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They are welcome.
They were welcome to play. They chose to boycott.
The club respects their values, but it doesn’t mean they are held hostage to them either.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
How was it an ambush?
Also, they had 3 days in which to back down. They didn’t.
Consultation would have been a waste of time.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
Ah, so boycotting on cultural reasons “because my culture makes homosexuality illegal” is a way of acknowledging and accepting them, is it?
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
I transitioned from good little Catholic boy, to Deist to Atheist.
The turning point for me was when I was 9, I read Genesis in detention and still couldn’t get over the fact that god created light and dark on day 1, and the sun on day 4.
When you’ve got a plot hole in the opening paragraphs of a book, it’s gonna be hard to keep the reader captive.
When I was given 5 days of detention for questioning that with the teacher, that was the end of organised religion for me. I vividly remember that moment.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
It should be a development games tbh.
One where you send your juniors and fringe to get some much needed international exposure.
It was utterly, utterly embarrassing that some of our best swimmers sat out the world championships for this event.
Fancy not swimming against the best European/American/Asian swimmers so you can whip the snot out of some Scot.
The importance of athletics (and a few nations) to future Commonwealth Games
But I have excellent 5G reception.
And frankly, my work uses the microsoft office suite, so I get the free updates as well.
Winner winner.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
It’s not the culture that outlaws homosexuality, it’s the laws.
These Australian citizens live in a country where it is perfectly legal to be gay. If they have such a problem with those laws, they can either rescind their citizenship or leave: which is the equivalent stance to a boycott on a jumper.
At the end of the day, they are picking and choosing the causes and actions based on absolute fallacies.
Why are these Australian born players choosing to represent Samoa/Tonga and not Australia as they are more in touch with that culture.
Come now…none of these seven are remotely close to Australian selection. It’s easy to make the choice when your own talent limits the options from which to choose from.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
And others can comment on the fact that your “I’d just prefer to stay out of it mate” comment seems wafer thin considering how many times you’ve gone into it.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
It’s a relic.
The only benefit of the CG is that they play squash and prove it can be hosted at the Olympic level. The world’s greatest sport should be an Olympic sport.
The importance of athletics (and a few nations) to future Commonwealth Games
Futhermore, I plan to debunk the so-called hypocrisy from people labelling Christians for picking and choosing what parts of the religion to follow.
You planned and failed. You made the critical mistake of treating all Christian churches as the same.
Yes, you are spot on that some churches take the more conventional approach to drinking and gambling and are fine with it.
However, other churches have built into their practicing codes that drinking and gambling -and the association of such – is strictly outlawed.
Mormon and Wesleyan churches in particular.
Now, I’ve done some research on this. I have learnt the church of 5 of these 7, and the 5 fall into the two churches above.
So yes, the question still is very much relevant to them about why they pick and choose.
Additionally, this idea that “homosexuality is banned in the countries of their cultural ancestry is nonsense. They’re Australian and they live in Australia. It’s legal…. But yet they’re not rescinding their citizenship are they?
Your article was a good try, but I’m guessing you are Catholic?
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey
His half time speeches would be show stoppers as well
'Dog's breakfast' handling, 'seriously lame' players and a boycott: Manly fans have their say on Pride jersey
He’d definitely he responsible for Mad Monday, especially on a tight budget.
Give him some water, bread and fish and just watch what he can do with it!
'Dog's breakfast' handling, 'seriously lame' players and a boycott: Manly fans have their say on Pride jersey
It doesn’t change the fact that they still operate like a franchise.
If you are offering contracts, the principles are the same.
'It's not the same': The T20 revolution is pushing me away from the game I grew up loving
Good effort by Manly.
A good future awaits with that type of depth.
Pride before a fall: Depleted Manly battle hard and unveil a new Fulton, but lose out to error-prone Roosters
It’s not an unreasonable assumption to expect there may be something there re growth in the US which comparatively is quite material re cricket investment globally.
Quite so, but it’s also not unrealistic to ask that if that was true, why haven’t they tried more aggressively in the past.
Once again, the West Indies gravitation away from cricket serves as a caution to just how powerful baseball, basketball, gridiron and hockey are.
30 years ago it would have been unthinkable that cricket would be dying a slow death in the Caribbean.
It’s not unreasonable to say that cricket will die a slow death amongst the South Asian diaspora in the US as well.
And without the diaspora, they’ll get nowhere.
Canada, even with it’s own significant South Asian diaspora and substantive Commonwealth linkage hasn’t ever been able to get a cricket following there.
I do not think the US is the promised land.
'It's not the same': The T20 revolution is pushing me away from the game I grew up loving
Agree in part.
But media exposure to cricket will still always be niche, and the 3rd and 4th gens will gravitate towards the major sports there because of saturation and well, financial opportunity.
We’ve seen it in the west Indies. Basketball is just crushing cricket because of relentless media saturation.
$1.3b is good money, but they’ll still need to build some grounds with it. It won’t go very far.
I’m not saying it’s a market not worth exploring, but it’s not going to be the pot of gold either.
Rugby have tried and tried and tried to crack the US, and have largely failed. A couple of all blacks games in Chicago isn’t enough.
'It's not the same': The T20 revolution is pushing me away from the game I grew up loving
Sorry…not boat. ark.
Club and players to blame in Manly pride jersey fiasco as boycott highlights hypocrisy on other issues
What about Singapore Airlines, etihad, Chinese airlines, indian airlines etc. And as qantas is in bed with Emirates and virgin in bed with Singapore… You must travel by bus or boat, right?
Club and players to blame in Manly pride jersey fiasco as boycott highlights hypocrisy on other issues
I know for a fact Emirates employs gay people.
I can’t speak for Qatar.
Club and players to blame in Manly pride jersey fiasco as boycott highlights hypocrisy on other issues
I’m yet to see either airline boycott countries that allow gay rights either.
Qatar and Emirates don’t broadcast their alleged discrimination. These 7 did.
Club and players to blame in Manly pride jersey fiasco as boycott highlights hypocrisy on other issues
Maybe if the currency was the Zimbabwean dollar…
NRL News: Folau's wife blasts 'hypocrite' V'landys, Manly seven told not to attend, Sam takes Souths over Dolphins
Menzies indeed would have been fine with the rainbows….as long as the rainbows were monarchists!
NRL News: Folau's wife blasts 'hypocrite' V'landys, Manly seven told not to attend, Sam takes Souths over Dolphins
Yep, fair enough.
But would he pop into court to support Fainu on these charges if Fainu was gay?
Guessing not….
NRL News: Folau's wife blasts 'hypocrite' V'landys, Manly seven told not to attend, Sam takes Souths over Dolphins
Biblical origins?
So then it must be true.
NRL News: Folau's wife blasts 'hypocrite' V'landys, Manly seven told not to attend, Sam takes Souths over Dolphins
Two of the best ever British sitcoms relentlessly took the snot out of religion.
Vicar of Dibley and Father Ted.
'Advertising a sin': A Christian perspective on Manly's pride jersey