Aussie Cops Nail Vet Who Outed Gays On Facebook

Yesterday morning, Sydney police nailed a former solider with creating a homophobic Facebook page.

Yesterday morning, Sydney police charged a former solider with creating a homophobic Facebook page that “outed” four members of the Australian Defense Force.

Australia has allowed openly gay servicepeople since 1992, but apparently that law hasn’t eliminated homophobia among all of the troops.

The 32-year-old jerk who created the “homosexual hate” page got conditional bail and must appear in Downing Centre Local Court on June 3, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

He faces two charges, one count for using what the Aussies call a “carriage service” to “menace, harass or cause offense,” as the Sydney newspaper said, and the other count for using a carriage service to threaten.

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