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“I couldn’t understand why that was being cut, [while] there were so many young kids struggling with their sexuality.”

“Australian anti-discrimination legislation was designed at a time where freedom of religion transcended the rights of other minority groups within the community.”

Yiannopoulos said Australians should vote No in the postal survey just weeks after his own same-sex wedding and has called trans people “mentally damaged”.

Pell was found guilty of sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16 alongside four charges of an indecent act with a child under the age of 16. The December trial’s outcome had been under a suppression order, which was lifted Tuesday.

An audience member on Q&A challenged him to publicly show his support for the LGBTI community.

“We’re in a different country now. I can forgive him for those remarks if he’s withdrawn and stepped away from them”

“They’ve lost. They’re feeling the pain. How much longer do they have to feel more pain?”

“Westpac accused people who support traditional marriage of causing 3,000 suicides each year, when in fact there was only 2,800”

“We are family, we’re siblings, and I don’t know a family that agrees on everything all the time”

While the panel disagreed on whether or not a plebiscite was necessary, they unanimously agreed that marriage equality was important.