Bob Katter's gay half brother has launched a marriage equality television commercial in Brisbane in response to a controversial commercial from Katter's Australian Party.
The commercial, featuring Carl Katter, is funded by activist group GetUp.
The party says the ad was meant to highlight Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman's personal support for gay marriage, despite the LNP's official line opposing it.
But it's been condemned as homophobic by advocates for the gay and lesbian community, and the leaders of both major parties.
"When I saw that homophobic, hateful ad I could not believe it was screening on Australian television and on behalf of an Australian political party," Carl Katter said in a statement.
"It was sad, it was sick and I knew somebody had to respond."
Carl Katter said he felt compelled to create a commercial in response with GetUp to hit back at his brother's homophobic views.
"I couldn't stop thinking about how my half-brother's ad seemed designed to make gay people feel inferior," he said.
"My brother talks about family values, well I'm here to tell him that hate is not a family value."
The commercial will be screened across Queensland in the lead up to the Queensland election on March 24.
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