":Hasler didn't apologise for any virtue signalling as you put it, he apologised for the clubs handling of the matter."

As far as I can tell, the club thought they could do something harmless, and obvious, and that most of society supports but there were some hateful religious fundemantalists in the team who made a fuss?

This gay 'pride' business has been a load of crap from the beginning. What’s there to be proud about! There is no reason for homosexuals and lesbians to be 'proud'. If they are happy and comfortable with what they are, good luck to them. But proud? Come on! It's as silly as heterosexual 'pride' would be. All their 'advertising' and squealing points to a bunch of show ponies desperate for attention.

An individual case recently came in the form of a soccer player, who 'came out' as a homsexual. He didn't have to do that. Who cares anyway. He could have just got with his life as he had been. But, oh no! He had to tell everybody. Then he spent the usual seven days that the public remains interested in anything whining about the nasty things said to him and about him, with his club huffing and puffing on his behalf. He has disappeared from the spotlight he shone on himself, and will never be heard of again.

These people have far more problems than than their sexual preferences.

"This gay 'pride' business has been a load of crap from the beginning. What’s there to be proud about! There is no reason for homosexuals and lesbians to be 'proud'. If they are happy and comfortable with what they are, good luck to them. But proud? Come on! It's as silly as heterosexual 'pride' would be. All their 'advertising' and squealing points to a bunch of show ponies desperate for attention."

Being gay was illegal in your lifetime. Cops killed people for being gay in your lifetime. Pride started as protests against this sort of violence. Stonewall was a riot. Educate yourself

Until the current generation of old people die out, there's still going to be hostility to homosexuals. The marriage equality vote passed, but not by as much as we'd like. So 'coming out' doens't mean making a pass at you. It means being brave enough to be who you are, regardless of the hostility that still creates.

Hi V of R ,

Well said. Many people don't understand what some
gays had to go through. And I guess they never
will. I remember a boss I once had asking me,

"You do realize that I'm gay don't you>"

"I replied yes, so what?"

He said, "But you're flirting with me."

I said, "You're a very attractive bloke, and besides
I like you."

"Should I treat you differently?"

I ended up getting a hug from him and to this day he's
one of my best friends. My wish for him is to find a
worthy partner who truly loves him. He deserves nothing less.

I suspect the error that the Manly management made was in just assuming that the players would simply do as they're told. Leaders of all strips have become so used to Australians just bowing to their 'betters', that it wouldn't have occurred that some might still have principles they are prepared to defend.

Remember when homosexual marriage was the last great divide? Agree to that one last thing and we'll all live in harmony and peace we were assured. But that was never the end-game. Not only must we allow the homosexual community to pretend to be the equivalent of the rest, we must be forced to loudly extol the lifestyle.

Elsewhere in these pages, was a discussion about removing 'mother' as a valid term. This is part of the assault. If male homosexual families can't have a mother then no one can - its only fair. Agree to that and we can all live in harmony....why are you laughing?

Why do these players wear jumpers with adverts on them? Because they want to be paid 6 figure salaries. Surprisingly, wearing logos for Nick the local butcher doesn't pay as well as Harvey Norman.

"Remember when homosexual marriage was the last great divide? Agree to that one last thing and we'll all live in harmony and peace we were assured. But that was never the end-game. Not only must we allow the homosexual community to pretend to be the equivalent of the rest, we must be forced to loudly extol the lifestyle."

Being gay is not a lifestyle. Different gay people, like different straight people, have very different lives. Your words betray your bigotry. Gay people ARE the same as everyone else. They do the same things. There is no such thing as gay sex. There is not one thing that makes gay people different from straight people except one detail about who they love. Why does that matter?

"Elsewhere in these pages, was a discussion about removing 'mother' as a valid term. This is part of the assault. If male homosexual families can't have a mother then no one can - its only fair. Agree to that and we can all live in harmony....why are you laughing?"

This is all a bizarre boomer fantasy. Words are not being removed. There is no government body to police speech, you can use any words that you like. They WERE using the term 'birthing parent' in hospital to be more inclusive, but it's just a word. No one was pretending that most parents are not a straight couple, of course they are. It's just that those people are not the only people who matter or count, any more.

I can only imagine that the people who rant all day about homosexuals have something to hide.....

No child needs a mother or a father BTW.