Ok, I think we all agree the guy is a moron of biblical proportions (no punt intended), but i disagree about the punishments proposed here.
Freedom of speech is paramount. It's as close to an absolute right as you can get, and for good reasons. It's the first right and a necessary condition for a lot of other rights.
And if you want to punish him for what he says, there are other mechanisms.
I am perfectly fine with the tahs cutting him if they decide that 's not how they want to be represented. I don't like it, but i can understand. They are an employer and he is an employee.
I am not so sure about the wallabies thou. I can still see a logical reason to cut him and i'm fine with that.
In both cases i understand management's decision to cut him. What i would strongly disagree with is any Union (ARU, WR, SANZAAR to intervene). That for me is just nonsense.
We in the UK have laws against inciting hatred and with followers Folau has thats exactly what he has done. I don't think 'my religion told me it was fine' is any better than 'just following orders' argument.
Legally there are some pretty big differences. First that most jurisdictions have freedom of worship inscribed into their laws. And second, that the following orders line of arguments is used as a defense for actions, not speech.
What if you're a young Australian rugby fan struggling with your sexuality and you go on social media and see your hero saying you're going to hell?
Or struggling with your gender identity to see him calling you evil?
I agree that that is a problem, but i disagree with your solution. The solution shouldnt come from idiots not having a voice, but by telling those young austrlians how to recognize idiots and not idolizing them. As much as it would pain me to see people in those circumstances, you have to deal with that. That's life. If it is not a rugby player it will be a rockstar, or a DJ, or a politicians, or someone somewhere with stupid views.
If your idol says that you should be told by school, government, friends, family, and every formal and informal institution around him, that people aren't perfect and even they people you idolized yesterday can be a bloody idiot tomorrow, and that a person being good at rugby doesnt mean he has to be the moral standard of anything.
Some of my idols as a kid were Maradona and Roger Waters. At one point you need to differentiate talent from morals.
What he cant do is put it on social media for the world to see.
Says who?