Equality Campaign Australia released its first national advert on Wednesday, in response to the Coalition for Marriage's vote no ad which aired on Tuesday.
The ad portrayed doctor, grandmother and Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Kerryn Phelps in her practice room addressing the camera, claiming Australians would be fed misleading information over the coming months on same-sex marriage.
"Over the coming weeks we will be hearing a lot about whether family and friends who are gay and lesbian can get married," Kerryn Phelps said.
"Sadly, some are trying to mislead us like this ad does [referring to the 'No' ad], by saying there will be a negative impact, including on young people.
Same-sex Marriage Yes campaign release first national ad featuring Kerryn Phelps. Source: Equality Campaign
"The only young people affected by marriage equality are young gay people, who for the first time will have the same diginity as everyone else in our country and they deserve that."
The Equality Campaign said the only change that will come from voting yes will be allowing young and old gay Australians the opportunity to have the same rights to marry as everyone else.
The ad was in response to the Coalition for Marriage's vote no campaign where three Australian mothers talked about how parents will lose the rights to choose if same-sex marriage is legalised.
The mothers in the ad expressed concerns their children will be taught "radical gay sex education in schools", according to the Coalition For Marriage.
Kerryn Phelps tweeted following the release of both ads saying, "When they go low, we go high s."
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will run the postal survey from next month, in which every enrolled Australian is eligible to vote by 7 November.
A result is expected on 25 November.
