She said the “hypocrisy” of the Essendon Football Club and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been “well and truly exposed” following the resignation of Andrew Thorburn as the club’s CEO, who has accused the media and community leaders of judging him based on his faith.
“Unless you bow down to the new religion of diversity, and that is in regard to a woke agenda on sexuality, certainly even on life issues, then you will be cancelled,” Ms Francis told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
The sorry state is Victoria by a country mile.
Can I please have Freedom from religion. Religious zealots loosing their power in society, isn't it wonderful.
FK religion
Says the very body that’s stock in trade is to restrain freedoms of thought. Fairdinkum religious people have no self awareness
Some freedom of thought has a consequence. No one is stopping bigots from having their freedoms of thought there’s just consequences
Religion is insignificant
What bit does sky news not get about him being the CHAIR of his religion, not some regular follower? Top dog should have some influence over how bigoted his tax free religion is.
So I take it from this it’s okay to discriminate as long as we call it a religion? I find this repugnant.
Australia really has become an authoritarian Talibanesque state. Such a shame. We are watching ti rot on the vine.
Rubbish.
I know there's a religious discrimination bill, no one wants Try that next election then
I want freed FROM Christianity
Wow! You can have freedom of thought as long as your not Gay or need an abortion! How does that work again AustChristian
The man wasn’t locked up or stoned to death or barred from health care services for crying out loud- he was just found to be a bad cultural fit for the org he wanted to work for. 😳
You can have “freedom of thought”, but you also get “consequences of actions”. You can hate all you like and call it religion, but don’t be surprised that people do not want you around.
What a load of total crap.
Australian Christian Lobby fighting for the right to hate and discriminate. How completely unchristian of them.
You giving biased people a platform to spew forth their hatred is destroying society. Always remember when you give one group freedom's other groups who have a far wider interpretation of their values are given the same right. Religion should be between you and your god only.
Yet another level of gross hypocrisy.
Here's me sticking up for the Christians when they gave no voice to the Australians standing against vaccine mandates & medical apartheid.
Sky is suggesting people have freedom of thought? Bwahahah
The religious freedom bill was also a very sorry state. However the Australian Christian Lobby wanted to make it law, partnered with the Morrison Government. What’s happened at the AFL is the mirror image of the ACL & LNPs plan, and they are not happy. karma religions auspol
Are you kidding me, where have you been in the last 2.5 years when they started taking our freedoms away.
She has literally written an opinion piece....
“Australian bigots are being outed and they’re not happy”
Christians(mostly fake ones at that) crying out about repression🙄gives us all a break. Start paying your taxes if you want a political say.
And the Christian lobby are stopping people having freedom of choice. They can’t have it both ways
They are not being “banned from going to church.” A football club has determined that somebody who believes gays should go to hell and that abortion is akin to the holocaust is not the best person to guide the club’s culture.
Why not let someone from LGBTIQ community lead a church first. See if that works.
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I love the way you twist and hide behind your religious beliefs so not to reveal your discrimination and bigotry. He was not called out for his religious beliefs so don’t try to make it about that.
They're free to think how they want, if certain companies feel that their views don't represent their business model then there's no problem.
Australia has become a very poisonous 'non accepting' place.
Victorian liberals under matthew guy are facing intolerance for not being pentecostal.
It is misleading to suggest that this is about religion. Thorburn is an officebearer in an organisation which publicly espouses bigoted views which are directly in opposition to the inclusive policies of the Essendon FC. Holding both positions was untenable. Bigotry, not religion
Victoria had 2 years to stand up for freedom of thought!
Time to tax the church. End this discrimination
Most religions have bigoted views. If we made them all resign, there wouldn't be anyone left. (a good thing?)
Equality, inclusivity, consequences for hate speech, separation of church & state and freedom from religion are also things Wendy might want to promote, oh wait that fucks her argument immediately
Crap she’s no Christian either just another bigot hiding behind religion
There are 2 conflicting statements in that comment. Freedom of thought & freedom of religion are not compatible.
When has religion offered freedom of thought
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Unless you are a member of any other faith. Perfectly acceptable to subjugate and control women but if they express the same views as a Christian, stoned by social media. So hypocritical of the woke folk.
Being a bigot has consequences
So you’re all good with LGBTQI+ teachers now then Wendy?
Denying people their right to salvation repair renewal of their fallen states through persona of Jesus Christ that attracts human kind when faced with the Godhead of this man on earth. His 3yrs on earth were a miracle that defied science of the physical world
Everyone in Australia has freedom of thought and religion, we have grown up and no longer believe it is OK to profess that one Australian is better than another because of who they are or who they love.
We are actually in a sorry state if we actually allow religions to set the bar on how we all should live.
Wendy who
You just spent 4 years fighting FOR a right to discriminate against LGBT people based on your beliefs. But you won’t accept it back at you?
Extraordinary hypocrisy given the ACL withdrew support for the religious freedom bill when the right of Christian organizations to discriminate on the basis of religious beliefs in employment decisions was threatened
You can’t be a leader of 2 organisations that have mutually exclusive values.
Everyone seems to miss the point that he is the CHAIRMAN of his religion. He’s not just a member but part of the governing body. It’s his intolerant beliefs that are presented by the church. Australia is an inclusive society but his church does NOT espouse that. Pentecostal.
Good, so stop trying to brain wash everyone
Let people learn the hard way. Let them think there is no God and no need for rules or morals. Just what is cool for the moment or what leaders say is cool. It will all come about and make sense eventually.
Absolutely!
That all went yonks ago after the woke took over.
Under the leftist thought police, tolerance and inclusion has become intolerance and exclusion.
Weird really given most religions don't encourage their followers to think for themselves
You are free to believe what you like; unless it impacts others. Stop whining and pushing you heretical beliefs in the name of my religion.
They’re right, they had a good run though of oppressing people though. Little won’t hurt em 😂 Maybe when the pendulum swings back to their side they’ll direct it to the middle ground ?
He exercised his freedom and resigned.
Australian Chrisrisn Lobby aka Pentecostals, are more interested in freedom of taxation.
Sky News is an anti Australian team
Pull the other one. He was oubkicsllt known to be a turd of a man. This divisive shit won't win
Thanks to the anti fascist fascists.
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