Abbotts Gone, page-8

The only reason that the left and their hangers on hate Abbott is that if he gets his referendum through and the public have a say in the gay marriage debate they (the public) will overwhelmingly vote it down and all the gays and the left will have egg on their face because they keep saying that the public want it which the majority don't

The lobby has been scared stiff that the public might have a vote and now they will