‘I cannot believe in this election that there is a discussion even under way that gay people will go to hell,’ said Mr Shorten, just days before Australian voters used the ballot box to send his political aspirations in a similar direction.
Mr Shorten was referring to star Wallabies full-back Israel Folau, an evangelical Christian of Tongan descent, who was sacked by Rugby Australia for the sin of expressing his unfashionable religious convictions.
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