The president of the Australian Marriage Forum, Dr David van Gend, returned from a family visit interstate today (Monday 1 June) to find his medical centre vandalized with graffiti.
His name was painted in black along the northern wall of his surgery, and in red letters, “BIGOT”.
The matter has been reported to police.
“This sort of abuse is experienced by anybody who stands against the gay marriage juggernaut”, Dr van Gend said today, “but usually it is from trolls online, not vandals on the wall of a medical centre.”
“Just the other day a good friend of mine, Lyle Shelton, who heads the Australian Christian Lobby, was called “a nauseating piece of filth” by the political editor of Crikey magazine, Bernard Keane.[1]
“The editor of Spiked, Brendan O’Neill, reported on the Irish referendum and said “Ireland’s tolerant elite now demonise anyone who opposes gay marriage”. [2]
“This uncivil behaviour must be nipped in the bud in Australia”, Dr van Gend said.
“It is time for leaders of the homosexual marriage lobby in the Parliament, the community and the media, to condemn this demonizing of their opponents.
“I appreciate the expressions of concern I have received today after this episode”, Dr van Gend said, “but it is an honour to cop abuse when you are defending something as important as the life between mother, father and child.
“That is what is at stake with same-sex ‘marriage’: it institutionalises same-sex parenting, and that means future children will be forced to miss out on either their mother or their father.
“That is unjust, and that is why our side of the debate will keep defending the truth about marriage and family – especially when we get abused for doing so.”
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UPDATE:
AMF President with Steve Austin, ABC Brisbane, on the vandalism:
[1] https://twitter.com/bernardkeane – see tweet published around 10pm 23/05/15
[2] http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/05/irelands-tolerant-elite-now-demonise-anyone-who-opposes-gay-marriage/
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