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

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)

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 featuring 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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