Nine is the second TV station to pull an Australian Marriage Forum ad.
Anti-marriage equality group the Australian Marriage Forum (AMF) has had another advertisement pulled from Australian TV.
The group previously made headlines earlier in March when SBS declined to run an AMF ad depicting marriage equality as harmful to children. The ad ran on Nine and Seven during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, with both channels receiving a social media backlash for the decision.
"We have had enough of this silencing of our voice and our sincere and relevant arguments," said AMF president Dr David van Gend. "We demand an explanation from Channel Nine as to why they pulled our fully-approved ad at the very last minute."
Australian Marriage Forum / Via youtube.com
Using imagery of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard issuing an apology to those affected by forced adoptions, the advertisement warns that same-sex marriage could produce a "motherless generation".
BuzzFeed News asked the AMF whether they are also concerned about lesbian parenting – in which there are, of course, double the mothers – but they did not immediately respond.
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