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Legislating free speech

29 June 2019

9:00 AM

29 June 2019

9:00 AM

What is happening to Israel Folau should not happen in a free society. GoFundMe’s hypocritical decision to shut down a fundraiser for rugby star and devout Christian Israel Folau is another win for the self-appointed cosmopolitan elite who want to control how Australians speak and think.

Last Monday, GoFundMe, a website which allows users to solicit donations for a variety of causes, announced that it would be closing Folau’s fundraising campaign and issue refunds to the nearly 10,000 donors who had given their support.

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