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Related: About this forumTennis Legend Says if Australia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage 'There Will Be No Christmas'
Tennis Legend Says if Australia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage 'There Will Be No Christmas'
by david badash
September 18, 2017 9:35 AM
Retired international tennis legend Margaret Court is now warning if her homeland of Australia allows same-sex couples to marry, it will be the end of holidays like Christmas, Easter, and Mother's and Father's Day.
Court, who became a Christian minister after retiring, in recent years has seen her support in Australia dwindle over her acerbic and extreme anti-gay views. Some have petitioned to have her name removed from Australia's Margaret Court Arena in Melbournes Olympic Park over her views, which include her threat to stop flying Qantas after its CEO announced support for marriage equality.
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I think its sad. You dont have the freedom of speech today to really defend yourself, Court, lamenting she had not been re-elected to a tennis club as a vice-patron, told The West Australian. Its a sad day for our nation when it comes to that.
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Court suggested gay people and same-sex couples should be happy with what they have, and even said says don't want the right to marry rather, they want to destroy the institution.
We already have 36,000 gay couples in this nation, thats not a lot of people when you think about the 25 million. They already have civil union, she said, not understanding that separate is not equal.
They want marriage because they want to destroy it, Court falsely claimed.
Its not about marriage. It will affect Christian schools, it will affect freedom of speech, the 75-year old former star said. There will be no Mothers Day, there will be no Fathers Day, there will be no Easter, there will be no Christmas.
Court has compared gay people to Hitler, and transgender people to to Devil.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/tennis_legend_says_if_australia_legalizes_same_sex_marriage_there_will_be_no_christmas
by david badash
September 18, 2017 9:35 AM
Retired international tennis legend Margaret Court is now warning if her homeland of Australia allows same-sex couples to marry, it will be the end of holidays like Christmas, Easter, and Mother's and Father's Day.
Court, who became a Christian minister after retiring, in recent years has seen her support in Australia dwindle over her acerbic and extreme anti-gay views. Some have petitioned to have her name removed from Australia's Margaret Court Arena in Melbournes Olympic Park over her views, which include her threat to stop flying Qantas after its CEO announced support for marriage equality.
***
I think its sad. You dont have the freedom of speech today to really defend yourself, Court, lamenting she had not been re-elected to a tennis club as a vice-patron, told The West Australian. Its a sad day for our nation when it comes to that.
***
Court suggested gay people and same-sex couples should be happy with what they have, and even said says don't want the right to marry rather, they want to destroy the institution.
We already have 36,000 gay couples in this nation, thats not a lot of people when you think about the 25 million. They already have civil union, she said, not understanding that separate is not equal.
They want marriage because they want to destroy it, Court falsely claimed.
Its not about marriage. It will affect Christian schools, it will affect freedom of speech, the 75-year old former star said. There will be no Mothers Day, there will be no Fathers Day, there will be no Easter, there will be no Christmas.
Court has compared gay people to Hitler, and transgender people to to Devil.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/tennis_legend_says_if_australia_legalizes_same_sex_marriage_there_will_be_no_christmas
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Tennis Legend Says if Australia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage 'There Will Be No Christmas' (Original Post)
beam me up scottie
Sep 2017
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spooky3
(34,476 posts)1. She's said lots of homophobic things for years.
It's unfortunate that she uses her platform in that way.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)2. I was around her several times in the early 70s.
I used to work the Virginia Slims tournaments. She was a first class jerk even then.
As for her life long issues with gay people...ME THINKS SHE DOST PROTEST TOO MUCH.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)3. That's exactly what happens where ever same-sex marriage has been legalized...
*NOT*
Thank god for the internet so we can hear more drivel from the dumbest people on the planet.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)4. If that's what it takes
So be it.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)5. Yeah, I'm cool with that.
We can replace them with new and much more fabulous holidays.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)6. The return of Saturnalia!
Hot damn!