A Queensland MP railing against same-sex civil unions has accused gay people of attacking his cultural values and demanded they “explain their heterophobia”.
Independent MP Rob Messenger said today gay people should stop causing him distress, insisting he respected them but they should also respect his belief “that marriage is a divine gift exclusively to a man and a woman”.
Mr Messenger argued he would feel discriminated against if gay people tried to “interfere” with his values, in a letter emailed to media outlets headlined: “Homophobic or Heterophobic about Civil Union?”
The missive comes amid ongoing debate in state politics over Treasurer Andrew Fraser's push to allow same-sex couples to register their relationships as civil unions.
Mr Messenger, who resigned from the Liberal National Party last year and regularly rails against same-sex couples being accepted as foster parents, said some critics had labelled him homophobic for opposing civil unions.
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