Australia: Lesbians are Witches

The "Family First Party" in Australia appears to be a far-right political organization based around the idea that nothing is more important than the "defense" of families - and nothing is more important in the defense of families than attacks on gays.

The Greens (via Pagan Prattle) explain what happened to Greens campaigners:

"The Family First Representative, who was handing out leaflets at the same location, had announced earlier in the day that 'lesbians are witches and should be burned to death'" said Greens Candidate Howard Nielsen. A number of youths who listened at length to the rantings of the Family First representative took to their car and embarked on an abusive, egg throwing drive past the Greens campaigners.

"The extremist, bigoted policies of Family First destroys their claim to be acting within a Christian framework" said Mr Nielsen. ... "Family First's campaign, based on half truths, outright lies and extraordinary bigotry as seen in their advertising campaign, poses the question are these values you would teach your children?" said Mr Hutton.

Lesbians are witches who need to be burned to death? What a nut. I have no idea how much support Family First has in Australia, but I hope that it is small and on the way down — vile bigots like that simply don't deserve any significant political support.

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