Australia: Telstra promotes immoral LGBT ideology
Australia's largest telco, Telstra , says it has abandoned its public campaign for marriage equality to allow clear air during the proposed plebiscite - not because of pressure from the Catholic church . However, when asked directly about the influence of the church on Telstra's decision, a spokesman declined to say whether pressure behind the scenes had persuaded the telco to back down. Telstra gave its support to Australian Marriage Equality in full-page advertisements published in newspapers last year. The company's logo appeared alongside those of dozens of other big Australian corporations . But the telco's decision to pull out of the public debate followed concerted pressure from the Catholic church's powerful Sydney archdiocese, including a written warning and a meeting between former Telstra chair Catherine Livingstone and Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher. Chief executive Andrew Penn released a statement on Thursday asserting the compan