Kissing women disrupt Vic 'no' vote event

Two women have disrupted an anti-same sex marriage event in Melbourne by jumping on stage and kissing.

Two women have locked lips on stage during an anti-same sex marriage event in Melbourne, disrupting a "no" campaigner's speech.

The protesters kept kissing as they were dragged from the stage by security at the Coalition for Marriage's Victorian campaign launch on Saturday night.

Australian Christian Lobby chief Lyle Shelton shared a video of the incident on Twitter, saying it happened during an address by anti-same sex marriage campaigner Cella White.

"The protestor shouted 'fascists' into the microphone before this (happened)," Mr Shelton posted as he shared the clip.

A man in the crowd can be heard shouting "did you clean your teeth" during the women's passionate embrace.

The women were dragged across a sign that read "It's OK to vote no" before a security guard grabbed one of them around the neck.

Ms White, who has appeared in a Coalition for Marriage ad, is accused of falsely claiming her son was told he could wear a dress to Frankston High School.

Earlier on Saturday, both sides of the marriage debate ramped up their campaigning with rallies, door-knockings and text messages across the country.

About 20 people turned out for a rally dubbed Straight Lives Matter rally in Sydney's gay heartland of Darlinghurst, while thousands rallied through Brisbane for the annual pride festival.

The result of the voluntary postal survey on same-sex marriage is due on November 15.


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