Grace Tame has taken aim at Australian prime minister Scott Morrison over his connection to disgraced Hillsong founder, Brian Houston.
Houston resigned from his job as Hillsong pastor on Wednesday after internal investigations that found he had engaged in inappropriate conduct of “serious concern” with two women.
Houston was the founder of the global megachurch Hillsong, a church where celebrities like Justin Bieber and Carl Lentz have been known to worship.
Just last, Morrison publicly acknowledged the spiritual influence of Houston on his life and he was a member of the church in the noughties. The prime minister also invited Houston to the white house.
“I haven’t been at Hillsong now for about 15 years,” Morrison said in a movie to distance himself from the church.
He added: “I must admit we were very disappointed and shocked to hear the news [of Houston’s investigation].”
“My first thoughts were with the victims, as they’ve been rightly described and so I was very concerned.
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“And the actions that have been taken are entirely appropriate.”
Now, former Australia of the Year Grace Tame has taken to Twitter to bring attention to Morrison’s relationship with the church.
Tame retweeted a comment reading: “Expecting as much media condemnation about having once been photographed praying with Brian Houston as there was about having once been photographed holding a bong”. She added her own thoughts on the matter, writing “Expecting as much media condemnation about having once been photographed praying with Brian Houston as there was about having once been photographed holding a bong.”
And the same level of ownership over his past from Scott.
Then again, defending your deliberate alignment with the corrupt institution of Hillsong as Prime Minister is slightly different to defending your proximity to a 2 foot bong as a traumatised 19-year-old private citizen. https://t.co/4cyqFjgi6G
— Grace Tame (@TamePunk) March 24, 2022
Tame is referring to a photo that was taken in 2014 that shows her sitting next to a bong, the photo was published on The Daily Mail and was quickly picked up by a large number of publications.
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