Australia tells Lyle Shelton to “eat s**t”

After a long fight for marriage equality that saw the LGBTI community endure “offensive and hurtful” attack ads by the No campaign, Australia has come together to tell Lyle Shelton to eat shit.

Beginning the second the victory was announced, thousands of people tweeted “eat shit Lyle” at Shelton, head of the Australian Christian Lobby and spokesperson for the Coalition for Marriage.

Yesterday afternoon, while ‘marriage equality’ was the top trending term on Twitter for Australia, ‘Lyle’ was number two—and number seven internationally, as users succinctly voiced months and years of frustration.

Shelton is notorious for telling people off for being rude to him on Twitter, so he might have a busy day ahead of him.

https://twitter.com/Brocklesnitch/status/938661636616863744

https://twitter.com/jrhennessy/status/938662029539151872

｜￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣｜
｜　Ｅａｔ　ｓｈｉｔ　｜
｜　　　Ｌｙｌｅ　　　｜
｜＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿｜
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(•ㅅ•) ||
/ 　 づ

— Landlord Disliker (@bunnysay_ebooks) December 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/Speediest_Sloth/status/938663898680643584

Can we get some skywriters to spell out #eatshitlyle in every major city? I'm keen to contribute

— Alaisdair (@alaisdair) December 7, 2017

Any boss who sacks an LGBTI employee for not turning up to work tomorrow’s a bum

And Lyle? EAT. SHIT.

— Sabine Wolff (@sabinewolff) December 7, 2017

now, a #MarriageEquaility haiku:

equal marriage rights,
at last, australian law.
also: eat shit lyle

— illy bocean (@IllyBocean) December 7, 2017

It's now compulsory for all celebrants to say "Eat Shit Lyle!" during wedding ceremonies.

— Pauline Pantsdown (@PPantsdown) December 7, 2017

What were u doing when same sex marriage was legalised Aunty Catty? I was tweeting “Eat shit” at a bad man named Lyle

— Catty (@luxlazuli) December 7, 2017

I know the support for #EatShitLyle *seems* overwhelming but maybe we should do a national postal survey to be sure.

— Dave (@davo_on_toast) December 7, 2017