Former Australian leader claims equal marriage is ‘TRANSGENDER marriage’ and urges vote against
Mark Latham talks during the launch of his book on October 5, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.(Cameron Spencer/Getty)
Australiaās former Leader of the Opposition Mark Latham has said he opposes letting transgender people get married.
Mark Latham, a former Leader of the Labor Party and historic opponent of LGBT rights, made the claims ahead of a postal vote on same-sex marriage, set to take place next month.
Ahead of the vote Latham appeared to parrot smears from anti-LGBT marriage activists, who have claimed that passing equal marriage will lead to acceptance of a āradical transgender ideologyā.
Taking to Twitter, Latham falsely claimed that the law would lead to āTRANSGENDER marriageā, which he opposes.
In reality, transgender people can already get married to partners of the legally-recognised opposite sex.
But Latham is very upset that the wording of the law may be modelled on overseas equal marriage legislation, which defines marriage as between ātwo people without distinction as to sexā.
He wrote: āMarriage between ātwo peopleā clearly includes Transgender marriage. I support Gay marriage but not state- approved GENDER FLUIDITY.
āWording of Marriage Act amendments the key. Should write in Gay marriage provision, not sweeping ātwo peopleā clause including TRANSGENDER.
āāI am pro-science. Biological fact of people born MALE or FEMALE. How people live their lives up to them but donāt expect state-approval in law when this gender fluidity is then used for neo-Marxist Safe Schools indoctrination of children.ā
Responding to critics, he said: āMore confusion as to what TRANSGENDER marriage law actually means. If you donāt understand it, donāt vote for it.
āMore confusion. What will INTERSEX marriage mean under ātwo peopleā definition? How many Australians know this is what SSM vote includes??
He added: āMore proof of how ātwo peopleā definition of marriage will legally approve and legitimise TRANSGENDER marriage.ā
Latham has previously claimed Australia should consider banning trans people from the Australian military.
He claimed that āmen dressed as a woman certainly canāt do itā, after Donald Trump vowed to ban trans people from the US Armed Forces.
Latham was sacked as a Sky News pundit earlier this year after referring to a school kid as āgayā on a TV show.
The former politician made the comments while mocking a video posted by Sydney Boys High School, featuring students reading statements from women about why they need feminism.
Mocking the video on-air, Latham referenced one specific male student, saying: āI thought he was gay.ā
The politician insisted his comments were not intended to be āderogatoryā but was dismissed after the incident, which followed several other controversies.
