Court has every right to express opinion

Some people seem to object loudly when an opinion does not agree with theirs; they are very vocal as if to say ‘that opinion is not allowed in our present day’.

WHAT a sad state of affairs we have reached in Australia when Margaret Court cannot express her personal, deep-seated conviction that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Some people seem to object loudly when an opinion does not agree with theirs; they are very vocal as if to say “that opinion is not allowed in our present day” and they work out how to retaliate. They feel they are the only ones who can express an opinion.

I congratulate Margaret Court for expressing her opinion. She has every right to do so and should be respected for her right to hold a position.

Where is the Australian right of free speech? Perhaps we expect her to reply to her critics with the same nastiness that they have shown to her - but as a Christian she will remain silent and suffer the insults for the sake of her convictions and her belief in the teachings of her Bible.

We (I am one of them) who are among the thousands who believe as Margaret Court believes, will continue to stick to our opinion and gladly suffer the scorn and ridicule thrown at us.

We know that at the end of the world God will reward us for our beliefs and we continue to pray that more and more would accept the Christian teachings before it is too late, and join us in our silent opposition to same-sex marriage. In the meantime we are happy to suffer the mocking and sneers.

— ERIC JERICHO, Highfields

Immigrants

REGARDING the article about increasing immigration to our area. I have several problems with this article.

1. Properly integrated - the “immigrants” our (un) beloved government is focusing on have no intention of integrating with the surrounding community

2. Supported - Centrelink does a magnificent job of “supporting” our immigrants now.

So much so that the bulk of Australia’s budget is spent on people who can’t work, or refuse to.

3. Job opportunities - there are few jobs to be had outside of industrial areas that are available to untrained job seekers. Add to that the number of unemployed Australians who should, rightly, be first cab off the rank where employment is concerned.

Those will do for a start, but in a nutshell, putting immigrants above unemployed and/or homeless resident Australians just shows how airy-fairy these “experts” are with their thinking,

— BARRY CREWS, Oakey