Ultra-right conservative Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has slowed the “tide of evil” in our government, according to the founder of anti-gay group Salt Shakers, as the group announces it is shutting down in the coming months.
Salt Shakers is a Melbourne-based Christian group that has lobbied the government for more than two decades on social issues, particularly homosexuality and other contentious issues such as abortion.
The group denies it is anti-gay, but it has a lengthy history in opposing advances in the rights of LGBTI Australians. For example, at a 2000 Senate committee investigating offering equal superannuation benefits for same-sex couples as straight couples, founder Peter Stokes said Australia should not send a message to children that it was OK to be gay:
“Another law that says that same-sex relationships are OK sends the wrong message to our children.
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