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How Paul Walker's death is being used to encourage people to vote No to marriage equality.

Well, this is… baffling.

An anti same-sex marriage pamphlet is using Paul Walker’s death to encourage people to vote No in the Australian same sex marriage postal survey.

Yep, you read right. The tragic death of Paul Walker, who was just 40 years old when he died in car crash in 2013, has somehow been linked to the marriage equality debate.

A Twitter user posted a photo of the pamphlet online, which he says his friend received in the mail.

The pamphlet comes from a website called “Amazing Facts” where you can enter your details to be sent one free copy, or, if one copy isn’t enough (it’s more than enough), you can purchase some additional copies.

The first three pages of the pamphlet go into detail about Walker’s death before drawing a baffling comparison between this and the same sex marriage debate in Australia.

Walker was killed when the car he was a passenger in – a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT – crashed while performing high-speed maneuvers in the streets of Santa Clarita, California.

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The car was designed for the race track and it was never supposed to be driven at high speeds on normal roads.

“Do you believe, as Paul Walker’s lawyer does, that Porsche is to blame for having made the car in the first place? Why build a car like that – and then sell it to just anyone? Wasn’t Porsche just asking for trouble?” the pamphlet asks.

“Or do you believe that Walker and the driver are to blame for using the car in way and in a place not intended by the car maker? After all, Porsche intended their vehicle to be driven at high speeds only under specialised conditions. Can the company be blamed if someone ignores their advice?”

According to the strangest pamphlet ever made, your answer to this question “could reveal at least a little about where you stand regarding same sex marriage in Australia”. Or… not.

Yep, we’re confused too.

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