‘Straight lives matter’ rally to go ahead in Sydney
Image: Straight Pride. Image: Facebook / Truth Factor.
A ‘straight lives matter’ rally that was announced last month is set to go ahead this Saturday.
The rally has been moved from its original planned location to Green Park in Darlinghurst—ironically both a well-known beat and the site of the Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial.
The organisers announced on Facebook that the event has been approved by police, and that there will be a police presence at the rally for “protection”.
The ‘vote no’ rally has been organised by the far-right Party for Freedom.
“This is a big call out to Australians who believe traditional marriage is a sacred institution that provides the best protection and loving environment for our kids to join us in protest,” the organisers posted on Facebook.
Reactions have been mixed, with some Facebook users voicing their support and other criticising the event.
“I’ll be there, no way homosexuality is f**king normal,” wrote one person.
“Straight lives matter? Why?” posted another.
“Do they suffer oppression? Not allowed to marry who they love?”
The rally is scheduled between 1 and 3 pm this Saturday.
IGNORE. ????
Best thing we can all do is IGNORE it. Don’t protest their little pathetic gathering, that’s what they want. Stay clear, they will appear small and desperate. Don’t feed their hate machine.
Should you be proud to be straight? Sure you should. You should be proud to be who you are as a human no matter what your sexuality but if your point to all this is to somehow show up LGBT people then it really looks like you have something to prove.
Im Gay and iv always supported the idea of a straight parade for all the straight people who feel repressed. The men who see a gay pride parade and say to themselves “I want that” without even really understanding what it is about.
Like a child who sees another child with a toy car and only wants it because the other kid has it even though he already has one of his own.
Im not going to be the one to debate is Gay is normal or not because i really dont care. I wake up and work every day and pay my taxes like the rest of you and will continue to do so up until the day my life is over. In the meanwhile im going to try and be as happy as i can be, and im not going to be happy forcing my self to be with someone I dont love.
The truth is there have been and always will be LGBT people in the world and nothing you do or say can prevent that. This is fact.
The absolute best way to deal with this is to show up with humorous counter protest signs & laugh at them!
“Straight Lives matter” What the Hell does that mean? Does it mean that unless you are straight only your life matters? Does it mean that no-one else’s lives matter?
Can’t they come up with something they haven’t copied from overseas?
ALL lives – be they Straight, Gay, Bi, Lesbian, Trans, Inter, or Queer, be they Black, White, Yellow or any combination of all races – matter.
This nonsense is just a group of homophobes and racists trying to cause, or rather extend, Division and Hatred where none should exist.
Aren’t our politicians and those of other countries creating more than enough Division, Hatred and Discrimination without any of us adding to it?
So let me get this right. They a fighting for something they already have?
So right Dave! The granting of marriage equality will not affect the average straight person at all. It WILL piss off the bigots (but still not actually affect their lives and rights) and grant some basic human rights to Australians wishing to marry a person of the same gender. That’s it! This hetero girl believes in fairness and equality and my ‘YES’ vote is already in the mail.
All lives matter. FACT!
Today in my letterbox was a leaflet entitled “Redefining marriage will affect every Australians ” it goes on to quote five things it will change for straight people all of which are fictious and have no valid basis. That is fine but I note they do not adentify whom they represent. If you sincerely oppose at least back up your accusations with facts and have the courtesy to identify who u are or represent.
they’ve moved it to Darlinghurst because they want a reaction for the gay community so they can say we are bullies. Don’t give them the satisfaction
Poor little petals. Straight ppl are /so/ discriminated against!
Straight lives matter. Straight rights matter. Fortunately, marriage equality will do absolutely nothing to harm straight people, their marriages, their rights or their families.
So that’s why I’m a straight person who demands marriage equality for all, who is appalled at the delays and stupidity of the survey, and who encourages all straight people to do all they can to just get this done.