The policy within Family First is to "bash" gays, but not too loudly at election time. She should have asked him to prove he wasn't a paedophile.

How can a woman be gay?

Rashid, 'gay' is the general way of identifying a gay man or a lesbian woman, the same way 'homosexual' can be a man or woman.

For example, two lesbians with a child are referred to as 'gay parents'. If all you knew about somebody was that they were 'gay parents', you wouldn't know for sure if they were men or women until they were identified.

Thanks for the education alanocu.

http://www.io.com/~wwwomen/queer/etiquette/chap5c.html

I think retorting with "prove you're not a pedofile" would, unfortuantely equate homosexuality with pedefilia. How about "Prove you're not a wanton pornographer." I'm sure there's something on his computer, somewhere. The point being it's none of our business whether she's homosexual or not.

"Voters may not give a rats if a candidate is gay," he told The Courier-Mail. "But they have a right to know who you'll bat for."

Statements like this are entirely designed to instil a fear in would be voters that all a gay candidate is interested in, is promoting things gay.