The Love & Tolerance Brigade
It featured two Liberal Party MPs , Tim Wilson and Andrew Hastie , having a civil conversation over a Cooper’s Premium Light beer at Parliament House, Canberra . Wilson, an openly same-sex attracted man, spoke in favour of redefining marriage and Hastie, an unashamed “Bible reading” Christian spoke for retaining the definition of marriage. Moderated by Matt Andrews, the short video was simply designed to showcase the Biblical virtue of disagreeing agreeably as part of the Bible Society’s 200th anniversary celebrations. The issue being discussed was immaterial as the Bible Society has not been a participant in the political debate. To the credit of both Parliamentarians and the Bible Society, good natured and even at times humorous civility was achieved. But so toxic is this debate that a vile Twitter campaign erupted with the hashtag #boycottcoopers forcing the South Australian brewer to distance itself from the video. Now this is all too real for the team and me at A...