The first gay rights rally in support of same sex marriage was held recently near the office of independent Member of Parliament Bob Katter.

Around 70 people held post at Simpson Street, in Mount Isa, Queensland, holding placards with the words “break tradition not hearts,” “love is for everybody,” and “a gay marriage is what every couple wants,” and chanted “love is love.”

“Time to start walking Bob”, was printed on one poster to refer to his famous comment made in the 1980s stating that he found more than 0.00001 per cent of people in his electorate were homosexual he would walk backwards from Bourke to Brisbane, said a Northwest Star report.

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