{"id":93426,"date":"2019-08-01T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/homophobic-rugby-player-wants-10-million-and-his-old-job-back\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T12:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:26:02","slug":"homophobic-rugby-player-wants-10-million-and-his-old-job-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/homophobic-rugby-player-wants-10-million-and-his-old-job-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Homophobic rugby player wants $10 million AND his old job back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Homophobic rugby player wants $10 million AND his old job back<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Israel<\/p>\n

Disgraced rugby player Israel Folau has officially filed a $10 million lawsuit against Rugby Australia after the organization fired him earlier this year for spewing off all sorts of homophobic nonsense on social media.<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit, Folau, who had been one of Australia\u2019s highest-paid athletes before his epic fall from grace, argues that his contract was unlawfully terminated due to his Christian beliefs.<\/p>\n

Related: Australia has kicked Israel Folau out of professional rugby for his repeated anti-gay comments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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But Australian rugby officials maintain that Folau breached a players\u2019 code of conduct by violating its code on \u201crespectful use of social media.\u201d According to the code, players must \u201ctreat everyone equally, fairly and with dignity regardless of gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, cultural or religious background, age or disability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to having his contract terminated, Folau repeatedly used social media to say LGBTQ people were going to hell, bash trans<\/a> people, rant about the White House being lit up in rainbow colors, and share videos<\/a> of hateful sermons by homophobic preachers.<\/p>\n

Related: Homophobic rugby player launches new fundraiser, blows past goal by raking in $1000 a minute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Folau crowdfunded $2 million<\/a> with the help of the Australian Christian Lobby, a Christian extremist political lobbying group, to pay for his legal expenses. Now,\u00a0he wants $10 million in compensation from Ruby Australia ($6 million\u00a0more<\/em> than the four-year contract he was released from) plus his job back.<\/p>\n

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Folau has said in the past that he would rather walk away from rugby than defy the Bible. Unless, evidently, there\u2019s $10 million involved.<\/p>\n

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