'Ridiculous' Folau comments were 'a step too far' | Sky News Australia

News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst says Israel Folau's recent bushfire comments "were just one step too far".

Israel Folau had linked the bushfires and drought, which have devastated the country, to the legalisation of abortion and same-sex marriage. "To say something like that...was just ridiculous," Ms Smethurst told Sky News host Derryn Hinch. Image: News Corp Australia

It's your opinion and he has his belief, you are definitely not the one to judge

No, no ones point of view goes too far. It’s a POV, not action. A POV can be true/false/in between and you can love/hate/be indifferent to it- that’s it! Now put your crayons away & toss 18C.

'Step' or a flying leap?

Although I don't agree with his aledged comments, he didn't make them on social media but in the somewhat privacy of his own church. I believe he is being set up by persons wanting to discredit him more for the coming court case.

Is this really news? causingdrama

Here's the transcript verbatim. No where does Israel say 'God caused the bush fires.'

Ooohhh, it was those comments that went too far, the rest were perfectly okay....😒

Funny how when Muslim clerics say the same thing the media go quiet yet a Christian says it, ‘stone him’, ‘sack him’, ‘shut him up’

Journalists have no credibility they are puppets of the ultra globalist pro gay media.

'One'? So condemning everyone from drug users, same sex proponents, fornicators & the majority of all other religions was not 'far enough'? wowsers...

I agree, but why comment, which is keeping it front and centre. He said it in his church to a congregation made up of people who chose to be there, not the general Australian population.

Get a life! He said it in his church. He didnt use a platform to say it. He can say what he likes. I dont see you report on fat little lesbians that use political platforms to talk rubbish.

Does anyone really care what religious nutters say? They've been saying silly things for millenia.

LOL. Not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, is he.

I would love to have seen the reaction of his lawyers when they found about his latest comments.

Yep...you lost me after those comments

In your opinion they were a step too far, but just imagine what if he was looking in the right direction, there has been reduced fire control methods done of late, resulting in bad fires. That is what he said really turn away from what you should do and the result is there to see

IzzyFolau is entitled to his own opinion. what is biting you?, are you still not satisfied with his beliefs...oh I think it's better for you to be born again😏😁

He is a crazy religious nut job. The end. Next.

when you're on the wrong side of the 'one step too far' fence, there's a whole lot more of 'one step too far'... more to come folks

Well really he can say what ever he likes it weather you listen is the key

Folau can think and say what he likes,it is a free country and he is representing a Christian church tradition. You don’t have to agree with it What we do need is zoomed in satellite data at the origin point of fires to arrest the arsonists and lock them away for a very long time

Gays burning in hell was fine though

Talk about ridiculous comments.... What about the 'Green' party attacking firefighters and accusing them of beating up their wifes? Or blaming the bushfires on an extra molecule of CO2 per 10,000 instead of arsonists?

Stop plastering this germs face all over the news. If we ignore him, he'll go away, do 'journalism' elsewhere.

There are hundreds, of not thousands of religious nutters (of all faiths) sprouting similar views but mainstream media rarely examines. cultofcelebrity is destroying us

He prays at the same church as Scumo!

Weren’t these comments made privately inside his church, not publicly. Complete set up.

And trying to ban the bible isn’t a step too far? ReligiousFreedom

The bible is full of stories of chastisements, nothing new here. A God of love and justice.

By the frills of Annikas underwear draw will there be no end to Lamestream media intetest in Izzys church services?!?

What rubbish. Everything he says is twisted and mangled to create news sensation now. Too many Journo’s - not enough news.

Folau quotes from the bible, is it the bible that just goes one step too far ?

Folau was the Right-wing’s pinup boy a few months ago and now they’re comparing him to Thunberg and the Greens.

If you don’t give a fire oxygen it can’t burn. If you don’t give Filou media coverage his rantings are meaningless. If you want the fire to go out STOP feeding it.

Rupert Murdoch is the GORILLA who promotes hatred, all AROUND THE WORLD!!! auspol IzzyFolau theboltreport mirandadevine SkyNews thefrontbar AlanJones RealMarkLatham

Hottest November day in over 100 years. 100 years ago if the Greens existed they'd blame the pipe smokers..

One step? He was one step too far half a marathon ago...

The Slug shouldn’t preach!

No they weren’t.

Free country

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