Licencees David Wilson and Kyle Moser woke to find the words “say no to filthy homo” sprayed in red across the front of their business on Monday.

“It’s the same ‘say no’ message that we heard a lot during the debate and I think there has been a religious backlash following the result,” Mr Wilson said. 

“The real joke is that they interpret their religious freedom as the right to do something like this to us.”

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Other graffiti on power poles and road signs at the northern entrance of Cobargo led Mr Wilson to believe the culprit drove in on the Princes Highway from the north and directly targeted the post office.

“There’s no graffiti any further south than the post office and we are the only business with graffiti,” he said.

“There has been a lot of publicity on us recently, so they would have known exactly who and where we are.”

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The community removed the graffiti quickly, scrubbing it off with water and paint thinner.

“We had about six people come down and help us to get rid of it,” Mr Wilson said. 

“I really doubt this is someone local to our community and I would hate to think that it was.”

Mr Wilson posted a photo of the graffiti to Cobargo/Bermagui Noticeboard Facebook page which drew over 70 reactions and 80 comments that morning.

Mr Wilson will be looking over the security footage from the post office to see if the culprit can be identified.

The incident has been reported to police, who have notified Roads and Maritime and Bega Valley Shire Council regarding the vandalised road signs and power poles.