Students at a Sydney catholic school are taking a stand against the church’s staunch views on gay marriage by sticking pictures of rainbows over the crest on their school uniform.
A 17-year-old year 11 student posted photographs of the colourful political movement online – praising her peers for standing up for the ‘yes’ vote.
The young woman took to Twitter to share the coloured crests.
‘Our school posted a statement from the bishop saying vote no for #marriageequality so we all stuck rainbows over our school crest instead,’ she said.
Students at a Sydney catholic school are taking a stand against the church’s staunch views on same sex marriage
They have used rainbows to cover their school crest to support marriage equality
Hours later she added more photos to the collections showing ‘everyone else spreading the love’.
The first post was liked by more than 1,700 people despite the student only having about 200 followers.
On Saturday the teenager explained why she had posted the photographs.
‘This little movement we had was not against our school it was against the Bishop’s stance on the matter and we did it to make sure that everyone feels welcome in our school and knows they will not be judges,’ she wrote.
She revealed the movement was started by some year 12 students who made the rainbows and put them on a table alongside some sticky tape and a note which read ‘please take one’.
The stand happened on Friday after students saw a call to ‘vote no’ in their school newsletter
The rainbows were made by year 12 students and worn by most of the senior students
‘I hope that you can all know we weren’t trying to shame out school it was a fight for what is right against the Bishop and Catholic School Board,’ a student said
‘I really do think my school is a really supportive, welcoming place and I am grateful to be able to attend.
‘I hope that you can all know we weren’t trying to shame out school it was a fight for what is right against the Bishop and Catholic School Board.’
The initial post was met with congratulations and thanks.
‘Thank you! People like you and your friends make me feel better about the world,’ one person said.
‘Oh you kids… subtle resistance is the most upsetting resistance,’ said another.
‘You are all fabulous and awesome and wonderful and brilliant! Please pass that on to all your classmates,’ another supporter wrote.
This comes as the postal vote for gay marriage looms closer. Ballot papers will start arriving in the mail from September 12. Voters will have until November 7 to post them back.
The teenager put out this clarification after her tweets went viral she claimed the stance was against the bishop and not her school