Abbott backs call to ban same-sex anthem from NRL grand final

By Michael Koziol, Legal Affairs Reporter
Updated September 28 2017 - 3:23pm, first published 3:18pm
Prime Minister Tony Abbott was presented with a South Sydney NRL jersey by Nathan Merritt and ALP shadow minister and Bunnies tragic Anthony Albanese in his Parliament House suite in Canberra on Thursday 2 October 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares Embargoed to print edition Fri 3 Oct.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott was presented with a South Sydney NRL jersey by Nathan Merritt and ALP shadow minister and Bunnies tragic Anthony Albanese in his Parliament House suite in Canberra on Thursday 2 October 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares Embargoed to print edition Fri 3 Oct.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has backed a call from same-sex marriage opponents to ban American rapper Macklemore from performing his pro-gay song Same Love at the NRL grand final.

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