Skywriting appeared over Sydney today (17 September) to encourage Australians to ‘Vote No’ to marriage equality.
Australians are currently voting in a expensive and divisive postal vote on same-sex marriage. They have until 27 October to post their votes back, with results announced 15 November.
But the ‘No’ campaign ramped up their attempts to sway people against same-sex marriage in various locations across Sydney.
A GoFundMe page urged people to donate money for the campaign: ‘It’s time for traditional Australian’s (sic) to take a stand!
‘We [are] bullied into silence, condemned for our views and ignored and vilified by the media. Enough is enough!
‘Be part of the movement to spray the VOTE NO message into our beautiful sky,’ it encouraged.
‘Vote [yes] no[w]’
Then people started getting creative with the skywriting, turning it into messages of support for the ‘Yes’ campaign.
One person photoshopped: ‘Vote [yes] no[w]!’
— Bluey Little (@ozbluey) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/jonkudelka/status/909228349381271552
https://twitter.com/marcoorca/status/909224972119293952
just sayin the last time some asshole bullied a bunch of queers via skywriting it didn't end great for her pic.twitter.com/SFoQBwTQ9I
— mat whitehead (@matwhi) September 17, 2017
It's okay everyone, a friend of a friend (whom I don't know sorry) fixed Sydney's unfortunate skywriting error. #VoteYes #marriageequaility pic.twitter.com/aRl1hO1Pra
— Jason Murray (@JM77) September 17, 2017
Much better kerning, and I didn’t pay a cent for the skywriting. pic.twitter.com/0UvylgUntH
— Paul Kidd (@paulkidd) September 17, 2017
And this iconic Simpsons reference:
https://twitter.com/jezbird91/status/909239137420509184