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Australian Legislator: Same-Sex Marriage Proponents Are Heterophobic | As Australian lawmakers debate legalizing same-sex marriage, MP Rob Messenger accused the gay community of oppressing his “tolerant western Christian” point of view and challenged advocates to “explain their heterophobia.” “I will feel discriminated against if gay people, a minority group, try to interfere with my traditional cultural values and impose their own,” he said.

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