The following article by Rodney Croome AM, campaign director of Australian Marriage Equality, was published in The Australian.
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EARLIER this year peaceful protesters for same-sex marriage in Adelaide and Brisbane were jeered and jostled by counter-demonstrators identifying as Christians.
More recently defenders of heterosexual-only marriage withdrew from a debate in Launceston citing “a toxic environment” of anti-Christian “intimidation and demonisation”.
Then there was the description of same-sex marriage supporters as the “global gay Gestapo” by Kevin Rudd’s sister, Loree.
This encapsulated the overblown fears of some opponents of same-sex marriage and confirmed the worst image of them held by same-sex marriage supporters.
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For Bishop James Foley’s response, click here.