Pie Attack on Qantas CEO Won't Stop His Fight for Same-Sex Marriage
- Joyce targeted during speech due to his campaign on the issue
- Marriage equality legislation has failed in parliament
Alan Joyce.
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Qantas Airways Ltd.’s Alan Joyce vowed to keep fighting for marriage equality in Australia and said he wouldn’t be put off by a protester who hit him in the face with a pie for supporting same-sex unions.
“I’ve long held the view that there is a role for companies and CEOs to speak up on economic and social issues,” Joyce, the national carrier’s chief executive officer, said in a statement Wednesday. “My opinion on this has not changed.”