Australia's very own gay hate add :s

Just when I thought it was safe to look at the news online, behold we have an anti-gay add in our very own Australia. It's nothing like that Kirk Cameron American nutter though (who holds gays responsible for threatening the very fabric of civilisation darlings) but it is from the very fringes of politics here. Alas, we just can't do gay hatred like America can. Everything's always much bigger over there you know...

Bob Katter is some nut who used to be in the conservative NP (National Party) but was so far right wing became an Independent in parliament. He has since formed his own party, The Australian Party, which advocates all sorts of simplistic cliche type things. With Queensland in the throws of a state election, he has criticised the leader of the conservative party (currently in opposition) as being a hypocryte for supporting gay marriage when his party doesn't, and is broadcasting this ad on the telly up there:

 

Although it's a bit tame by Kirk Cameron standards, there's a huge backlash over it:

But instead of achieving its goal, the ad has sparked outrage among Queensland's gay and lesbian community and support groups.
Equal rights campaigner Phil Browne on Monday lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Bureau, labelling the ad as "vile".
"The ad uses fear and hate to target homosexuals, an oppressed minority group," Mr Browne said in his complaint.
"This is vile and unacceptable.
"It would be totally unacceptable to use another minority group to promote the same message."
Mr Newman told reporters in Brisbane it was "immaterial" that he supported gay marriage but his party didn't.
He said the priority should be on looking after "normal Queensland families who need their cost of living pressures reduced right down".
But when asked what a "normal family" was, Mr Newman did not exclude same-sex couples from his response.
"(They are) families who are trying to pay their mortgages, trying to make ends meet, who need low vehicle registration costs frozen," he said.

 What a nut.

In other news, the cat lives another day. They are trying different antibiotics and a pill for appetite. The blood results weren't back but I went there at 3pm as she was so bad I thought. However her enemia is at the same levels as yesterday with no worsening. I was really surprised, but they said she likely was weak as she was from not eating or drinking for over a day. They think it could be a blood parasite from the fleas devouring her white blood cells.