A pillar of strength

I don’t have much in common with Israel Folau, Australia’s best rugby union player. We even disagree which football code is played in Heaven. Regardless, we have a duty to put ourselves in Folau’s shoes — if not football boots — when considering his paraphrasing of his holy book, the Christian '...

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Published inReview (Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) : 1997) Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 8 - 13
Main Author Tor Hundloe
Format Journal Article
Published 01.08.2019
Subjects
Atheists
Attitudes
Civil rights movements
Football players
Freedom of speech
Industrial relations
Social aspects
Speech perception
AUSTRALIA
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Summary:I don’t have much in common with Israel Folau, Australia’s best rugby union player. We even disagree which football code is played in Heaven. Regardless, we have a duty to put ourselves in Folau’s shoes — if not football boots — when considering his paraphrasing of his holy book, the Christian 'Bible'. Folau informed gays and many other sinners, as defined in his Holy Book, they will go to Hell unless they repent. For this, he was sacked.
Bibliography:Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
Institute of Public Affairs Review, Vol. 71, No. 2, Aug 2019, 8-13
ISSN:1329-8100