TENNIS : MARGARET COURT UNDER FIRE FOR "LESBIAN" COMMENTS !
Tennis Legend Margaret Court has come under heavy fire for her continued stand against same-sex marriage, and for saying that "tennis is full of lesbians" in a recent interview with a Christian radio.Tweet
Margaret Court, 74 years old, is now a Christian minister in her home town Perth, in Australia.
Margaret Court has won 24 Grand Slam Titles - - more than any human beings on Earth, to date. Though only 11 of those Titles were won in the Open Era.
Recently, Margaret Court has announced she was boycotting Australia's national flag carrier, Qantas, in response to the airlines' promotion of gay marriage.
"I have nothing against homosexual people, they can lead their life, but don't touch marriage", Margaret Court later explained in a TV interview.
She said, she supports marriage "the Bible way" - - which is conventionally between "a man and a woman".
In her Christian radio interview, Margaret Court continued to defend her stand.
Along the line, she said "tennis is full of lesbians", and they "are after our young ones".
Another Tennis Great, Martina Navratilova, savagely responded with sting.
Navratilova not only branded Margaret Court a "homophobe" but also called her a "racist" (sic).
Openly a lesbian, Martina Navratilova has won 18 Grand Slam Titles.
Navratilova and other lesbians in tennis had upped the ante in their attacks against Margaret Court.
They now had called to scrap Margaret Court Arena and to rename it into something else.
Margaret Court Arena is a historic and a major arena in the Australia Open -- named after Margaret Court, herself.
Whatever the people think about her views, Margaret Court is one of our greatest greats, and that Arena - - named after her - - celebrates that achievement, not her views, the Australian Prime Minister said, when asked about the brouhaha.
Mainly due to her religious faith, Margaret Court has been an outspoken critic of same-sex marriage for decades now.
Martina Navratilova says Margaret Court is 'a racist and a homophobe' https://t.co/VZ3LHgyGoq— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 1, 2017
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24-time Grand Slam singles champion Margaret Court has said "tennis is full of lesbians".https://t.co/7x0KN3JoMI pic.twitter.com/2SQf5Jp5oX— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 31, 2017
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Martina Navratilova calls former Australian tennis player Margaret Court a "racist and a homophobe" in open letter https://t.co/rdnGULE24r pic.twitter.com/lXYw1fdWwK— CNN International (@cnni) June 1, 2017
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Sam Stosur says Margaret Court is “crazy”, and many agree.
Posted by PerthNow on Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Martina Navratilova has called Margaret Court a “racist and a homophobe” for her comments about same-sex couples https://t.co/Tb1gprej99 pic.twitter.com/HpV6yk8yc0— The Times of London (@thetimes) June 2, 2017
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova: Margaret Court is a 'homophobe' whose arena should be renamed https://t.co/yiaXmqnIwe pic.twitter.com/IHBQ5r83Xy— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 1, 2017
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Martina Navratilova labels Margaret Court 'a racist and homophobe' for repeated slurs https://t.co/ke5zqHy67n pic.twitter.com/YC25XKstbA— Sun Sport (@SunSport) June 1, 2017
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'This is not OK': Martina Navratilova steps up her call to rename Margaret Court Arena https://t.co/bsMy2hYDBT— The Guardian (@guardian) June 1, 2017
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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says Margaret Court doesn't deserve an arena named after her https://t.co/pIfOoSkcXD— TIME (@TIME) June 1, 2017
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Margaret Court: astounding champion who found God and lost the respect of a nation https://t.co/4FL5ppE7uD via @guardian_sport— The Guardian (@guardian) June 2, 2017
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Margaret Court hits back, claims "U.S. gay lobby conspiring against me" https://t.co/Dc0Z6WF4xX pic.twitter.com/sxjjuQt7EM— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 2, 2017
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24-time Grand Slam winner Margaret Court believes there is a "conspiracy" from the "US gay lobby against herhttps://t.co/vrAeI31Y3e pic.twitter.com/xglQl5COAN— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 2, 2017
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"Margaret. Enough is enough." More and more players want to change the name of Margaret Court Arena. https://t.co/8b91Qp3jnI pic.twitter.com/kQa4J6iQON— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) June 1, 2017
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