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TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:25 PM Sep 2017

Tennis Legend Says if Australia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage 'There Will Be No Christmas'

Retired international tennis legend Margaret Court is now warning if her homeland of Australia allows same-sex couples to marry, it will be the end of holidays like Christmas, Easter, and Mother's and Father's Day.

Court, who became a Christian minister after retiring, in recent years has seen her support in Australia dwindle over her acerbic and extreme anti-gay views. Some have petitioned to have her name removed from Australia's Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne’s Olympic Park over her views, which include her threat to stop flying Qantas after its CEO announced support for marriage equality.

Late last week Court denounced those who support same-sex marriage, claiming they are trying to silence those who do not. (U.S. activists and those who closely fooled America's path to marriage for same-sex couples know this "silencing the Christians" claim is a charade.)

“I think it’s sad. You don’t have the freedom of speech today to really defend yourself,” Court, lamenting she had not been re-elected to a tennis club as a vice-patron, told The West Australian. “It’s a sad day for our nation when it comes to that.”

Read more: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/tennis_legend_says_if_australia_legalizes_same_sex_marriage_there_will_be_no_christmas

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Tennis Legend Says if Australia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage 'There Will Be No Christmas' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
Jesus nycbos Sep 2017 #1
She's been spouting this garbage for years. Bleacher Creature Sep 2017 #2
D'ya mean no more Court Court? longship Sep 2017 #3
At that trial, the lawyers would court the Court Court Court. (n/t) Jim Lane Sep 2017 #8
Is she on crack? shenmue Sep 2017 #4
She was a major-league tight-ass in her day cyclonefence Sep 2017 #5
they need to change the name of.... dhill926 Sep 2017 #6
did she play tennis without a helmet? rurallib Sep 2017 #7

Bleacher Creature

(11,235 posts)
2. She's been spouting this garbage for years.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:44 PM
Sep 2017

It's long past time to remove her name from all things tennis-related, including the court that hosts the Australian Open.

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. D'ya mean no more Court Court?
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:54 PM
Sep 2017

Horrors!

Maybe it could be adjudicated at trial, so it could be called the Court Court Court.


cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
5. She was a major-league tight-ass in her day
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 08:02 PM
Sep 2017

and remember: she played the first "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs--and LOST. Bet it really chapped her ass that BJK turned out to be gay.

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