Israel Folau to be sacked by Rugby Australia over homophobic social media posts

[Jabulani22]

As the song says let it go, let it go.
It appears you may be suppressing certain feelings and desires. Don'l let a fictional book dictate who you were meant to be.

Let it go, shed your anger, be free.

Was wondering when this old gem would come up , you are equating aranchnaphobia to the desire for spiders.

 

[Techne]

Was wondering when this old gem would come up , you are equating aranchnaphobia to the desire for spiders.

"phobia"' is inaccurate. A better analogy is "the complete indifference towards bees having sex but all of a sudden wanting to have sex with bees when they try to sting you".

 

[lived666]

Was wondering when this old gem would come up , you are equating aranchnaphobia to the desire for spiders.

His arachnophobia stems from his suppression of his desire for spiders.

 

[Jabulani22]

His arachnophobia stems from his suppression of his desire for spiders.

I dont think thats how it works or relevant to the thread.

 

[Grant]

Ah the old call em a racist when you cant beat em . well done

and now suddenly the old free speech rule should not apply.
why should it apply to folau and not sparrow & momberg ?

 

[Grant]

And soon Willy and Bob will agree too.... in prison for being little anti-religious bigots making hateful comments. Then they can all bitch and moan from jail who is suffereing the most from percecution.

/raises hand
i have a question for you:
i'm a fag & you know i'm a fag - so we're on the same page as far as that goes

your disdain for faggotry and everything surrounding it - does that come from an intrinsic sentiment as a result of a whole lot of bad experiences with homos
or
is it based on the teaching of a book to which you subscribe ?

 

[Unhappy438]

Sodomites want to persecute religious people? Ok, sure, then they deserve being given the same treatment for making hateful and bigoted comments about Christians and other religious people. Time to go after their jobs and livelihood.

Hows this going? Have you got anyone yet?

 

[Dirtdiver]

Folks need to realise that certain things are best said around the braai/BBQ and not on social media.

Your "friend" will record you and leak on social media by mistake and you doomed for a lifetime....lol. I guess we just have shut our mouths and except this nonsense or NOT

 

[Jabulani22]

and now suddenly the old free speech rule should not apply.
why should it apply to folau and not sparrow & momberg ?

I never said you cant do it , i just lamented the fact that you would .

 

[porchrat]

The confrontational aspect may come from some sort of personal bias , who knows , at the end of the day words shouldnt cost a person their job especially in this day and age of increasing censorship.
Id rather be left to read what i like and judge for myself if its insane or not , a good portion of people today arent just expressing views but have an agenda much like a few of the posts in this thread designed to get a rise out of christians.

I disagree that it shouldn't cost him his job. If it's against the values expressed by the corporate sponsors of his team I can completely understand why he was let go. This is, at the end of the day, a business.

He however should always be free to express his beliefs without fear of some sort of criminal prosecution by the State.

As to personal bias maybe. I used to be someone that was antagonistic towards those who are religious myself. I just don't see the point in it anymore. If these people aren't hurting anybody then to each their own.

 

[stefan9]

He has a right to freedom of speech but his employers also has rights. He needed to weight whether his religion is more important then his job. Every action has consequences.

 

[stefan9]

and now suddenly the old free speech rule should not apply.
why should it apply to folau and not sparrow & momberg ?

He hides behind religion and they don't....

 

[Cray]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/bill...men-following-saracens-loss-to-bristol-bears/

Billy Vunipola booed and PA system plays 'It's Raining Men' following Saracens' loss to Bristol Bears

On Friday Harlequins prop Joe Marler’s took to goading Vunipola on Twitter over his support of Folau.
The former England prop had first taken aim directly at Folau after the controversy broke over the Wallaby’s star most recent homophobic outbursts on social media – sending the fullback a picture of two men kissing.
Yesterday he turned his addition to Vunipola, who has been pilloried for his support of Folau’s anti-gay Instagram message. In an apparent defence of his fellow Christian’s view, Vunipola has liked Folau’s post and states on his own account that “Man was made for woman to procreate that was the goal no?”

“I’m not perfect I’m at least everything on that list at least at one point in my life. It hurts to know that. But that’s why I believe there’s a God.”

In reference to one of the ‘sins’ on the list, Marler tweeted a picture of Vunipola stumbling drunk out of a nightclub in Dublin.

 

[Whright]

WW3 now please.

 

[Techne]

/raises hand
i have a question for you:
i'm a fag & you know i'm a fag - so we're on the same page as far as that goes

your disdain for faggotry and everything surrounding it - does that come from an intrinsic sentiment as a result of a whole lot of bad experiences with homos
or
is it based on the teaching of a book to which you subscribe ?

Fags don't bother, their actions with regards to their hatred towards religious people do.

 

[buka001]

Fags don't bother, their actions with regards to their hatred towards religious people do.

Religious people don't bother, their actions with regards to their hatred towards gay people do.

Fixed it for you, based on factual evidence.

 

[D tj]

How things have changed, thirty years ago a beer company would have signed you up as an "ambassador"

 

[Pitbull]

This has died down a bit...

Did you guys came to the realization that his contract was never amended and that he's contesting the dismissal?

 

[Cray]

This has died down a bit...

Did you guys came to the realization that his contract was never amended and that he's contesting the dismissal?

That is what is in dispute....

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...e-rugby-australias-termination-of-4m-contract

The governing body has said Folau committed a “high level” breach of the professional players’ code of conduct, and had ignored formal instruction not to make any social media post that “condemns, vilifies or discriminates against people on the basis of their sexuality”.

Both are potentially grounds for termination of the player’s contract – which he signed only two months ago and which was due to run for four years.

Contracts don't run indefinitely so his previous contract would have expired, his last tweet about homosexuals was a year ago so there is a decent chance his new contract would have contained the provision.

 

[Pitbull]

That is what is in dispute....

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...e-rugby-australias-termination-of-4m-contract



Contracts don't run indefinitely so his previous contract would have expired, his last tweet about homosexuals was a year ago so there is a decent chance his new contract would have contained the provision.

Already CONFIRMED it was never changed when he signed his new 4 year contract. That is the reason he's fighting it. There was a source quoted on Skynews when I read it last night. Will try find it again.