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Same views, very different fates for Court and Folau
January 28, 2021 12.05am
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The decision to award Margaret Court Australia’s highest civilian honour, ignoring her very public statements against same-sex marriage and homosexuality, does seem outrageous after Rugby Australia in 2019 terminated the employment of one of Australia’s most outstanding footballers, Israel Folau, for his public, almost-identical views (“Court’s honour ‘was to balance Laver award’”, January 27). He had to leave Australia to continue playing the sport he loved.
Janelle Cann, Bellevue Hill
How ironic Court was given her AC because of gender. This is the person who has waged a bitter campaign against gender and sexuality for many years. Besides, Evonne Goolagong Cawley had already received her well-deserved AC in 2018, thus making a nonsense of the gender balance disparity excuse given by the Council.
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