Poor Cory Bernardi. The conservative, anti-marriage equality Senator just marked his 20th wedding anniversary all alone and far from home, in New York where he's flying the flag at the United Nations for what he's described as "common sense".
Clearly feeling a little sorry for himself, Bernardi turned to Twitter to cheer himself up the only way he knows how: By trolling LGBT people who are fighting for the right to celebrate any wedding anniversary at all.
![Liberal senator Cory Bernardi.](/web/20160923095059im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/f/p/n/7/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.grlvww.png/1474517249016.jpg)
Dialling up the sarcasm, Bernardi tweeted: "I know the joy it will bring the twittersphere that today is my 20th wedding anniversary.
"I can't wait to read your messages," he added, in case his followers didn't immediately recognise the tweet as bait.
I know the joy it will bring to the twittersphere that today is my 20th wedding anniversary.
— Cory Bernardi (@corybernardi) September 20, 2016
I can't wait to read your messages. #marriage
They saw the bait, but nobody took it.
Instead, people responded with the kind of civility that the anti-SSM crowd has already flung out the window in their campaigning on the plebiscite.
@corybernardi Congratulations Cory! Love is a wonderful thing, & the partnerships we all form sustain our lives.
— Pauline Pantsdown (@PPantsdown) September 21, 2016
.@corybernardi happy anniversary. Mine’s just four days away. Looking forward to the day it is legally recognised. pic.twitter.com/X9gCrzkYB2
— Paul Kidd (@paulkidd) September 21, 2016
@corybernardi Happy anniversary. May all couples have the freedom to celebrate in the same way very soon
— Jacob Holman (@JacobLeigh) September 20, 2016
@corybernardi Congratulations Senator, pitty all Australians aren't afforded the same ability to celebrate a wedding anniversary
— Jarah Crook (@jarahcrook) September 21, 2016
@corybernardi Congratulations! Of course we're joyful at your success and happiness. We just wish that some people weren't denied the chance
— Mark Summerfield (@patentology) September 21, 2016
@corybernardi Happy anniversary Cory. Can't wait until my partner and I can legally reach this milestone in our lives.
— Tyson Young (@Tysonyoung_) September 21, 2016
Some even had some kind suggestions for how Senator Bernardi might pass the time, once they knew he was spending his anniversary without his wife in New York.
@healeyn1962 @corybernardi Visit Stonewall Inn
— LionsTalk (@LionsTalk) September 20, 2016
@corybernardi mate come down to the east village and see me if you want some company
— Adam (@adamjmoussa) September 20, 2016
Hint: log off Twitter, Cory.