Posted on 11/17/2019 7:21:37 PM PST by Ennis85
Rugby player Israel Folau has drawn anger for linking Australia's bushfire crisis to the nation's same-sex marriage and abortion laws.
Folau, who was sacked by Australia in May for making anti-gay remarks on social media, described the fires as a "little taste of God's judgement".
Six people have died since last month in blazes raging in eastern Australia.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned Folau's remarks as "appallingly insensitive".
"He is a free citizen, he can say whatever he likes but that doesn't mean he can't have regard to the grievance [and] offence this would have caused to the people whose homes have burnt down," Mr Morrison told reporters on Monday.
Folau, who is Christian, gave a sermon in his Sydney church on Sunday in which he said Australia's decision to pass abortion and same-sex marriage laws had gone against "God's word", adding the nation needed to "repent".
"Look how rapid, these bushfires, these droughts, all these things have come, in a short period of time. You think it's a coincidence or not?," he said.
His comments sparked outrage from many Australians online, who noted the widespread devastation of the fires.
Folau, who is Christian, gave a sermon in his Sydney church on Sunday in which he said Australia's decision to pass abortion and same-sex marriage laws had gone against "God's word", adding the nation needed to "repent".
"Look how rapid, these bushfires, these droughts, all these things have come, in a short period of time. You think it's a coincidence or not?," he said.
His comments sparked outrage from many Australians online, who noted the widespread devastation of the fires.
Rugby Australia (RA) sacked the former Wallabies player in May after he said on social media that "hell awaits" gay people.
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Oh, the HORROR
Sticks and stones
Free speech
IOW, SFW?
Yeah...its global warming dontcha know.
If this God-fearing Christian had blamed man-made global warming, he’d have been lionized. It’s kind of funny how all the ostensible atheists in the media are now slavishly prostrate before the false god of the day - Gaia.
It’s not God’s punishment cause if that’s how God worked the US and EVERYONE IN IT who lives life like babies aren’t being slaughtered on a LARGE scale everyday would be Dead already.
And I’m guessing God would expect us to do more than protest and vote and hope that the problem goes away.
But I don’t want to go to jail for blocking access or doing anything that would put me away and neither do almost all others who are against abortion.
And we will have to answer to our coming up short in trying some day
God’s judgement is irrevocable. Sacrifice babes and normalize sodomy will lead to your doom.
God’s judgement is irrevocable. Sacrifice babes and normalize sodomy will lead to your doom.
It’s more rationale to believe that this was g0d’s punishment, than the global warming nonsense.
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