A family values campaigner accused of taking pornographic photographs of himself has been dumped as a candidate for Australia's national election by the Christian-values Family First Party.
Sydney music teacher Andrew Quah, 21, admitted photographs showing his penis and circulating widely on gay websites had embarrassed his party and made his candidacy untenable.
"But that's not my penis," Quah told the Sydney Morning Herald, adding one of the images may have been digitally altered.
"I might have been drunk off my face, or my political enemies might have drugged me," Quah said. "It was a mistake that I would not have committed had I been of right mind. All I know, I have been humiliated."
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Family First dumped him as candidate for a western Sydney seat on November 24 because his actions contradict its strong family values platform.
Quah, nicknamed "Australia's Smallest Loser" in a parody of a popular television series after the photos came to light, had been a member of Family First for 11 months.
The party was founded in 2002 and its first lawmaker to win election was former Assemblies of God pastor Andrew Evans, who won a place in South Australia's state parliament.
In 2004 the party won one national Senate seat, running on a secular platform with strong religious roots.
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