{"id":48803,"date":"2021-01-27T13:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T02:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=48803"},"modified":"2021-01-27T13:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T02:56:35","slug":"margaret-court-says-i-love-all-people-after-australia-day-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/margaret-court-says-i-love-all-people-after-australia-day-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Court Says \u201cI Love All People\u201d After Australia Day Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Margaret Court says she has been made to \u201clook a bit like a dragon\u201d in an on air response to the backlash to her Companion to the Order of Australia award this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Court has been widely criticised for comments she previously made about the LGBTQI community and same-sex marriage. Former journalist Kerry O&#8217;Brien this year rejected an Australia Day honour as a protest against Court\u2019s award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She told FIVEAA\u2019s Leith Forrest on Australia Day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI really believe that some of the stuff that was said I would look and was shocked myself that was said about me\u2026 the press took some things and just distorted it so much and made you out to be somebody which you weren\u2019t.<\/p><p>\u201cI love all people. I have nothing against people. In our community services we get people from all backgrounds, transgender people &#8211; we never turn anybody away. I think I was used perhaps as a high-profile person and made to look a bit like dragon\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve got friends who are gay people\u2026 I\u2019ve got nothing against gay people\u2026 I\u2019ve got them sitting in our church, but that\u2019s what was put out there. I feel very much I was used as a high-profile person.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/court.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margaret Court says she has been made to \u201clook a bit like a dragon\u201d in an on air response to the backlash to her Companion to the Order of Australia award this year. Court has been widely criticised for comments she previously made about the LGBTQI community and same-sex marriage. 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