Qantas pie culprit slapped with lifetime ban

Qantas pie culprit slapped with lifetime ban

In what we’re hoping is the final installment to the ongoing saga of a man who smushed a lemon meringue pie into the face of Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, he’s now been served his own piece of humble pie.

Tony Overheu, the 67-year-old same sex marriage protester, who bizarrely chose Joyce to voice his political opposition, has, per Seven News, been banned for life from the airline.

Overheu claimed Joyce was using Qantas’ brand to advocate for marriage equality and he wasn’t too bloody happy with this. Hence the pie.

Overheu, told 6PR, “From my reading, it would appear that Alan Joyce is very much part of a network trying to subvert the federal parliamentary process around the issue of marriage equality.”

Overheu is a devout Christian, and called Qantas’ corporate support for marriage equality “social engineering”.

To be honest, we didn’t actually expect Overheu to want to fly with Qantas with his apparent views, but at least now he’s lost one very convenient way to travel out of Australia for good, in case he ever changed his mind.

He was facing charges of giving false details to officers, common assault, trespass and damage, although Seven is reporting that he avoided conviction for assault.

Joyce said, “I’m a big believer in the great Australian expression a fair government it’s all about giving people equality.

“Qantas has always spoken up on gender issues, on LGBTI issues, on indigenous issues and we will continue to do so and no attempt at bullying us into suppressing our voice will work.”

 

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