Australian Liberal Party Senator
Cory Bernardi canceled an appearance at Oxford University this weekend in the
wake of comments he made suggesting marriage equality might lead to calls for
polygamous marriages and legal bestiality. On Tuesday, Bernardi said in a
speech in Parliament: ‘The next step [after gay marriage] is having three
people that love each other enter into a permanent union endorsed by society,
or four people. There are even some creepy people out there, who say that it’s
okay to have consensual sexual relations between humans and animals. Will that
be a future step?”
The controversial politico was
scheduled to address the European Young Conservative Freedom Summit at Oxford’s
St Hugh’s College but withdrew because he felt his appearance would be a
“distraction.” On Thursday night, Senator Bernardi—who was made to step down as
the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s parliamentary secretary—told reporters he
had been quoted out of context. But outrage still brewed in both Australia and
the UK. ”We strongly condemn Mr Bernardi’s comments, which do not reflect David
Cameron’s or the Conservative Party’s viewpoint in any way,” said Ben Howlett
of Conservative Future, the youth wing of the Conservative Party.
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