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<blockquote data-quote="Eleutherarch" data-source="post: 1097229" data-attributes="member: 85519"><p>Eh. I think this was handled very poorly by the club and they should have gauged player sentiment beforehand. Supporting equality need not and should not be reduced to superfluous gestures like these.</p><p></p><p>It would be far more meaningful to form alliances with local groups advocating for the welfare and opportunity of the gay community. Do some workshops, masterclasses or events to encourage more homosexual people to play the game and inculcate a love for rugby. A single pair of hands working is worth more than a thousand pairs of hands gesturing or 23 torsos clad in a rainbow stripe.</p><p></p><p>Of course, any explicitly homophobic activity undertaken by players must be dealt with promptly and appropriately (a la Folau). However, there can be a number of reasons why someone might choose to abstain from a gesture and no matter how one tries to frame it, quietly abstaining from something like this does not constitute discrimination.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eleutherarch, post: 1097229, member: 85519"] Eh. I think this was handled very poorly by the club and they should have gauged player sentiment beforehand. Supporting equality need not and should not be reduced to superfluous gestures like these. It would be far more meaningful to form alliances with local groups advocating for the welfare and opportunity of the gay community. Do some workshops, masterclasses or events to encourage more homosexual people to play the game and inculcate a love for rugby. A single pair of hands working is worth more than a thousand pairs of hands gesturing or 23 torsos clad in a rainbow stripe. Of course, any explicitly homophobic activity undertaken by players must be dealt with promptly and appropriately (a la Folau). However, there can be a number of reasons why someone might choose to abstain from a gesture and no matter how one tries to frame it, quietly abstaining from something like this does not constitute discrimination. [/QUOTE]
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