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Pro Marriage Website attacks by Homosexual activists

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A website dedicated to opposing gay marriage has been removed from the internet the day it was launched after it was the target of one of the "largest unprecedented attacks" on a website in New Zealand . The "Protect Marriage" website, launched today by Family First , crashed in a matter of hours as a result of a "large-scale denial of service attack" according to the site's webhost . It was back up and running at 1pm, but had been removed completely by the webhosting company later this afternoon, to "protect its own servers". "Due to large scale Denial of Service attacks against this domain it has been decided to ensure the stability and security of our servers and network, this account has been removed," said a message from 24/7 Hosting. Launched to oppose MP Louisa Wall 's same-sex marriage bill drawn recently from the ballot, Family First director Bob McCroskrie said the site was apparently the target of "the large