More racism and intimidation from yes voters.

Originally posted by estate09 ↑

hardly representative of the very calm and highly civilised campaign being conducted by the YES to SSM' Campaign.
The proof just keeps rolling in Lappie.
A mother who produced a video exposing what was taught to her children in “Safe Schools” (a highly controversial school programme on “homophobia”) but remaining anonymous for fear of violence, was ”outed” by Jo Hirst, who wrote material used in the programme.
The headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby has been targeted several times. Last December it was rammed by a vehicle filled with explosives driven by an LGBT activist who said he wanted to destroy ACL while he committed suicide. More recently an LGBT activist encouraged supporters of same-sex marriage to post noxious substances to it. Subsequently police were called after two suspicious packages containing white powder were posted to it. The building has also been pelted with eggs.
A doctor who appeared in the first advertisement for the “No” campaign in the forthcoming referendum (on redefining marriage to include same-sex marriage) received repeated threats of violence at her clinic as well as an online petition calling for removal of her medical registration.
Four weeks ago LGBT activist and TV star Benjamin Law mused online about raping MPs opposed to same-sex marriage. It generated almost 300 likes and many replies, including one that read, “Start with (Andrew) Hastie,” the Liberal and Christian MP for Canning in Western Australia. Mr Law then tweeted a response indicating he would like to do this

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Estate09; that list still only amounts to a handful of cases which as described by you are neither acceptable nor consistent with Australia's core values. As such they represent EXCEPTIONS.

Quality management informs us that exceptions do NOT prove the rule but do need to be addressed. In contrast to those exceptions you quoted the massively overwhelming majority of people in support of a "YES to SSM" have been very calm, patient and respectful under duress.

As for the foul-mouthed outbursts from key leaders of the "NO SSM" campaign - even the Herald-Sun has broken ranks with Tony Abbott et al to declare its public support for SSM in today's print edition!

"... We are, at our core, a democracy based on egalitarianism. The fair-go catchcry is by definition a reflection of our equality regardless of race, of position, of wealth, of whether our family ties have been here for 200 years or 40,000, or whether we arrived last week.
That ethos must also insist on equality regardless of gender or sexuality. In 2017, we should not want to remain a country that retains a law that discriminates against a section of our society. Same-sex couples seeking to marry and to be legally recognised as making that heartfelt, lifelong commitment are discriminated against and, in the eyes of the law, are not now treated as equal. It is time to remove this enshrined discrimination. The Herald Sun supports a yes vote to change the Marriage Act."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/op...y/news-story/33abf966c452b1f8948b813834317092