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Teh One Who Knocks
06-01-2017, 11:07 AM
BBC Sports


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Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova has renewed her call for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed - describing the Australian as a "racist and a homophobe".

Court, 74, has said she would not fly on Qantas "where possible" in protest at its support of same-sex marriage.

She then told a Christian radio station "tennis is full of lesbians".

In an open letter, Navratilova said: "We should not be celebrating this kind of behaviour."

The 60-year-old addressed her letter to the Margaret Court Arena, one of the main show courts at the Australian Open.

She said: "It is now clear exactly who Court is: an amazing tennis player, and a racist and a homophobe.

"Her vitriol is not just an opinion. She is actively trying to keep LGBT people from getting equal rights (note to Court: we are human beings, too)."

In 1990, Court said Navratilova was a poor role model for young tennis players because of her homosexuality.

Navratilova said she had forgiven Court for those comments, but had only just been made aware of remarks the Australian made about South Africa's apartheid regime.

In 1970, Court said: "South Africa has the racial situation rather better organised than anyone else, certainly much better than the United States."

Court won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, 11 of them in the Open era, which began in 1968 and allowed professionals to compete alongside amateurs.

Navratilova described Court's actions as "bullying" and said sporting venues are named after athletes for "who they are as human beings" and "not just for what this person did on the field".

"The platform people like Margaret Court use needs to be made smaller, not bigger," she said.

Navratilova believes the Margaret Court Arena should be renamed after Evonne Goolagong, a 14-time Grand Slam winner of Australian Aboriginal descent.

"I think the Evonne Goolagong Arena has a great ring to it," she added. "Now there is a person we can all celebrate. On every level."

Analysis

BBC Sport tennis correspondent Russell Fuller:

Freedom of speech is one thing, but Margaret Court has caused widespread offence within tennis with these most recent remarks.

Tennis Australia has so far tried to separate Court's views from her achievements as a player to argue the name of the arena does not need to change. But they will find it very hard to withstand such pressure from figures like Martina Navratilova. And the current generation of players have much influence, too.

Andy Murray, who is a member of the ATP Player Council, says it would be difficult for players to boycott a particular court during a Grand Slam. But he points out they could collectively agree a position before the tournament, which would make life very difficult indeed for Tennis Australia.

deebakes
06-01-2017, 12:50 PM
is the statement "tennis is full of lesbians" factually inaccurate? :?

somehow i doubt it :lol:

The Monk
06-01-2017, 02:42 PM
Navratilove can go and fuck herself as far as I care.

Margaret Court has done absolutely nothing except support the law in this country as it stands today.

While I have no real beef against gays, I am sick to death of the extreme lefties attacking at a personal level anyone who does not conform to their way of thinking.

DemonGeminiX
06-01-2017, 07:21 PM
I am sick to death of the extreme lefties attacking at a personal level anyone who does not conform to their way of thinking.

:huh:

deebakes
06-01-2017, 08:39 PM
#triggered

The Monk
06-02-2017, 01:21 AM
Navratilove can go and fuck herself as far as I care.

Margaret Court has done absolutely nothing except support the law in this country as it stands today.

While I have no real beef against gays, I am sick to death of the extreme lefties attacking at a personal level anyone who does not conform to their way of thinking.


:huh:


I don't know about over where you are but everyone who disagrees with leftie views here are attacked and ridiculed. That's with just about any social or political issue.

lost in melb.
06-02-2017, 02:43 AM
Navratilove can go and fuck herself as far as I care.

Margaret Court has done absolutely nothing except support the law in this country as it stands today.

While I have no real beef against gays, I am sick to death of the extreme lefties attacking at a personal level anyone who does not conform to their way of thinking.

She went a bit further, dude: “We know that homosexuality is a lust of the flesh, so is adultery, fornication, all those things … they too know this, this is why they want marriage, because it’s self-satisfying. I think they know it comes against Christianity, the beliefs of God, but in some way it’s justifying.”

And transgender children: "work of the devil".

It's pretty much an attack on these groups. Christian social-engineering, less to do with left/right imo

RBP
06-02-2017, 03:02 AM
:huh:

I know right? :lol:

:potkettle:

RBP
06-02-2017, 03:03 AM
I don't know about over where you are but everyone who disagrees with leftie views here are attacked and ridiculed. That's with just about any social or political issue.

Are you even a member of this board? Aside from porn, that's like 80% of the content. :lol:

lost in melb.
06-02-2017, 04:29 AM
:huh:


I know right? :lol:

:potkettle:


Our (actual) lefties would eat yours for breakfast. Yankees don't know what left is :hand:

RBP
06-02-2017, 04:36 AM
Our (actual) lefties would eat yours for breakfast. Yankees don't know what left is :hand:

Please enlighten us.

lost in melb.
06-02-2017, 09:38 AM
In good time. Don't want to ruin your weekend :hand:

Teh One Who Knocks
06-02-2017, 10:15 AM
It's a shame that Serena is pregnant and out for the rest of the year, she won the Aussie Open this year and is only one Grand Slam away from tying Court and 2 away from passing her. As much as I hate the Williams sisters, I hope Court is still alive when she gets passed for the most Slams all time by a black woman when Serena comes back next year :rofl:

The Monk
06-02-2017, 01:24 PM
She went a bit further, dude: “We know that homosexuality is a lust of the flesh, so is adultery, fornication, all those things … they too know this, this is why they want marriage, because it’s self-satisfying. I think they know it comes against Christianity, the beliefs of God, but in some way it’s justifying.”

And transgender children: "work of the devil".

It's pretty much an attack on these groups. Christian social-engineering, less to do with left/right imo


I'm not so sure on the "less to do with left/right" thing.... How many right wingers do you know who are in favour and how many are also attacking the source?

The Monk
06-02-2017, 01:26 PM
Are you even a member of this board? Aside from porn, that's like 80% of the content. :lol:

I'm right wing and proud of it. I don't believe the world owes me a living or that I should be willing to believe every bloody sob story of a leftie.....

That said, there are more than enough dickhead politicians that purport to be right wing bu are just in power fawning to the politically correct lefties.... e.g. our own Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser!

The Monk
06-02-2017, 01:30 PM
It's a shame that Serena is pregnant and out for the rest of the year, she won the Aussie Open this year and is only one Grand Slam away from tying Court and 2 away from passing her. As much as I hate the Williams sisters, I hope Court is still alive when she gets passed for the most Slams all time by a black woman when Serena comes back next year :rofl:


I think she would be the first to congratulate her...... She is no racist!!! She is just a very religious person who disagrees with same sex marriage. I agree with her on that part only.

Teh One Who Knocks
06-02-2017, 04:57 PM
I think she would be the first to congratulate her...... She is no racist!!! She is just a very religious person who disagrees with same sex marriage. I agree with her on that part only.

:-s


In 1990, Court said Navratilova was a poor role model for young tennis players because of her homosexuality.

Navratilova said she had forgiven Court for those comments, but had only just been made aware of remarks the Australian made about South Africa's apartheid regime.

In 1970, Court said: "South Africa has the racial situation rather better organised than anyone else, certainly much better than the United States."

:-k