“Medieval Fool”: Israel Folau Slammed For Linking Bushfires To Marriage Equality
Even Alan Jones wants him to shutup.
Former rugby player Israel Folau has again incited the ire of the nation by suggesting that the devastating bushfires sweeping across NSW and Queensland are a result of the passing of the gay marriage bill.
Folau, best known for his repeated slurs on the LGBTIQ community, was sacked this year from Rugby Australia for homophobic posts on his Instagram page. He has since attempted to fight the decision in court and is begging his supporters for their financial scraps.
But that doesn’t appear to have humbled the rugby star — humility: a Christian virtue — who has this week posted a video to the Truth of Jesus Christ Church Sydney outlining his most discriminatory views.
“I’ve been looking around at the events that’s been happening in Australia, this past couple of weeks, with all the natural disasters, the bushfires and the droughts,” he says in the video, as per News.com.au.
“The events that have happened here in Australia, in the last couple of years — God’s word says for a man and a woman to be together. They’ve come and changed this law. Abortion, it’s OK now to murder, kill infants, unborn children.
“Look how rapid these bushfires these droughts, all these things have come in a short period of time. Do you think it’s a coincidence or not?”
Since the video reached the public eye, Folau has been slammed from all corners, with the story even reaching the attention of international outlets.
Folau thinks the Australian bush fires.
Which killed six.
Are the result of Australian abortion and gay rights laws.
Medieval fool.
— Paul Williams (@thepaulwilliams) November 17, 2019
Everybody:
Israel Folau: “It’s been a while since I reminded you all that I’m a 10/10, A grade cockwomble. Please, pull up a seat…”
— Kirsty Webeck 🏳️🌈 (@KirstyWebeck) November 17, 2019
Israel #Folau looks at the fatal bushfires and sees the murderous hand of an angry God, as payback for same-sex marriage.
Yet when I look in the face of the man I’m in love with, I see kindness, gentleness, and unguarded love.
I prefer to see the world my way. #auspol
— Troy Simpson (@TroyPSimpson) November 17, 2019
Israel Folau is going to put us out of a job. pic.twitter.com/HV2ooJR2oW
— 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚛 (@chaser) November 17, 2019
Even Folau’s staunch defender, controversial broadcaster Alan Jones, thinks the rugby star has gone too far.
“Israel is a lovely human being, I know him well. Israel, button up. Button up,” Jones said on his show this week. “These comments don’t help.”
It’s worth noting that Folau’s comments are not only widely offensive to the LGBTIQ community, but also to all those who have been affected by the bushfires. With one brief bit of hate-filled invective, Folau has managed to further besmirch his name in the light of both the nation and the world.
Let’s see him start a GoFundMe to get out of this one.