Openly homosexual Green Party MP Kevin Hague was this afternoon sporting an overtly gay red top in Parliament in reaction to Prime Minister John Key's comments about a radio host's "gay red top".
Mr Key has copped flak from a range of sources - including The Hobbit star Sir Ian Mckellen - for using the word "gay" to describe a red top worn by The Farming Show presenter Jamie Mackay in an interview last week.
This afternoon, Mr Hague was wearing a red top of his own, bearing the slogan "Absolut Homo".
Mr Hague said the shirt, which borrowed the famous Scandinavian vodka brand's logo, was part of a Swedish gay rights campaign. He acquired it when he was living in Sweden some years ago.
Mr Hague said Mr Key's use of the word "gay" to tease a radio host last week relied on homosexuality being perceived as something "pathetic, awful, sad, terrible" or, as Mr Key claimed, weird.
