This is the moment two ‘Yes’ campaigners rip down ‘No’ case signs on a main road at night.
Teaching student Robert Assaf, 21, and his 25-year-old girlfriend recorded two women as they aggressively tore down posters from a metal fence in Gladesville, in Sydney’s north.
The posters were put up on a construction site with the permission of the owner.
‘They seemed very angry. We were very worried for our safety,’ Mr Assaf told Daily Mail Australia on Monday.
This ‘Yes’ supporter was filmed ripping down ‘It’s OK to say No’ posters at Gladesville in Sydney
‘We were on a main road. I was scared they were going to push me or my girlfriend on to the road.’
The confrontation started shortly after 6.30pm.
Mr Assaf and his girlfriend had already dealt with a man and a woman tearing down their posters.
After having them returned, they re-attached the 30 signs and a four-metre banner, all with the slogan, ‘It’s OK to say No.’
That’s when the two women proceeded to tear down their signs, with Mr Assaf, a local resident, filming the encounter on his smartphone.
This pro-gay marriage supporter was filmed carrying away several of the signs on a main road
The first woman, with dyed blonde hair, strikes first holding a white ‘It’s OK to say no’ banner before taking down a purple ‘No’ sign from a business on Victoria Road.
Another woman with short, cropped dark hair strikes next, tearing another two posters from the fence and turning them upside down.
They then walk down the footpath carrying the posters in both their hands.
Robert Assaf feared for his safety as the lesbians tore down his ‘No’ campaign posters
‘We were being heckled as we were doing it. People were driving by, calling us c-word or F-U,’ he said.
‘Other people were saying, ‘Good on you.’ There was a bit of mixed reaction.’
The women walked away with the 30 signs and the four-metre banner and haven’t returned the property.
The two women walked away with the ‘It’s OK to say No’ signs and refused to return them
The heated altercation comes despite Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who supports homosexual marriage, calling for a respectful campaign.
The lead-up to the postal survey has been plagued with acts of aggression, with a petition to have northern Sydney doctor Pansy Lai deregistered for appearing in a ‘No’ case ad.
That campaign was dropped following the public outcry.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is sending out ballots to households, with deputy statistician Jonathan Palmer urging voters to contact them if forms haven’t arrived by September 25.
Voters will have until November 7 to return them.