The Canberra Liberals have accepted the resignation of their newest candidate after the ABC revealed he described Indigenous Welcome to Country ceremonies as "animistic practices … to be condemned" and ACT Policing as a force influenced by a homosexual agenda.
On Sunday, Peter McKay was announced as the latest Liberal Party candidate for the inner-city seat of Kurrajong in the upcoming ACT election.
In his announcement, ACT Liberal leader Alistair Coe said he was "pleased to have such a passionate advocate on our Kurrajong Liberal team".
But a 2018 submission by Mr McKay to a federal inquiry into religious freedoms, known as the "Ruddock review", made several comments the Canberra Liberals today said were out of step with the party. Peter McKay wrote Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia's first openly gay leader of a government, had influenced police to dismiss an "attack on religious thought".(ABC News: Clare Sibthorpe)
ACT Chief Minster Andrew Barr with his partner Anthony Toms.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-11/act-election-canberra-liberals-candidate-peter-mckay/12543378
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