Martina Navratilova slams 'sick and dangerous' Margaret Court comments

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Source: sky.com







09:42, UK, Thursday 01 June 2017


.................Martina Navratilova has criticised tennis legend Margaret Court's controversial comments about gay tennis players and transgender children in a scathing open letter.

Navratilova is leading calls for the Margaret Court Arena at the Australian Open to be renamed after the 74-year-old claimed the game is "full of lesbians".....................


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She said: "Tennis is full of lesbians, because even when I was playing there was only a couple there, but those couple that led took young ones into parties and things.
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Asked about transgender children, she said: "That's all the devil... but that's what Hitler did and that's what communism did - got the mind of the children.

"And there's a whole plot in our nation, and in the nations of the world to get the minds of the children.".........................

Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/martina-navratilova-slams-sick-and-dangerous-margaret-court-comments-10900336

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It seems to be so doubly wrong when a pastor speaks bigotry! (I know---so many do)

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[oberliner]

1. Agree with Martina

Those comments were reprehensible.

[joshdawg]

2. Sic'em Martina!!

Folks like Court Smith are extremely ignorant and dangerous.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Good!

Now maybe Court can get off everyone else's lawn.

[rpannier]

7. and clay

To your play on words

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Funny You Did That

Because i was thinking about that when i wrote lawn. I was thinking Wimbledon for lawn, and then was thinking hard court for Aussie, but didn't move on it.

Glad you did!

[joeybee12]

4. Andy Murray also came out against Court

Anyone with a brain would. Knr

[rpannier]

6. Sounds like everyone quoted in the article is

and would be fine with the name change
Oh.... But the rabid Christo-fascists would scream Christian genocide

[rpannier]

5. Margaret Court is a disease

Screw you Maggie Court

[yallerdawg]

8. Religious intolerance and discrimination is a scourge on earth!

The shit in their heads should stay there.

[DURHAM D]

9. Margaret has been running away from herself her entire life. nt

[AllaN01Bear]

11. it took me 25 years to accept who i am and what i am

i "didnt go", i was born with this , who the fuck do you think u are telling ME what i should be or shouldnt be . if you claim you r crhistian, then you should read about the part that says " love thy neighbors, and do unto others ". my late mum would say" if u cant say anything nice abt ppl,. dont say anything at all.

[OnDoutside]

12. Looks like she's knocked this one .... out of court....

Amazing how someone in her position could say something like that, let alone think it.

[mountain grammy]

13. Good on you, Martina!

[RhodeIslandOne]

14. Court has always been a homophobic nut.

She was whining about this shit in the 70s.

[Aristus]

15. I was hoping Ms. Navratilova would speak up.

She's such a classy lady. I hope she's able to get the arena's name changed.

[dhill926]

16. players should boycott the AO....

that'll get the stadium's name changed in a hurry....

[canetoad]

17. Years ago

Probably towards the end of her playing days, I heard Navratilova shut down an interviewer (talking about morality) with the succinct comment, "Don't like abortion? Then don't have one."

[tazkcmo]

18. Hey Margaret!

The Ice Age called. They want their ignorance back.

[demigoddess]

20. good one!!! no one could have said it better.

when are we going to get over these Middle Ages beliefs.

[nikibatts]

19. "work of the devil?" I thought God was in control of everything?