175,000 Pledge To Party If Anti-Gay Australia Couple Divorces Over Same-Sex Marriage

The Internet has responded in full force to an anti-gay Australian couple who vowed to get divorced if marriage equality came to their home country.

Last month, Nick Jensen wrote an op-ed for the Canberra CityNews in which he claimed that he and his wife Sarah would “as a matter of conscience, refuse to recognize the government’s regulation of marriage if its definition includes the solemnization of same-sex couples.” Jensen went on to attribute his beliefs to the definition of marriage as a "union of a man and a woman before a community in the sight of God."

In response to these claims, Jesse Mount, also an Australian citizen, created a Facebook group for people who will celebrate the Jensen's divorce by having a massive party once marriage equality comes to the country as a whole. The group currently has over 175,000 members who have RSVP-ed for the party.

"I actually had the idea to the create the event while I was at work one day after reading their article," Mount told The Huffington Post in an email. "I thought, if they are getting a divorce, it would mean same-sex marriage is legalized and so we'd all be celebrating anyway -- we might as well celebrate their divorce! I thought that seeing their article on the front page of the publication would have such a negative effect towards marriage equality and what we've been fighting for and that hopefully protesting their decision would offset the bad press."


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