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Rudd Calls Bernardi "a primitive"

Kevin RuddFormer Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has labeled Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi ‘a primitive’ following his renewed claims that same sex marriage will lead to polyamory and bestiality.

Speaking to news.com Mr Rudd said,

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“The fact that Mr Abbott continues to support Bernardi as a Liberal Senator for South Australia means that he continues to tolerate these extreme, right wing views within his party.”

Mr Rudd continued, “Do either Senator Bernardi or Mr Abbott have any idea of the deeply hurtful impact of statements of this type, which assume that homosexuality is an abnormality, are to hundreds of thousands of gay Australians?”

The petition that Mr Bernardi cited as proof that his views had been justified hosted at change.org was submitted by the Polyamory Action Group and contains just 43 signatures.
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