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is tony abbott gay

Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport

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TONY ABBOTT’S GAY FRIENDS UNRSTAND THAT THIS WASN’T DIRECTED AT THEM

However, appears Prime Mister Abbott is ncerned he may have put a few lifelong iends off-si wh the cisn, and has spent the last twelve hours makg amends wh his gay associat. Tony Abbott’s credibly gay sister, Christe Forster kiss her partner Virgia Edwards while handg out Liberal leaflets.

“I want all my gay iends and fay to know, that this was not directed at them, ” Mr Abbott said on Stud 10 this morng. I am not nyg gay people the right to be gay relatnships… I am jt nyg them the right to live a untry that acknowledg the legimacy of gay relatnships, ”.

TONY ABBOTT LEADS THE CHARGE FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' VOTE

Mark Pearson, a close iends of the Abbott fay and a proud homosexual man, says he unrstands that Mr Abbott didn’t mean to offend when peer-prsured an entire polil party to pretend he and is partner of 35-years are no more than “hoemat”. Tony Abbott did not mean to offend the entire gay populatn of Atralia wh this facebook photo, eher. "Mr Abbott's claim about relig eedom is at odds wh the agreement that any same sex-marriage proposal would exempt church and other relig groups om havg to marry gay was taken to task on Twter by his sister Christe Forster, who is gay.

TONY ABBOTT SCRIB GAY MARRIAGE AS THE 'FASHN OF THE MOMENT'

" Alex EllghsenFormer prime mister John Howard, who explicly banned gay upl om marryg 2004, said Mr Turnbull had done the right thg by honourg the electn promise rather than movg straight to a ee vote. Speakg to reporters on Tuday night, Mr Howard rejected his 2004 cisn was the e of the Coaln's prent day pa, sayg his ernment had "good reason" to act bee misters feared "unelected judg" would allow gay upl to wed.

TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE

"Mr Howard's actns 2004, where he changed the Marriage Act to fe marriage as a unn between a man and a woman wh Labor's support Parliament, has been held up by gay marriage mpaigners as evince why Mr Turnbull should jt proceed to parliamentary vote stead of an expensive Howard said Mr Turnbull had no alternative but to put forward the postal vote the face of the Senate rejectg the pulsory plebisce if he wanted to keep his promise of lettg the Atralian people have their say. Tony Abbott has e unr fire for scribg gay marriage as "the fashn of the moment", while fendg his opposn to legislatg on the ments e one day after the opposn lear scribed a young Liberal ndidate, Fna Stt, as havg sex, appearg on a Sydney rad statn, was discsg his view that marriage is between a man and a woman.

"Abbott later clarified his posn, sayg that, while gay marriage was important, was not the only signifint issue facg said he was not suggtg gay marriage was a "fad" but then rejected the suggtn that legalisg such unns was "evable". And he likened the issue to republinism, sayg many people had once thought was evable that Atralia would throw off the royal fay, and they were 's gay sister Christe Forster tweeted: "Everyone knows my brother @tonyabbottMHR & I have different views on marriage equaly. "The puty prime mister, Anthony Albane, said Abbott's ments on Stt and gay marriage were both "eply offensive" and went to his character.

"Rudd said Abbott's remark was "pretty odd to be blunt" and that sexism, racism and homophobia had no place morn Atralia.

TONY ABBOTT UNR PRSURE FOR NSCIENCE VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE

The sister of former Atralian prime mister Tony Abbott has fend him agast allegatns of homophobia and misogyny amid cricism of his appotment as an official tra adviser for the ’s sister, Christe Forster, a lol ernment polician Atralia, who married her wife 2018, issued a statement rponse to the suggtn that her brother’s prev ments on same-sex marriage, women’s rights and climate change ma him an appropriate choice to be an external adviser on the Board of, whose appotment to the role has been nmned by opposn parti, chari and LGBT and environmental activists, is among ne external advisers appoted to the board. “It is nothg short of dishonty for mentators and policians who do not know Tony to label him a ‘homophobe and a misogynist’ for the purpose of srg cheap polil pots, ” she tweeted on Johnson says he disagre wh views exprsed by Tony Abbott – vio“As a woman who has always been part of his life and who me out to him as gay my early 40s, I know ntrovertibly that Tony is neher of those thgs. CANBERRA, Atralia — Atralia’s prime mister on Friday urged rtrat the natn’s same-sex marriage bate after his precsor, Tony Abbott, said he was head-butted by a gay rights advote and staed a swollen lip.

Abbott said he was attacked the Tasmania state pal Hobart on Thursday as he walked wh a staffer to his hotel after attendg an anti-gay marriage luncheon. The altertn is one of several allegatns of vlence and vote-riggg that have marred an ongog postal ballot on whether Atralia should lift s prohibn on gay marriage.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Prime Mister Mal Turnbull, a gay marriage supporter who replaced Abbott two years ago, said he had urged police to prs charg. Abbott was prime mister 2015 when he mted his nservative ernment to holdg a pulsory vote by all adult Atralians to ci whether gay marriage should be legal. Lawmakers would still have to pass a law to allow gay marriage and several have said they would not allow regardls of public opn.

Most gay rights advot had argued agast a public vote for fear that would lead to a bter public bate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay).

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* IS TONY ABBOTT GAY

Tony Abbott: I was head-butted by gay rights advote .

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