Current Events > CHRISTIANS get their magazine shut down because they snubbed GAYS!

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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/leading-australia-wedding-magazine-shuts-over-gay-snub

A leading Australian bridal magazine has shut after being ditched by advertisers for refusing to feature same-sex couples, one year after the country changed its marriage laws.

The Christian founders of "White", Luke and Carla Burrell, said they did not feature gay weddings in their magazine as they had "no desire to create a social, political or legal war".

In a farewell blog on Saturday, the couple said they were targeted by activists because of their stance and forced to "pick a side".

As a result, several advertisers withdrew their sponsorship making their publication "no longer economically viable", the pair added.

Australian MPs late last year voted in favour of changing the Marriage Act after decades of inaction amid political wrangling.

The shift followed a contentious nationwide voluntary postal vote in support of legalising same-sex marriage.

Nearly 80 per cent of eligible voters took part in the poll and almost 62 per cent of those who voted chose "yes" on their ballots.

Fair, next.
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EternalMelodies posted...

said they did not feature gay weddings in their magazine

I mean, so what.

It's not like they posted an op-ed advocating for the extermination of gays or anything. They just didn't feature gay weddings.

Meh. Idk. It's a magazine.
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get their magazine shut down

lol
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Gays > those Christians
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i asked gamefaqs how i should vote and the answer was "vote no"
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But the advertisers wanted them to and they refused. And so advertisers withdrew support. Capitalism and the free market working beautifully
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EternalMelodies posted...

The Christian founders of "White"

He hee.
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MorbidFaithless posted...

But the advertisers wanted them to and they refused. And so advertisers withdrew support. Capitalism and the free market working beautifully

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EternalMelodies posted...

In a farewell blog on Saturday, the couple said they were targeted by activists because of their stance and forced to "pick a side".

ah sjws strike again

what a horrible disease
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Fate1021 posted...

Fair, next.

not really. it's against their religion. why do you care so much about gay people being in a christian magazine? make your own magazine then

How is it not fair that the advertisers, seeing the magazine creators take this stance, have chosen to stop associating with them?

It's a perfectly valid course of events.
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While I hate that Christian views are forced to be invalidated, you have to admire the free market at work. Capitalism ftw!
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LinksLiege posted...

How is it not fair that the advertisers, seeing the magazine creators take this stance, have chosen to stop associating with them?

It's a perfectly valid course of events.

Pretty much.

So the advertisers decided they felt like backing out because they didn't really like the magazine any more?

Ring the alarms, guys. The christians are being "persecuted" again -_-
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God would have donated some money if He really cared about their magazine anyway
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Wetterdew posted...

So the advertisers decided they felt like backing out because they didn't really like the magazine any more?

Ring the alarms, guys. The christians are being "persecuted" again -_-

lol

I have a feeling the magazine was losing popularity to begin with, and so they just found a convenient excuse to back out.