Phelp's extreme gay dogma seek to diminish a great Australian
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Image via WikipediaFormer AMA president Kerryn Phelps says tennis legend Margaret Court has vilified gays with her comments that homosexuality is an abomination in God's view. Kerryn Phelps is demanding that the tennis arena named after Mrs Court, be stripped of her name. Ms Phelps, a gay women, is calling on the Victorian Government and Tennis Australia to drop Margaret Court's name from one of its show court arenas at Melbourne Park.Dr Phelps tweeted the comment to Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu today in response to Court's continued opposition to same sex marriage, and homosexuality more generally, ahead of next week's Australian Open.
Gay rights activists are urging people to use the Open to protest against the tennis great's views by waving rainbow flags at the Margaret Court Arena.
"Time to rename Margaret Court Arena," Dr Phelps tweeted. In a subsequent tweet, she urged a response from Tennis Australia.
Phelps says she married her partner 13 years ago in a religious ceremony in New York prior to New York approving gay marriage. Hence the legitimacy of this marriage is in question.
If the marriage was performed by the Metropolitan Community Church, it is invalid, as this group is not a legitimate church as its core doctrine goes completely against the Bible reinterprets bible verses that condemn homosexuality. MCC in reality is a sect and anti-Christian group.
Earlier this week Court told Reuters that any protests would not stop her attending Open matches.
She said she was "sad" protesters might seek to use the tennis as a venue for expressing their views."Minority groups can have their views, [but] as soon as a Christian stands up it's not allowed," she said.Court also said she stuck by her views on same-sex marriage but denied she was anti-gay."I actually love homosexual people," the 69-year-old said."I do not have anything against them. It's just my view and it's in the scriptures... the bible will always be the TV guide to my life."I believe marriage is something between a man and a woman."
Court, Australia's greatest women's tennis player and a senior pastor at Perth's Victory Life Centre church, said she had never "run from anything" and expected Australian Open organisers to prevent next week's tournament from being hijacked by the gay rights agenda.
"Are they not wanting me to come to the Australian Open? Is that what they are trying to do? I don't run from anything," Court told The Australian yesterday.
"I have always been a champion and always loved what I do and love tennis. I think it is very sad they can bring it into that. It is hard that they can voice their opinions but I am not allowed to voice my opinion. There is something wrong somewhere.
"We live in a free society and I stand up for families between a husband and a wife. I won't ever back down on that."
Court's views on homosexuality, which she has publicly held for more than 20 years, have prompted gay activists to launch a "Rainbow Flags Over Margaret Court Arena" Facebook site urging people to display gay pride colours at the stadium court named after her.
