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<blockquote data-quote="Hanley!" data-source="post: 940810" data-attributes="member: 77015"><p>Not prejudiced against Christians - just homophobic assholes. </p><p></p><p>The punishment wouldn't be driven by his beliefs but by his actions. He openly dismissed an entire group of innocent people as evil. That's an objectively awful, detestable thing to do. It doesn't matter how he tries to dress it up, a shitty act in the name of religion is still shitty. God shouldn't be anyone's free pass. If Christians want to be thought of as synonymous with goodness, they need to stop focusing on these horrible outdated views and embrace the more positive aspects of their religion. </p><p></p><p>There are millions of Christians that fall into that category too. Who espouse the positive teachings from the Bible but who choose to ignore the more regressive parts. There are millions more who might harbour negative feelings towards gay people, but who are at least smart enough to keep it to themselves. Rather than following the example of either of these groups, Folau is using his celebrity to spread hate and to cast judgment on people who might have looked up to him. </p><p></p><p>He's a horrible representative for any team to have, and he's already been warned on this exact issue and apparently hasn't learned his lesson. If he was to be released, he'd have nobody to blame but himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hanley!, post: 940810, member: 77015"] Not prejudiced against Christians - just homophobic assholes. The punishment wouldn't be driven by his beliefs but by his actions. He openly dismissed an entire group of innocent people as evil. That's an objectively awful, detestable thing to do. It doesn't matter how he tries to dress it up, a shitty act in the name of religion is still shitty. God shouldn't be anyone's free pass. If Christians want to be thought of as synonymous with goodness, they need to stop focusing on these horrible outdated views and embrace the more positive aspects of their religion. There are millions of Christians that fall into that category too. Who espouse the positive teachings from the Bible but who choose to ignore the more regressive parts. There are millions more who might harbour negative feelings towards gay people, but who are at least smart enough to keep it to themselves. Rather than following the example of either of these groups, Folau is using his celebrity to spread hate and to cast judgment on people who might have looked up to him. He's a horrible representative for any team to have, and he's already been warned on this exact issue and apparently hasn't learned his lesson. If he was to be released, he'd have nobody to blame but himself. [/QUOTE]
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