Posted on 05/09/2017 11:17:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A man who squashed a lemon meringue pie into Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce’s face during a public address in Australia said Wednesday he was protesting Joyce’s advocacy for same-sex marriage.
Joyce, a gay, Irish-born 50-year-old, was giving a speech to 500 people in a Perth hotel on Tuesday when Tony Overheu approached from behind, pressed the pie in his face then fled.
Overheu, a 67-year-old Christian and former sheep farmer, released a statement accusing Qantas and other companies that support marriage equality of “corporate bulling aimed at social engineering.” […]
Joyce has been singled out for criticism by government ministers for joining 30 chief executives of high-profile Australian companies who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in March calling for Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage. …
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Pie in the face?
He probably loved it.
Use their tactics against them!
“Joyce, a gay, Irish-born 50-year-old,”
Some how “gay” and “Irish” in the same sentence just does not mix well.
Were people trying to get a hold of his Lucky Charms?
For a male queer, a pie in the face beats human feces.
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