Posted on 06/24/2019 3:02:20 AM PDT by Skywise
Israel Folau's spokesperson claimed there is "a continuing campaign of discrimination" against the former Australia international after GoFundMe shut down his crowdfunding campaign due to a violation of their terms.
Ex-Wallabies star Folau had asked for public donations in his legal battle against Rugby Australia (RA) having had his contract terminated by the governing body last month, following a social media post in which he said homosexuals were destined for hell unless they repented their sins.
Folau, who had previously been warned about similar posts, received more than 700,000 Australian dollars in donations on GoFundMe, but the crowdfunding platform shut down his page and refunded all donors on Monday, explaining that "this campaign violates our terms of service" in a statement.
"As a company, we are absolutely committed to the fight for equality for LGBTIQ people and fostering an environment of inclusivity," GoFundMe's Australia regional manager Nicola Britton said.
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It stinks. He had raised 700k in a couple of days and was heading towards in excess of a million. I hope people find another way of getting money to him. The question here is not what he said or that he may of broken his contract but rather is it legal for a company to write into a contract something that would limit his free expression of his faith. The government has even given the nod to that being discrimination based on religion and not allowed under the Equal Opportunity Act.
Three different sites say he has property and money to the tune of 6 to 7 million.
Whether he does or doesnt does not affect what this is about and that is why people are willing to support him with money. I am surprised that there was that much support which makes me a little happier about the state of my country
Private corporations are not going to allow people to say things which they don't like.
Proving once again that this is all about collecting money using someone else's investment, not about speech.
Folau's far from silenced, he just needs to work a little harder on his hustle now.
Then you’ll have no problem when gay people are denied service.
I think mentally ill people need to be put into institutions the way we used to do back in the 1950s.
And no, I don't care at all about people denying "gay" people service. Gay people need help, and humoring them that their condition is normal is counter productive.
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