The AFL is a very inclusive sporting league. Just ask them, they’ll tell you. They’ll welcome anybody — even put on a special round for them.
Anybody but Christians.
As I reported last week, a new CEO of an AFL club lasted less than 24 hours in his job. Within hours of Andrew Thorbun’s appointment as Essendon CEO, anonymous snitches had trawled the internet and successfully come up with damning accusations that saw him unceremoniously sacked. The Stasi couldn’t have done better.
His crime? Stalking women and breaking AVOs? Hell, no — do that, and you’ll get a star billing at the Brownlow ceremony (just make sure to put on a nice frock, of course). How about charges of indecent assault? No, you’ll be kept on the squad. Got into drunken brawls and killed while drink-driving? No, that gets you a hero’s funeral and club memorial. Arrested for paedophilia? Nope — known paedophiles were allowed to be Little League coaches for years.
No, all of that’s stuff the League is prepared to turn a blind eye on.
Just don’t, whatever you do, be a practising Christian.
For daring to be associated with a church that actually believes its own Scriptures, all hell broke loose.
Because his church believes what all Christians have normally believed about key moral issues – along with what Muslims and Jews have always tended to believe – he was deemed to be unfit to hold any sort of leadership position, even at a football club.
Even Muslims are allowed to believe — and publicly and loudly profess — the sort of beliefs that got Thorburn sacked. Haneen Zreika, a Muslim AFL player, refused — twice! — to play in a “Pride” jersey.
She has suffered not the least sanction, not even a public scolding, from the AFL.
When it comes to Christianity, all is verboten. Thou Shall not be a Christian or even think about letting your Christianity be made known publicly. Anyone who dares to do that is now Public Enemy Number One […]
On a regular basis, the AFL has a Woke weekend, whether that be a LGBTQ+ pride round, or a Muslim pride round, and so on. That is just peachy. But promoting and celebrating Christianity in your own personal life? That is obviously a step too far. Away with the scoundrel!
AFL is not the only sporting code with a hate boner for Christianity. In rugby, Israel Folau was vilified and sacked for publicly expressing standard Christian views. The Manly Seven were stood down for objecting to “Pride” regalia. There’s even a “Pride Football competition” for soccer.
I wonder if the competitors will be boycotting this year’s World Cup?
The 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held next month in Qatar. For those not in the know, Qatar is a traditional Muslim-majority nation.
Consider this little bit of welcoming information that the government wants all visitors – especially those from the West – to be aware of. There are certain things you will not do while there – or else. This list includes:
no alcohol
no homosexuality
no immodesty
no profanity
no disrespecting of mosques
no loud music
no datingHmm… Just about everything the West champions or enjoys is prohibited in Qatar. And even as a brief visitor, if you dare to engage in any of these things, be prepared to suffer the consequences . So does that mean the Australian media, the AFL, politicians like Dan Andrews, and all the rest have loudly and clearly voiced their strongest disapproval of all this?
Does that mean they are all insisting that we must ban people from going there and we must condemn Qatar in the strongest of terms?
Of course not. Despite its orthodox teachings prescribing death for homosexuality and teaching that a woman is worth half a man, Islam gets, not just a free pass, but a welcome mat in woke Australia.
The truth is, Christophobia is alive and well and spreading fast. Don’t believe me? Just have a quick chat with Andrew Thorburn.
Spectator Australia
Andrew Thorburn’s fleeting bosses at Essendon have publicly lamented that anti-discrimination laws forbade them from grilling candidates on their religious beliefs. It’s only a matter of time before that is taken care of, and “Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Christian Church?” becomes a standard question in the hiring process.