Someone Else Tried To Ruin The Footy Over The Weekend With The Help Of Some Homophobic Flyers
Anyone remember when going to the football was actually fun?
Look, I know we’re already dealing with one horrible football-related story at the moment, but what can I say? Sometimes, people are just the worst. Turns out that on the very same day that a woman threw a banana at an Indigenous player at Adelaide Oval, a man outside the MCG was handing out flyers equating children raised by same-sex parents with members of the stolen generation.
The leaflets, which were being distributed ahead of the Richmond vs. St Kilda match on Saturday afternoon, feature a picture of a little girl accompanied by the words “children deserve a mother and a father.” They also accused the AFL of “bias” after the code held its first ever Pride Game, between St Kilda and Sydney, earlier this month.
“What about a round for the children deprived of their mum or their dad?” the flyer asks, before referring people to www.another-stolen-generation.com. Similar flyers were placed on car windshields outside a VFL game back in April.
@NeilMcMahon This flier was being handed out at the St Kilda-Richmond game today.. pic.twitter.com/t36v3aJp4g
— Michael E (@Michael_60) August 20, 2016
Speaking to The Age, Victoria’s Gender and Sexuality Commissioner Ro Allen said that the flyers were a sign that opponents of same-sex marriage were becoming “desperate” in the lead-up to the plebiscite. She also told members and allies of the LGBTQI community to unite in the face of what she expects will be “a nasty campaign.”
Anyone remember when going to the football was actually fun? Could we go back to that please?