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Wendy Francis is an Australian political activist. She is a lobbyist on social issues and is the Queensland state director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL). == Biography == Wendy Francis has been the organiser of the Brisbane Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols for several years and is married to Peter Francis, senior pastor at the City Tabernacle Baptist Church in Brisbane.〔 Francis' political interests before joining ACL in January 2011 included her running as the lead Senate candidate in Queensland for the Family First Party in the 2010 Federal election. She created controversy when she compared allowing same-sex marriage to the stolen generations and to "legalising child abuse". During April 2013, Francis lobbied against government subsidies for the abortion drug RU486 saying, "Women facing unsupported pregnancies should be offered real support - not a chemical which is harmful to both them and their unborn child." Francis has argued for outdoor advertising to be ‘G-rated’〔 Francis received abuse after it was revealed she organised ACL members to protest against bus shelter billboards - where as Francis said, "children are waiting for the school bus" - promoting safe sex, which featured a fully clothed, hugging, gay couple holding an unopened condom packet. Francis was criticised due to her campaign not mentioning any affiliation with the ACL, and for describing the image as an act of foreplay. A Queensland Parliament committee conducted a public hearing where Francis argued that all billboards should be ‘G-rated’. The committee subsequently recommended a tougher approach to sexually explicit outdoor advertising. In May 2013 after a billboard was erected in Kings Cross, New South Wales, Francis lobbied to have it removed. The billboard displayed a fictionalised UK prime minister having sex with a pig. Francis said children should not have to see an adult image like this. The billboard was subsequently taken down. In August 2013 a ruling was made against the owners of a billboard by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB). The ASB said it presented women, "in a manner that was subservient and degrading". The owners said they would comply with the ruling. With the billboard remaining in place in August 2015, Francis said that self-regulation is not working. Francis received abuse over her support of changes in surrogacy laws to exclude same sex couples and single people. Chad St James, the Brisbane editor of ''SameSame'', said of Wendy Francis: "Over a couple of hours sitting in a cafe, the two of us chatted and for the very first time I saw very human side to a woman who has been one of our most stringent opponents to marriage equality. I also gained a better understanding of her motivations, and I won’t deny that it was one of the most surprising coffee dates I have had a long time". Francis shared a personal story on Brisbane radio on the impact of her sister's death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wendy Francis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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