The anti-gays are at it again, but this time have really stepped over the line they constantly toe in terms of advocating their views.
Australian anti-gay marriage group Marriage Alliance has shown a woman with a rainbow coloured noose around her neck in its latest internet campaign, a harrowing tactic to demonise same-sex marriage.
The group claims that legalising same-sex marriage will increase suicide because people who are against it will cop bullying over their views.
#MarriageEquality empowers political correctness. Based upon overseas experiences, job insecurity will increase pic.twitter.com/JOTwrHxRoA
— Marriage Alliance (@MarriageAll) February 3, 2016
The group’s social media accounts displayed the advertisement last week with the note, ‘same sex marriage increases PC bullying in the workplace’. But mental health advocacy group BeyondBlue yesterday tweeted the group directly and blasted them for their “harmful” message.
@MarriageAll Hi admin, you may not have thought about it, but you may want to consider the harm that depicting someone in a noose may cause. — beyondblue (@beyondblue) February 3, 2016
“You may not have thought about it, but you may want to consider the harm that depicting someone in a noose may cause,” it wrote.
Social media has also lambasted the group with outraged comments:
@MarriageAll @reallykazcooke Just who the hell is in charge of your social media? Seriously. Take the keyboard away from the work exp kid.
— David Alexander (@davidFalexander) February 3, 2016
@MarriageAll We are all offended by this. You pretend to care about wellbeing while promoting hatred and exclusion. @reallykazcooke
— Kerry Glover (@TheRealKerryG) February 4, 2016
@MarriageAll @ElisabethTuckey Weird to emphasise “PC bullying” when gays have been bashed/ murdered for centuries. Unbalanced much. — Book Link Blue Spark (@ERN_Malleyscrub) February 4, 2016
The #idiots. #MarriageAlliance thinks that gay marriage=straight people will get bullied. Tip: #gaymarriagedoesntaffectstraightpeople — Renae Kaye (@renaekkaye) February 5, 2016
If ‘God’ created us all to die I hope he puts those in #marriagealliance and @ACLobby in front of queue.
— Lindsay (@KakLinds) February 5, 2016
@MarriageAll You’ve missed the point. Your use of image is harmful to everyone. Evidence is indisputable https://t.co/xgAUS13RbQ @beyondblue
— Georgie Harman (@georgie_harman) February 5, 2016