"It's not a lot, but it's good what's happening," she said."I just wish the press would keep to my tennis …""I teach what the Bible says about things and you get persecuted for it," she said.
"It's a Christian nation and we have Christian values and Christian beliefs and I had those when I was little and you can't take something out of a person if all your life you've believed things."wrote an open letter stating she would boycott Qantas over its support of same-sex marriage. , echoing earlier calls including by fellow tennis greats Martina Navratilova and American tennis great Billie Jean King."Margaret Court was a champion on the court but a meeting point for players of all nations, preferences, and backgrounds should celebrate somebody who was a champion off the court as well."
must be taken town. A city in France named after Stalin; and the biggest one is the Union Jack on every flag. The Union Jack has to countless countries committed the greatest atrocities ever..The Union Jack makes the Nazi flag look petty. Let's be consistent
If the Australian Open is considering unjustly changing the name of the Margaret Court arena which is absurd, then globally real offensive statues, monuments, cities, flags etc etc need to be changed immediately. E.g. all the confederate & nazi statues and monuments in the USA
..The Union Jack makes the Nazi flag look petty. Let's be consistent. So as a proud Australian let's change our current hateful flag to the true flag of this great land; The Aboriginal flag
Where r all the feminist & MeToo supporters here is a white ToxicMasculinity male mcenroe bullying as he always did MargaretCourt a woman pioneering in a mans world pulling down barriers so Martina could b allowed to play AusOpen AustralianOpen ABCaustralia
'it's a Christian nation' - *bzzz* - wrong
Out of line McEnroe again ...She our Champion and always will be .
MeEnroe's first question to Nadal last night after winning his match was how do you feel about Kobe Bryant. I'd like to know why johhny doesn't retire from public life?
I'm sure there is a plane leaving Tulla for USA soon. Get on it McEnroe. Don't need you here.
Uncle John McEnroe knows a thing or two about crazy !! Like ABC John's comments are news
I would prefer her values to that of a spoilt brat
ChrisKaias Aren't we celebrating her tennis accomplishments and not her personal views? By the way I don't agree with her, but she still is the greatest female tennis player we have ever had.
why do we have yanks yet again telling us how it should be. the ego he has is outstanding. Leave religion and politics out of sport. what gets me is he thinks he so important that people will listen..silly ole fool... (dont agree with Margaret but still respect her achievement)
Another foreigner offering up advice, 🙏🇦🇺God help us
John McEnroe ... why is he commentating at Australian Open ? His comments at end of tonight's game as offensive as his other comments.
We don't need crazy McEnroe's comments.
Everyone has a right to their opinion even if you disagree.
Go home wowser. Margy is one of us and Aussies love our champs even if they are Christians.
Whether someone agrees with her or not, doesn't matter. She has the right, like we all do, to express her views.
McEnroe is an envious coward - picking on an elderly Australian legend. Your irrelevant mate - go home!
FatherBob She has her opinion and I have mine...she is a homophobic religious, conservative bigot and was a very good tennis player in her day. McEnroe was a brilliant tennis player and a brat at that, but I would rather have his ethics and attitude to life than her any day of the week.
She is the greatest ever female tennis player and she deserves the recognition, whatever her personal thinking, that she is entitle to, as we all are in a free country. McEnroe isn't the best one to have a say. I don't have good memories of him as a player.
Why do we use mcenroe and courier anyway
This crazy American should concentrate on all the Bullshit going on in his racist homophobic country before giving his unwanted views on an Australian Legend!!
Johnny Mac... I remember the days when you weren't exactly a paragon of virtue on or off the court. Even then-badboy of tennis, Jimmy Connors, had had a gutful of you behaving like a pork chop. So stick in your lane and lay off MC. She's got a right to her views in a free country
John who?
He always spoke his mind...(read as euphemism for 'big mouth')
Tell the brat to bugger off to trump land where all big mouths exist.. And show channel 9 advertisers your discust at employing foreigners as commentators at the AO
ChrisKaias John was always a well balanced person who kept their emotions in check and dealt only with the facts...
Hoping all at the Tennis tonight stand and turn their collective backs towards the Court and Court!
...an American telling Australians how to treat their own? Nice.
John McEnroe? Never heard of her.
McEnroe and his offensive remarks should be left in the past. His behaviour on the tennis court left a lot to be desired. Can Tennis Australia not get anyone more fitting to host the game?
McEnore stay within yourself, you of all people. We all are different with different Views on what matters. As long as no one imposes those views on other's, We need to keep the respect.
Get cancer and die John
He cannot be serious !!!!!
McEnroe 'You can't separate the person from their achievements,' he said - great player, big mouth - maybe still a brat AO
Well done McEnroe. Never support a discriminating witch.
check out youtube for the incredible childish tantrums McEnroe used to pull when he was playing 'tennis' - why would anyone listen to him?
The legendary tennis brat speaks
Not buying it ! Don’t care that he or the media are trying to silence the crazy aunt . It’s really about trying to control people & free speech . I may or not agree with gay marriage. Personally I would be embarrassed to go to a gay wedding, but that’s just me .
You're clutching at straws here ABC. Not news really. I don't think anyone can take the super brat seriously.
Tell this rude brash arrogant UGLY AMERICAN that Court has done more for tennis than he could hope for were he still capable of holding a racket...what he is infamous for OnyaMargaret
Piss off McEnroe!
Naturally TheirABC would side with a roid-raging brat than a female Australian tennis great.
Someone wants attention on the back of someone else's achievement ! suckerfish
Recognised for her amazing achievements, not her personal opinions.
So John McEnroe, the original 'snotty nosed spoilt brat' of tennis, is free to voice his opinion, is he? His swearing, screaming abuse, and threatening Officials for most of his career was a great example. NOT! Margatet Court is free to voice her opinion. Tennis AusOpen2020
and the ball goes Left... and the ball goes Right... and the ball goes Left... and the ball goes Right... yep. Thats Tennis.
Pretty rich coming from the super brat. Maybe he should stick to the US open.
So Margaret Courts disagrees with SSM.........nothing McEnroe claims MC said is true, just typical woke leftist hatred to people with different opinion.....
We're not a Christian nation. The majority identity as having no religion.
Good
great comments John McEnroe Eurosport_UK
Give her a lamington
A woke Mr McEnroe ? You Cannot Be Serious.
The pot calling the kettle black. John was no angle
That's rich! :the Brat: telling other people how to behave.
Wasn’t John McEnroe the violent white guy with awful toxic masculinity on court in the 1980s? Maybe he should also be taken off our screens.
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You may not necessarily agree with her viewpoints, but that's just it, HER viewpoint. We cannot expect to listen to one group of opinions and not others. Just let it be, and let's move on.
No wonder your ageing badly - crazy 😝 old man 🤮
Margaret Court is an Australian hero! And not only because of the tennis history.
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