G-rated outdoor adds in Queensland?

No prizes for guessing who'd demanding it. Yes darlings, it's that dreadful Australian Christian Lobby again at war with us morally depraved (or something like that).

It actually launched the G-rating campaign way back in 2011, but as there's been no improvement in advertising standards (according to the ACL) they're now putting pressure on the QLD gov to intervene. 

Ms Francis latest petition, posted in November last year, garnered 1399 signatures, and prompted the following response from Queensland's attorney-general:

“I agree with the petitioners that children and young people in our community should be entitled to live in a caring and nurturing environment, protected from harm and exploitation,” Mr Bleijie wrote.

“As a father of young children, I appreciate the challenges outdoor advertising presents to parents in trying to restrict children's exposure to sexually explicit images and slogans.

“[The Queensland government] is considering the current regulatory model and whether legislative reform in this area is necessary.” more

So what were they complaining about? This poster:

Oh the humanity!  A poster encouraging safe sex! Oh the immorality!  Think of the children! Quick, cover their eyes!

Bleijie was responding to a petition started by the Queensland head of the ACL, Wendy Francis, who is well-known to the LGBTI community for her views on homosexuality. Recently, Francis has been a central figure in a number of high-profile cases regarding G-rated regulation of outdoor advertising, most notably the 2011 ‘Rip & Roll’ posters from the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities. 

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One of the models from the infamous ‘Rip & Roll’ poster featuring two men embracing, Michael James, said that he understood that Francis was working “to protect children” but her anti-homosexuality agenda clouds her judgement about some advertising. 

“I think if she were to take a more calm and rational approach as to what she wants banned from outdoor advertising then perhaps she may find a more compassionate audience, but while she still approaches this through an agenda and idealism set by the ACL she is going to be viewed as an extremist trying to get advertisements removed that she purely finds morally offensive,” James told the Star Observer. 

“When it came to Rip & Roll, the grassroots campaign which she led had nothing to do with sex and condoms, the people who followed her and rallied in her name did so because of the blatant homosexuality displayed in the images, which is clearly evident in the complaints released to the public. 

“This kind of offensive, homophobic, religious agenda does not belong in a position that is influencing the laws in this state or country.” more

Perhaps they'd rather have what the Pope wants; fuck  away without a condom?

You know maybe if just one person didn't get HIV because of that billboard  then it was worth it. Aside from all the trials of the one infected, the cost of the QLD gov providing expensive medication for the rest of that person's life would be enormous. 

But no, fuck all of that. Just have gays hide away in the closet right? Like they don't exist right?

I keep hearing from other Christians that the ACL is a fringe group not representative of mainstream Christianity here. If so then why the hell do all these politicians bow down to it? Why are they being listened to by pollies all over the bloody country then?