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The Australian Marriage Forum is an organisation established to oppose same-sex marriage in Australia. It is, by its own description, "concerned at how advocates are pushing for same-sex marriage without really presenting the reality of what this means for our nation."

The Forum doesn't shy away from retreading every fallacy and generalisation in the book when it comes to arguing their stance against same-sex marriage. They argue that marriage has always been about a man and a woman, that homosexuality is a choice, and that marriage equality oppresses the religious. Even their motto urges the reader to think of the children.

The organisation gained attention when it attempted to air an anti-marriage equality advertisement on three national television channels during Australia's Mardi Gras festival in Sydney. In a perfect example of the Streisand effect, the ad went mostly unnoticed on the two channels that ran the ad. It was not until the ad was pulled by SBS that the ad and the organisation responsible gained widespread attention in the media.