A federal Opposition MP has written to a constituent, claiming that marriage equality is not a human rights issue and that the majority of Australians oppose it.
The letter was sent by Peter Slipper, the Liberal National Party member for the Queensland seat of Fisher, in response to an email from Melissa Page, a 38 year old lesbian mother living in his electorate.
Page told the Star Observer she had written to Slipper in November as she was curious about his views as her local member and that the issue was doubly important to her as her father was gay and in a 40-year relationship.
But she wasn’t impressed with the response that arrived four days before Christmas.
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