Israel Fol won't be punished for anti-gay remarks, acrdg to Rugby Atralia boss Raelene Castle | Sportg News Atralia

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• ISRAEL FOL A 'STRONG ROLE MOL' SPE SAYG GAY PEOPLE GO TO HELL, RUGBY BOSS RAELENE CASTLE SAYS
• ISRAEL FOL WON'T BE PUNISHED FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS, ACRDG TO RUGBY ATRALIA BOSS RAELENE CASTLE
• ISRAEL FOL P SANCTN OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS BUT SPONSORS SHOWDOWN LOOMS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

ISRAEL FOL A 'STRONG ROLE MOL' SPE SAYG GAY PEOPLE GO TO HELL, RUGBY BOSS RAELENE CASTLE SAYS

She oversaw the Wallabi’ poor performance at the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the subsequent rignatn of head ach Michael attracted fierce cricism for her handlg of the Israel Fol saga after the Wallabi star had his ntract termated bee of anti-gay social media posts, leadg to a multi-ln dollar legal settlement. As the boss of the anizatn, the 48-year-old is facg a nightmare after a top player repeated his offensive media posts about homosexuals.

The game’s hight profile player Israel Fol nmned homosexuals to hell for the send time. Rugby Atralia chief executive Raelene Castle has scribed bieged Wallabi star Israel Fol as a "strong role mol" spe his social media post sayg that gay people were gog to Fol, a vout Christian, said homosexuals would go to "HELL" unls they "repent their ss" a ment on Instagram on April met gby hierarchy today Sydney to discs social media policy, after he had been wily cricised for his, 29, is one of the biggt nam Atralian gby. (AAP: Pl Miller)Fol has prevly spoken out agast same-sex marriage, after the Wallabi exprsed support for the Y mpaign last a tweet posted on September 13 last year, Fol said: "I love and rpect all people for who they are and their opns but personally, I will not support gay marriage.

"Wh that eedom, he joed Rugby Atralia as one of the biggt signgs the phase of Fol's life end acrimony though, when he posted an image to social media sayg "those that are livg s will end up hell unls you repent" ments were acpanied by an image that proclaimed hell awaed "dnks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornitors, thiev, atheists and idolaters", alongsi a bible was at the time when the marriage equaly bate was full flow and Fol's tweet was his ntributn to that was not the first time that Fol's social media e had created year prr, Fol rpond to a qutn om a member of the public about God's plan for gay people by sayg: "HELL … unls they repent of their ss and turn to God. The former Wallabi gby unn player is takg Rugby Atralia to urt after his ntract was termated on 17 May followg a homophobic post on his social media.

ISRAEL FOL WON'T BE PUNISHED FOR ANTI-GAY REMARKS, ACRDG TO RUGBY ATRALIA BOSS RAELENE CASTLE

"FalloutFol's statements on homosexualy were met wh surprise and disappotment but, perhaps surprisgly, there was unrstandg om some the muny. (Supplied: Vanilla Tupu)Durg the fallout om the ments, Fol wrote that suggtns he was homophobic "uld not be further om the tth".

ISRAEL FOL P SANCTN OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS BUT SPONSORS SHOWDOWN LOOMS

(Getty Imag: Matt Kg)Fol's team, though, angled the bate towards the policised storm around relig eedom that was beg fought Atralian society as a Wallaby Dan Palmer realised he was gay when he was a teenager, but me out only after his reer end.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

"To me, as a kid, was very difficult to rencile those two seemgly petg ias — on one hand I was gay, and on the other hand I wanted to be a gby player, " he says an terview for the documentary. " Dan Palmer (centre) me out as gay after his reer end. (Getty Imag: Cameron Spencer)Last year, seven Manly Sea Eagl players refed to wear a jersey that featured a rabow motif support of the LGBTQIA+ adms the entire suatn was poorly handled but the players affected have doubled down, sayg they will not wear a pri jersey the October, AFL club Essendon's appotment of Andrew Thorburn as chief executive lasted jt 24 hours after his lks to a church nmng homosexualy and abortn were revealed.

None of may well go on to prove she is the right person for the job, but this week she fell spectacularly at her first major hurdle failg to sanctn Israel Fol; not jt for his anti-gay Instagram post but for his on-le lumn qutng Castle and her motivatn over some reasonably banal ments about him at a media nference a week ’s not unrtimate how weak RA has been the past llg: Israel Fol has ma clear his beliefs e before Louie DouvisTwo weeks ago, Fol says on social media that gays are gog to “hell if they don’t repent of their ss”. He quot passag of the Bible to jtify his remarks about hell and gays but then has a crack at Castle for “misreprentg my posn and my ments”, which he says she did “to appease other people”’s the game’s hight-paid player, wh the biggt profile, havg a shot at his boss a lumn. Rugby Atralia boss Raelene Castle says Israel Fol won’t be punished for the anti-gay views he has published on social media.

Fol ed another global backlash last week by sayg gays will go to hell. Rugby Atralia is set for an ugly showdown wh s major sponsors after cidg to not take actn agast Israel Fol over his anti-gay ments an Instagram post earlier this month. ”But the cisn to bend for the renega Wallabi and Waratahs player, who is off ntract at the end of this season, is set to anger major sponsors who have been watchg the issue fter over the past two their ey, there has been a major is unrstood RA told s major rporate partners last week was gog to take actn agast Fol over his claim an Instagram ment that gay people were gog to “hell unls they repent of their ss”.