Australia is in the middle of a very heated debated over marriage equality and it’s getting uglier by the day.
Opponents of same-sex marriage have just announced a ‘Straight Lives Matter’ rally. Ironically, they belong to the ultra-conservative “Party for Freedom.” The rally will be held September 23 in Taylor Square, the heart of Sydney’s gayborhood.
“We believe tradition is important, and the biological institution of marriage should not be redefined to suit a minority sexual orientation,” one of the organizers wrote on Facebook.
The event, of course, is appropriating the Black Lives Matter movement.
How about we take this to the next level?
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But it’s not just marriage equality the Party for Freedom is against. They sort of just hate LGBTQ people, in general.
According to the group’s website:
Gay marriage is the latest fad pushed by the left-wing politicians, left wing media, cashed up gay rights groups and social justice warriors under the modern perversion of “rights” as a social justice movement. The gay rights movement is based on compassion ignoring the dangers the lifestyle experiment may pose to children.
Polls show widespread public support for same-sex marriage in Australia. A vote on the matter will be held later this year.
Related: WATCH: Politician confronted on live TV with evidence proving decades of homophobia
ChrisK
Is there anything about them that’s not completely full of BS?
Ummmm Yeah
If it was in America it would make more sense. More heterosexuals are killed in the fallen cities of America that have been turned into ghetto murder zones than anyone else.
Juanjo
Total gibberish.
jjose712
Are they killed by gay people?
Of course not, but you wanted to spread your racist shit and the fact that what you said makes no sense it doesn’t matter at all.
Pathetic
Xzamilloh
Ummmmmm Yeah? Ummmmmm, no.
You tried it with that stupid ass comparison, but unless gays are the ones killing all of these heterosexuals, you have nothing. And at least with Black Lives Matter, one of the aims is to stop police brutality, even though I don’t personally agree that this is the main thing plaguing our communities.
But, still, you tried it.
Kangol
Get help, because you need it!
Xzamilloh
Oh, please…. let them have their backwards ass rally for the “oppressed majority”. How dare gays and lesbians in Australia threaten their straight marriages — somehow — by entering into a union that only concerns the two people in it? But, as usual, with religious undertones involved, people are less inclined to just call BS what it is, because this has nothing to do with “think of the children”, but is simply “Muh baaaaabull!!!!”
sydboy007
Meh. Change the law to recognise civil unions for all and leave society to use the term marriage how it sees fit. Govt shouldn’t be involved.
PinkoOfTheGange
The problem with Civil Unions is they are not necessarily recognized out of the jurisdiction they are registered in.
DavidIntl
In most states in Australia, we already have the equivalent of civil unions – I am in one. And yes, it is the functional equivalent of marriage for most purposes, including recognition by the federal government. But on some fundamental level, it is not the same. I don’t believe that most friends, coworkers, etc. really view us as ‘married’. I can’t legitimately introduce my partner as my husband. My kids will occasionally refer to my partner as their ‘step-father’, but with a smile on their face – because it doesn’t feel quite accurate. The terminology does make a difference.
hansniemeijer
just another bunch of troglodytes
Alan down in Florida
They’re just trying to protect the frequency of a love life for sheep if men are able to do it to each other.
Danny595
These folks do not hate “LGBTQ people” because there are no “LGBTQ people.” They hate LGB people and our fundamental right to marry.
In this regard, these anti-gay people have much in common with transgender activists, who did everything possible int he USA to undermine our marriage equality movement (because they resented LGB people working on an issue of importance to LGB people, one which did not benefit transgenders). “Queers” – a group which includes many straight people – oppose marriage equality because it embraces a traditional norm, which “queer” ideology abhors.
So let’s not pretend that this is about right wingers vs. “LGBTQ people.” This is about LGB people vs. all those who want to see us as marginal beings
GayEGO
Absolutely stupid! These fearing haters should have a “Homophobes Matter!” rally so we can arrest and send them to the mental institution to prevent them from harming the rest of us.