Living in my happy homo inner Sydney circle, it’s easy to forget there’s a lot of people outside of my rainbow bubble. So I’m taking my gay pride on a schlep across this great Queensland electorate of Maranoa to see if I can change some minds. Or, who knows? Maybe they’ll change mine.

My first port of call is Liberal National Party Federal MP David Littleproud. He’s a freshly minted parliamentarian, succeeding the previous minister Bruce Scott in the 2016 election. He’s young, too – my guess is mid-thirties. Will his views mirror that of his electorate, or will he be a breath of fresh air?

“David, are you opposed to same-sex marriage?” I ask, for the first of many times I’ll ask this question over the next few days.

“As it stands at the moment, yes I am,” he tells me.

“I think as a society we have moved a significant long way into respecting same-sex relationships,” he continues. “And I think that same-sex couples need to understand and reciprocate that respect in appreciating the sanctity of marriage to millions of people around this country."