"While Marriage Alliance claims to speak for mainstream Australia and the silent majority, it will not disclose who funds it or who is a member of it," Watts told the parliament.

While outspoken on social media, Marriage Alliance is notoriously media-shy when it comes to interviews, having refused to comment to several publications in recent months.

Watts went on to criticise the government policy of having a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, saying the photoshopped noose image was an example of a taxpayer-funded campaign against marriage reform.



"[Prime minister] Malcolm Turnbull will be writing cheques to the types of groups who photoshop rainbow nooses over stock photos," Watts said.

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