Church leader lashes Margaret Court's 'bad theology' & hands back his Order of AustraliaReverend Alistair Macrae declared he will be returning the Order of Australia he was awarded in 2017, slamming Court’s “bad theology.”
The former president of the Uniting Church
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in Australia has become the latest high-profile figure to HAND BACK their award in PROTEST of Margaret Court’s honour.
Reverend Alistair Macrae wrote in the Age;
As a minister & theologian, I am aware that Bad Theology KILLS PEOPLE. Bad Theology underpinned
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Reverend Alistair Macrae wrote in the Age;
As a minister & theologian, I am aware that Bad Theology KILLS PEOPLE. Bad Theology underpinned2/
the RACIST Apartheid regime in South Africa. Bad Theology supported Hitler’s RACIST ideology & the EVIL it produced.
Bad Theology underpinned or failed to recognise the RACIST assumptions behind the destructive program of COLONISATION not least in this land.
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Bad Theology underpinned or failed to recognise the RACIST assumptions behind the destructive program of COLONISATION not least in this land.
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Bad Theology continues to ALIENATE & OPPRESS sexual minorities.
The upgrading of Mrs Court’s award will rub salt into these wounds.
He went on to say, “Statistics relating to suicide & mental health issues among the LGBTI community are well known & should be of CONCERN to
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The upgrading of Mrs Court’s award will rub salt into these wounds.
He went on to say, “Statistics relating to suicide & mental health issues among the LGBTI community are well known & should be of CONCERN to
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the whole community, not least the community that CLAIMS to follow the teaching & life example of Jesus Christ.”
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Reverend Macrae declared: “It is utterly DISINGENUOUS, in this day & age, to claim that Mrs Court’s sporting achievements can be separated
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Reverend Macrae declared: “It is utterly DISINGENUOUS, in this day & age, to claim that Mrs Court’s sporting achievements can be separated
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from her highly publicised comments about LGBTIQ people.”
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& what was Margaret Court's response to the OUTRAGE of her receiving Australia's Highest Award?
–to REITERATE her views that being gay was a choice, & could be cured. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/australian-open-2021-church-leader-lashes-margaret-court-220126126.html
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& what was Margaret Court's response to the OUTRAGE of her receiving Australia's Highest Award?–to REITERATE her views that being gay was a choice, & could be cured. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/australian-open-2021-church-leader-lashes-margaret-court-220126126.html
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