Protesters gay the pray away
An attempt by failed NSW Christian Democrat candidate Peter Madden to hold a Queensland Election Prayer Rally featuring the now infamous ‘hate truck’ has backfired in Brisbane overnight.
Approximately 500 pro-marriage equality protesters flooded King George Square in the Brisbane CBD from late afternoon, forcing the 12 attendees of the prayer rally to retreat to an upper balcony area under police guard.
The hate truck made a brief appearance early in the evening but was forced to depart the square after hundreds of protesters ran towards the vehicle seeking to tear down its signage.
Police hurried to protect the truck from the angry crowd and quickly advised the driver to vacate the area.
One protester was arrested when she attempted to block the truck’s way.
After it appeared that no one was attending the prayer rally, protesters discovered Madden and a few supporters on an elevated area overlooking the square, guarded by 14 police.
In a surreal scene, Madden began playing guitar while his supporters prayed for the ousting of the Labor Party over their civil union legislation. Protesters surrounded the area yelling chants of “Go home, bigot. Go home!” and sounded sirens.
Lismore locals who’d staged a protest last weekend blockading the hate truck and painting slogans featuring the words ‘equal love’ and ‘love not hate’ over its signage, were also present and spoke at the Brisbane rally, which was coordinated by local LGBT activists in response to Stand4Marriage’s anti-gay truck tour.
The religious group claimed the tour, which was due to culminate in the prayer rally, was vital to “pray that God will have His way in Queensland in this election against the wickedness proposed by Anna Bligh and others, (who have pushed hard for the evil agenda of homosexual marriage in Queensland, clearly aimed at Australian children and families)”.
John Radek, to answer your question, YES, the traditional family has failed in the past, on countless occasions. But nobody is saying abolish the traditional family, you lot are just using this false claim as some kind of boogey man to scare people into opposing gay marriage. You are being disingenuous and frankly, discriminitory.
I was there. I saw no eggs being thrown. I saw nothing violent at all. It was the best rally I’ve ever been to.
John Radek the reason why Christian carities such as Anglicare and other Christian Charities advertise for same-sex couples to take foster children, is all the real evidence, shows love makes a family. There are also hundreds of thousands of single parent families and step parents that do a great job.
There needs to be a clear seperation between the law and church (and that’s any religion, as they all have differnt takes on unions, some let you have as many partners as you like!).
The state needs to ensure that each human has the right to marry a person of their choice, regarless of gender. Religion should play no part in politics. If MPS can’t seperate their privately held religious views from human rights then they should not stand for office.
Good will always win over hatred, history contines to show that. Queenslanders need to be on the right side of history. As human rights for all will come. A Higher Power (if their is one) dosen’t make mistakes with his creations. Problms only occcur when fear in the free-will of some men takes over their senses as to what is right and wrong. Discrimination is never right.
I may not agree with the wording of Peter Maddens truck, he could be a little more sensitive, but at least some one is standing up for the traditional family, and for what is Right (Jesus never said gay was OK) Before people start commenting on how the ‘Traditional family’ has failed in the past. Has it?. There are some terrible situations of poorly run families where dad beats the children, or mum drinks too much etc. But is that a reason to abandon it?. Do we ban cars & motor bikes because people are killed & maimed by them?. No, we endeavour to make them & our roads better. Rather than ‘waterdown’ the traditional family, as the ‘equal marriage rights’ folk are doing, we need to encourage Mum, Dad & the children, for that is the best way for society to function.
Polls also indicate that only 2 per cent of gays actually want to get married.