The huge marriage equality debate currently happening in Australia has seen an influx of homophobic hate speech from the ‘No’ campaigners.
An anonymous letter posted in Sydney raged against “abnormal same-sex marriage” and called gay people “cutting off genitals terrorists”
It made absurd claims, including that the equalisation of marriage would lead to homosexual “brainwashing” of children in schools, and forced gender transitioning.
Anon anti same-sex marriage note dropped in letterbox in the shire. No attribution. Hateful & false. “Cutting-off genitals terrorists” pic.twitter.com/tPWR0xMcFT
— Jayne Azzopardi (@JayneAzzo) September 12, 2017
Earlier in the campaign, a photo of a poster in suburban Sydney went viral, which preached “Stop the F*gs,” showing a drawing of a child cowering from rainbow-striped belts.
It claimed that 92% of children raised by gay parents are abused, and 51% have depression.
The statistics came from a study that has been widely discredited as inaccurate and homophobic.
Spotted in Melbourne – Heffernan Lane. How is this for a unity moment? @TurnbullMalcolm @cityofmelbourne @AdamBandt @VicGovAu @abcnews pic.twitter.com/syL7vqRJLK
— Dan Leach-McGill (@DanLMcG) August 19, 2017
Another poster found in Brisbane was posted on Reddit, with the slogan “A vote for gay marriage is a vote for child abuse.”
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