Australian politics Lyle Shelton quits Australian Christian Lobby to enter politics Shelton has stepped down as ACL managing director and is rumoured to be joining Cory Bernardi’s party Lyle Shelton: ‘I’m not leaving the battle for the values that you and I hold dear.’ Photograph: Joe Castro/AAPLyle Shelton has stepped down as the head of of the Australian Christian Lobby to pursue a career in federal politics. Shelton, a leading protagonist in the campaign against marriage equality, will move from Canberra to his home state of Queensland to prepare for the next federal election. There is speculation he will be joining Liberal defector Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives party. Shelton said he was not abandoning his campaign to promote conservative values in Australia. “Last year, during the marriage campaign, I felt very much drawn to the political side of things, to the partisan side of politics,” he said.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2018 02:15 UTC