SM,

I don't think that Rugby Australia - being a commercial
entity is too concerned about the money involved.
This is about the employee-employer relationship
and the values and contractual arrangements within
that agreement.

It will be interesting what the tribunal hearing decides.

Ttbn & CM,

Christ, now I'll be tarred as an Alt-Right for sure !

Hi SM,

If Folau's citing of passages from the bible is now 'hate speech', what would it be called if a Muslim player waved a banner saying 'Behead all those who insult the Prophet' ?

Of course, a Muslim player should be free to point out the Koranic position on all of those on Folau's list - that would be his right to freedom of belief, BUT if he advocated, rather than merely observed, what was written in the Koran, then he (or less likely, she) may have gone beyond, to the point of incitement to violence, which would be a criminal offence under Section 18 (c) or whatever.

Or maybe I'm not allowed to point this out ?

Cheers,

Joe

Loudmouth,
You'll upset Bill Shorten, Di Natalie & Hanson-Youing if you keep insisting on stating the truth !

Dear Joe,

Folau's clod-hopping use of the Bible with verses
ripped out of context and lists of "sinners"
bound for hell without any sense of the broader
story - distorts the core message of the text and
its offer of abundant life for every person who would
accept it.

If he wanted to reach people with his religious views
and draw them towards faith he would have done much
more good for the kingdom of God if he focused his
energy on what would draw people toward faith and
not on those things that repel. It is the kingdom of
God that leads people to repentance, not judgement.
The way of Christ is not the way of condemnation.
He should have focused his energy in that direction.

However his religious views were not why Rugby Australia
issued him with a breach notice. It was because he broke
the terms of his contractual agreement.

cont'd ...

I'm sure that the same contractual agreement would
have applied to any of their top players - be
they Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, of Jew -
if they to breach their contract and were
to behave in the same manner as Folau did and go
against the codes of conduct that they had agreed to
signed in their contractual agreement.

Foxy,

"However his religious views were not why Rugby Australia
issued him with a breach notice. It was because he broke
the terms of his contractual agreement"

It was because he upset the homosexual boss of Qantas.