Sky News host Peta Credlin says the “footy thought police” would not let Andrew Thorburn be both CEO of Essendon football club and chairman of the City on the Hill Church.
“Let’s be clear what’s happened here: he’s been sacked for something said nine years ago, by someone else, that he didn’t know about, and doesn’t agree with,” she said.
“But, because one of the pastors at his church made the orthodox Christian points, that almost every religion shares, that sex outside marriage is sinful and that widespread abortion is out of step with the bible, Thorburn is out of a job.”
Ms Credlin said Australia is “supposed to believe in and practice religious freedom” but the Thorburn saga is becoming a watershed moment on this issue.
“How can there be religious freedom if you can’t have a private religious belief without risking your job?” she said.
