Sexpo Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia 24-27th November 2011. Two Sexpo billboards have been vandalised in the run up to this month's sexuality lifestyle show in Melbourne. A large banner across a freeway and a standard
billboard were both slashed with a sharp object on Wednesday night amid the chaos of the storm front that hit Melbourne. Sexpo organisers have replied to the attacks in a Christian manner by turning the other cheek and offering the perpetrators a
free stand to publicise their beliefs to Sexpo patrons. Australian Sex Party President, Fiona Patten, said that when freedom of speech and expression was under attack the best response was one that involved offering more freedom rather than less.
We will not prosecute those who damaged the signs and there will be no reprisals, only the chance for these people to increase their free speech opportunities , she said. Ms Patten said that the attacks were indicative of a more
intolerant Australia. Racial, sexual, religious and lifestyle intolerance are increasing in Australia as more politicians seek to stamp their personal views on the people they represent , she said. These attacks on sex and lifestyle choices by
religious and feminist extremists are a concern for the future direction of Australia .
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