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Conservative election candidate Philip Lardner has been suspended for describing gay people on his website as "not normal", the party has said.Scottish Conservatives chairman Andrew Fulton described the North Ayrshire and Arran candidate's comments as "deeply offensive and unacceptable".
"These views have no place in the modern Conservative party," he said.
Mr Lardner was reinstated to the party in 2008 after a previous suspension over claims he made racist comments.
The primary school teacher was alleged to have portrayed former leader of white-rule Rhodesia, Ian Smith, as a hero.
On that occasion, Mr Lardner did not deny making the comments but suggested they had been taken out of context.
His latest suspension was provoked by comments he made on his website.
Under the heading "What I believe in", Mr Lardner had written: "Homosexuality is not 'normal behaviour'."
The comment has since been removed.
Mr Lardner had been challenging Katy Clark's Labour majority of more than 11,000. Other candidates in the seat are Liberal Democrat Gillian Cole-Hamilton, the SNP's Patricia Gibson and Louise McDaid of the Socialist Labour Party.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.