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A Eclectic priest is part of a campaign fighting for Queensland to abolish what is called the "gay terror-struck" defence.
Father Paul Kelly, from Maryborough, wants the Queensland Domination to do away with the legal loophole that allows an alleged homosexual appreciation to be used as a partial murder defence.
Queensland, New South Wales, the Northern Quarter and the Australian Capital Territory all retain the so-called law of provocation.
Dad Kelly was inspired to start the petition after a man was bashed to death next to his church in Gympie in 2008.
Wayne Ruks was killed by two men who later said Mr Ruks had made an unwanted libidinous advance.
"He had been beaten to death," Father Kelly told PM.
"We had the confidence footage that showed that this beating had happened within the grounds of the church, sort out next to the side door in the car park.
"The reason given for the bashing was that the man had allegedly made a homosexual help to one of the assailants and that they lost all sense of proportion and beat him.
Source: ABC Online