Ultra conservative Sen. Cory "Corgi" Bernardi is notorious for his extreme views.
The senator has a new book out, and it's a doozy.
Needless to say, this didn't really go over well with, well, anybody.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten said he was offended by Bernardi's comments, Tony Abbott's office released a statement emphasising Bernardi's backbencher status and saying "his views do not represent the position of the government", and Liberal MP Warren Entsch questioned Bernardi's gay "obsession" and noted "he who protests the loudest..."