but first have you noticed that when it comes to Gay Pride celebrations in sport there's a massive double standard when Muslim athletes choose not to participate there's barely a word in fact there's often respect for their principles but when Christian athletes boycott such uh sporting events they are instantly maligned back in 2022 you might remember seven Manley Seagle rugby league players chose to sit out a game of football rather than wear a gay pride Jersey and for that they were called bigots they even received death threats the irony was just a couple of months later
an AFL W player for gws Giants also chose to sit out a pride game because of her Muslim beliefs well the ABC described her as an upand cominging leader in the Muslim Community who'd been caught in a difficult situation well this played out all over again in the English Premier League over the weekend where they celebrated their lgbtq pride round now as part of this celebration captains of each team were required to wear a gay armband and uh this of course created problems for religious players now the captain of ipswitch is a Muslim born in
Egypt Sam Mory he chose just not to wear the gay arm band at all and Nar a word was said as opposed to the captain of Crystal Palace Mark Gayu who was born in the Ivory Coast he's a committed Christian his father is a Christian minister he decided I'm going to wear the gay armband because I bear no ill will towards the lgbtq community but I do have a higher Allegiance I don't share their world view and so he wrote on the armband Jesus loves you now I reckon that's a pretty good statement for inclusion
what could be more inclusive than Jesus loves everybody who could be offended by that well as you can imagine all hell broke loose he was threatened with sanctions there were suggestions he could lose his place on the english team and that's before we talk about his lucrative contracts and sponsorships now the Football Association argued that they don't allow political or religious statements to be made on the pitch which begs the question what is lgbtq pride other than a political and religious statement
