Mr Danby, who has held his seat since 1998, defended the move to Guardian Australia by stating that the second card was made “as we thought we would respect a minority group, the Orthodox Jewish supporters, who would not like to preference the Sex party at number two”.
However, he has been condemned by Jewish news site Galus Australis, whose editor, Alex Fein, described Mr Danby’s actions as “offensive”.
Ms Fein alleged that: “You’d have to work on the assumption that all Orthodox Jews are prejudiced and closed-minded if you think Family First would appeal to them.”
Galus Australis columnist Yaron Gottlieb also asked: “What does this say about Danby’s view of us?”, calling Family First “a homophobic, ultra-conservative party that doesn’t believe in human induced global warming.”
The Australian federal election will be held on September 7.
