Margaret Court cops LGBTI backlash after boycotting Qantas
TENNIS legend Margaret Court has generated controversy by announcing she will be boycotting Qantas over its support for marriage equality.
“I am disappointed that Qantas has become an active promoter for same-sex marriage,” Court wrote in a letter to The West Australian newspaper.
“I believe in marriage as a union between a man and a woman as stated in the Bible.
“Your statement leaves me no option but to use other airlines where possible for my extensive travelling.”
Australians have taken to social media to voice their outrage.
Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena distanced itself from Court’s comments.
“Melbourne & Olympic Parks does not support Margaret Court’s comments and we remain an organisation committed to embracing equality, diversity and inclusion,” they tweeted.
— Margaret Court Arena (@MCourtArena) May 25, 2017
Tennis great Martina Navratilova suggested the arena should change its name over the incident.
Maybe it's time to change the name of the Margaret Court Arena then… and I guess Margaret will be taking the boat on her next trip?:)
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) May 25, 2017
Other Australians have also tweeted their protests against Court’s anti-equality letter.
“Why are you choosing to fly Qantas?”
Me: The 100% guarantee that i will never accidentally run into Margaret Court on a flight— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) May 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/joelcreasey/status/867629651341877248
https://twitter.com/SquigglyRick/status/867628082558935040
Maybe we could rename it the Tina Arena 🙏🏻 https://t.co/ufUj1pZc3i
— Jason Ball (@jasonballau) May 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/matwhi/status/867626301124820992
Qantas competitor Virgin has also publicly stated its support for marriage equality.
Who cares what Margaret Court thinks?
She’s just another has-been tennis player who got hooked on the publicity and can’t get over herself and the fact that no-one gives a toss about her or what she thinks.
Why refer to her as “A Tennis Legend”? She is just another who lapped up all the plaudits and money when she was young. The Maggie Court Arena should be re-named and her name expunged from the records.
I always wonder how these bigoted, homophobic people would react if they found out one of their children, or in Maggie’s case great-grand-children revealed that they were homosexual?
She’d probably react, to my family’s everlasting shame, as one of my sisters did when we were discussing her teenage son’s problems and I suggested was it possible he could be gay. She hit the roof! “No son of mine is going to be a homosexual (she won’t use the word “Gay”) and I will [put a stop to it!” Stupid bitch still thinks I and the rest of us choose, rather than been born, to be Gay. She hates the fact that out of us Six Children three of us, 2 other sisters & myself, are Homosexual. Like Maggie she thinks her god will punish us for being normal and that she, so filled with Hate, will go to heaven!
I am so glad I dont read or believe what the bible says…
We should rename it “The Polly Petrie Pavilion”.
What short memories people have. Not to mention the hypocrisy.
Just a few weeks ago the call went out to boycott Coopers beer.
But that’s OK because we were doing it?