'Stop the fags' poster appears in Melbourne

Homophobic attack on gay parents comes as Australia prepares to vote on gay marriage

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A poster bearing the slogan "Stop the fags" has appeared on a street in the centre of Melbourne as Australians prepare to vote on same-sex marriage.

The flyer shows a child cowering before two figures carrying belts patterned with the rainbow stripes of the LGBT flag and claims that 92 per cent of children raised by gay parents are abused - a figure taken from a single widely discredited study.

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