Queensland's Family First Senate candidate John Lewis today said Liberal candidate for Brisbane Ingrid Tall was not getting his party's preferences because she was a lesbian.
Mr Lewis said Ms Tall would not get his preferences because she did not fit the profile of a basic unit of family - which involved a man and a woman.
He made the comments during a heated exchange with Greens Senate candidate Drew Hutton on Brisbane radio 4BC, which he later clarified.
"People have a right of choice of lifestyle, however we are not going to support these people because we don't agree with that lifestyle," Mr Lewis said after the interview.
"We don't think that's unfair."
Mr Lewis' comments come after Family First disciplined one of its workers at Dayboro, in the marginal Brisbane seat of Dickson, for answering "yes" to a question about whether Family First supported lesbians being burned to death.
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Let's stop funding lying politicians, I don't agree with that kind of lifestyle at all. And they influence the lifes of others more than a homosexual living down the street.
Up until the last sentence, this seemed a bit staunchly conservative (and bigoted), but not quite fundie. Then I got to that last sentence.
Steady on Tiny. It's not all like Gympie and Pauline Hanson territory.
"Queensland's Family First Senate candidate John Lewis today said Liberal candidate for Brisbane Ingrid Tall was not getting his party's preferences because she was a lesbian."Damn her qualifications, damn her intelligence, damn her character, if she is attracted to other women she's not good enough!
"Mr Lewis said Ms Tall would not get his preferences because she did not fit the profile of a basic unit of family - which involved a man and a woman."
So, if she was a single, unattached women, with no man in her life, she would still be unacceptable?
"People have a right of choice of lifestyle, however we are not going to support these people because we don't agree with that lifestyle,"
Have you purged your party of adulterers, liars, cheats, bribe-takers, drunkards, etc.? Or, maybe those are lifestyle choices you and your party support?
"We don't think that's unfair."
Properly punctuated that reads: "We don't think. That's unfair."
"Mr Lewis' comments come after Family First disciplined one of its workers at Dayboro, in the marginal Brisbane seat of Dickson, for answering "yes" to a question about whether Family First supported lesbians being burned to death."
Just think of the world-wide benefits of burning all the people we don't like. Over-population would be curtailed, the need for fossil fuels reduced, and we wouldn't have to put up with any disagreement. Yeah, throw another lez on the barby! Of course, fat, alcohol-sodden conservatards surely would burn better.
ah, Queensland. Beautiful one day, burning lesbians the next.
No problem Tiny, we don't all think daylight saving will fade the curtains... :-)
@Julian
They're not pathologically racist, hating differences and demonising people the way Sydney's going in it's multicultural backlash. Kirrabilly House for instance.)
Well, so they agree to kill straight liars, adulterers, drugaddicts and the sort?, or Catholics and muslims, just that they don't agree with their life style?
"I don't think the babble mentions anything about lesbians, does it?"
It's any private organization's right to support whatever it wants, I guess.
No, people do not have a choice of orientation, they are born with it. OR; when did you choose to be straight, Godslave?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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