefit of the doubt on this one.