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' Gay marriage isn't about love': Former Labor leader Mark Latham says ' Yes ' same-sex marriage campaign is about mind control and claims it threatens democracy. Media commentator Mark Latham says gay marriage is mind control not love. Ex-Labor leader made comments ahead of Sydney launch of 'Outsiders' book. He described the tactics of 'Yes' campaign as a threat to Australian democracy. Former Labor leader Mark Latham has likened gay marriage to mind control as 'No' campaigners are barred from speaking at venues they had paid for. The media commentator and author said the 'Yes' campaign's tactics were a threat to democracy itself after same-sex marriage opponents were shut out of two venues in Hobart. 'It's about control of what people can say, what people can think, what people can believe in and even where people can speak,' he told Daily Mail Australia on Thursday ahead of the Sydney launch for his new

The head of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Jim Wallace says smoking is healthier than the lifestyle that would be promoted by same-sex marriage. Mr Wallace made the claim in a debate on marriage equality with Greens leader Christine Milne at the University of Tasmania today. Answering a question from a student on the relevance of his views, he said health statistics among the gay community were worse than those for smokers. "I think we're going to owe smokers a big apology when the homosexual community's own statistics for its health - which it presents when it wants more money for health - are that is has higher rates of drug-taking, of suicide, it has the life of a male reduced by up to 20 years," he told the audience. "The life of smokers is reduced by something like seven to 10 years and yet we tell all our kids at school they shouldn't smoke." After the debate, Mr Wallace said the figures saddened him. "But what I'm saying is