November 26, 2024

LGBTQIA+ protesters attacked at Mark Latham event after Christian Lives Matter members promised violence

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Even after some of the group condemned the attack, other group members argued that they would ‘Fight for your kids [with] ANY means necessary’.

Video footage from the skirmish outside the event (Image: Supplied) Video footage from the skirmish outside the event (Image: Supplied)

Two men have been arrested and riot police were deployed after LGBTQIA+ protesters and police were attacked in Sydney’s southwest outside a Christian Lives Matter-promoted event with One Nation MP Mark Latham.

This comes after Christian Lives Matter group members had foreshadowed violence with protesters in the lead-up to the event, and in its aftermath have defended the attack.

A small group of activists from the Community Action for Rainbow Rights (CARR) said they were punched and pelted with glass bottles and rocks while protesting a preelection community meeting hosting One Nation MP Mark Latham at St Michael’s Church Hall in Belfield last night.

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