A SENATE nominee for Bob Katter's Australia Party has refused to back down from a controversial tweet in which he declared he would not let a gay person teach his children.
Senate nominee and father of five Bernard Gaynor denied he was homophobic following his tweet which read: "I wouldn't let a gay person teach my children and I am not afraid to say it."
It comes after Bob Katter admitted regretting the homophobic advertisements that ran during the 2012 state election.
Mr Gaynor said: "If we value free speech and democracy then we would respect the right of Christians to hold their views about right and wrong. And as a Christian, the homosexual lifestyle is immoral."
"I don't think Bob would have a problem with me saying this. As a parent, we should have the discretion over who teaches our children."
Mr Gaynor has five children aged one to 10.
"It is my responsibility as a parent to ensure my children have good teachers.
"Bob's comments about the advertisements that ran last year is a completely separate issue."
After the State Election, Katter told an audience with former prime minister Kevin Rudd that we would regret homophobic advertisements aired by his party "for the rest of my days".
Mr Katter's Australia Party's ads, of a pixelated black and white image of an older gay man with a young lover, went to air during the Queensland election campaign.
Mr Katter said they were a "simple example of insensitivity" and "a political mistake of major proportions".
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