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On May 27, 2017, Channels 7 and 9 televised news reports and some current affairs discussion of Margaret Court’s proposed boycott of Qantas and calls to have the Margaret Court Arena renamed.
On May 27, 2017, the Bolt Report televised an interview between Margaret Court and program host, commentator Andrew Bolt.
On May 27, 2017, Margaret Court was interviewed in a segment on Channel 10’s current affairs program, The Project. The panellists were critical of Court’s views on homosexuality.
On May 30, 2017, SBS current affairs program, The Feed, televised a segment dealing with the controversy surrounding Margaret Court’s views on homosexuality.
On May 30 Margaret Court gave an interview on Christian Vision Radio in which she criticised the way in which transgender children were being treated
On May 31, 2017, the ABC’s current affairs program, The Weekly, televised a humorous segment dealing with the Margaret Court controversy.
On May 31, 2017,Channel 7 News televised a report on a recent radio broadcast of Margaret Court’s in which she stated that international tennis was full of lesbians.
On November 1, 2016, Studio 10 televised a biographical segment on Margaret Court, featuring a panel interview with the tennis champion.
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On June 1, 2017, The Age published a report titled '"The devil's after our kids": Margaret Court's second serve'
The report quotes from a Christian Vision Radio broadcast in which Court gave her views on how transgender children were being treated.
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/the-devils-after-our-kids-margaret-courts-second-serve-20170531-gwhfbj.html
On June 1, 2017, ABC News published a report titled 'French Open: Samantha Stosur marches into third round, rejects Margaret Court Arena boycott'
The report included Stosur's statement that she had never indicated she would boycott Margaret Court Arena.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-01/samantha-stosur-marches-into-french-open-third-round/8577816
On May 31, 2017, ABC News published a report titled 'French Open: Andy Murray says Margaret Court Arena boycott threat could spark scheduling chaos' in which Murray is reported requesting that Tennis Australia take action to resolve the issue of the possible arena boycott.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-31/andy-murray-warns-of-tennis-chaos-if-margaret-court-arena-not-r/8574754
On May 30, 2017, ABC News published a report titled 'French Open: Samantha Stosur says players could boycott Margaret Court Arena'
The report included Stosur's statement that some players who found Margaret Court's views offensive might boycott the arena bearing her name.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-30/samantha-stosur-wants-margaret-court-arena-boycott-french-open/8571338
On May 27, 2017, Mamamia published a report titled 'Margaret Court cops a serve from The Project over her anti-marriage equality stance' detailing the nature of the questioning Margaret Court received in response to her boycotting of Qantas.
The full text of the article can be accessed at http://www.mamamia.com.au/margaret-court-on-the-project/
On May 27, 2017, The Herald Sun published a report titled 'Margaret Court accused gay lobby of intimidation, bullying'
The report gives Court's view of some of the criticisms she has received and quotes a number of others who see the reaction to Court's views as extreme.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/margaret-court-accused-gay-lobby-of-intimidation-bullying/news-story/61e3cf5eb4e75c38c5ea9cec723956b3
On May 27, 2017, The Herald Sun published an editorial titled 'Margaret Court's right to her view'
The editorial argues that irrespective of whether one agrees or disagrees with Margaret Court's views on homosexuality, the former tennis champion is entitled to express her opinion.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/margaret-courts-right-to-her-view/news-story/3e166462bde163f0b4d492b600338f06
On May 27, 2017, a petition was posted on Change.org calling for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed. Within two days of posting, the petition had attracted 3,767 supporters.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.change.org/p/qantas-remove-margaret-court-s-name-from-stadium-name-for-un-australian-bigotry
On May 26, 2017, The Sydney Morning Herald published a comment by Peter FitzSimons titled 'Margaret Court's anti-gay rights stance deserves a boycott of its own'
FitzSimons condemns Court's attitude to same sex marriage and supports calls to rename the Margaret Court Arena.
The full text can be found at http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/margaret-courts-antigay-rights-stance-deserves-a-boycott-of-its-own-20170525-gwda2w.html
On May 26, 2017, WAToday published a report titled 'Casey Dellacqua responds on Twitter to Margaret Court's anti-gay marriage stance' detailing Dellacqua's reaction to Margaret Court's opposition to same sex marriage.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/tennis/casey-dellacqua-responds-on-twitter-to-margaret-courts-antigay-marriage-stance-20170525-gwdj9d.html
On May 26, 2017, The Daily Mail published a report titled '"They are now bullying us": Margaret Court claims she is being "persecuted" by LGBTIQ community for opposing marriage equality'
The article presents a range of views including Margaret Court's belief that she is being unfairly treated by the gay community.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4544516/Margaret-Court-claims-persecuted-LBQTI-community.html
On May 26, 2017, The Herald Sun published a comment by Andrew Bolt titled 'Bigot demands Court Arena be renamed'
The comment argues that Court should be able to express her opinion without penalty.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/bigot-demands-court-arena-be-renamed/news-story/b8d1116c00382ded2c3698922b0bf11e
On May 26, 2017, The Roar published a comment by Matt Cleary titled 'Margaret Court yells at cloud'
Cleary opposes Court's position on gay rights and same sex marriage; however, he argues against a name change for Margaret Court Arena.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.theroar.com.au/2017/05/26/margaret-court-yells-cloud/
On May 26, 3017, Beyond the Game published a comment by Mike Lynch titled 'Change the name of Margaret Court Arena' in which he claimed that the real issue was not the name of the Margaret Court Arena but that Australia had so far failed to legalise same sex marriage.
The full text can be accessed at http://beyondthegame.tv/change-name-margaret-court-arena/
On May 26, 2017, The Daily Telegraph published a comment by James Morrow titled 'Same-sex marriage row over Margaret Court proves the Left isn't as tolerant as it likes to make out'
Morrow argues that the response to Margaret Court's criticism of homosexuality has been intolerant and abusive.
This comment can be accessed at http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/samesex-marriage-row-over-margaret-court-proves-the-left-isnt-as-tolerant-as-it-likes-to-make-out/news-story/cf1286ae0c12ce40233077224ad70697
On May 25, 2017, The New Daily published a report titled 'Margaret Court boycotts Qantas because it supports gay marriage'
The report details Court's public letter announcing her boycott and the widespread opposition her action has received.
The full text can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/tennis/2017/05/25/margaret-court-boycott-qantas/
On March 16, 2017, The Australian published a news report titled 'Sparks fly as chiefs tell Turnbull "marriage equality good for business"'
The report details the letter signed by 20 of Australia's major CEO's (including Alan Joyce of Qantas) calling on the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull to put a same sex marriage bill before the federal Parliament'
The full text can be accessed at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/sparks-fly-as-chiefs-tell-turnbull-marriage-equality-good-for-business/news-story/cc843643440604ee5b794cf5f49c7493
On January 30, 2017, The New York Times published a background piece titled 'At 74, Margaret Court Remains Outspoken on Her Prowess, and Beliefs' which gives an overview of Court's life and some of her religious views, including her attitude toward homosexuality.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/sports/tennis/margaret-court-serena-williams.html?_r=0
On November 8, 2016, the ABC News ran a report titled 'Margaret Court: I would have won six Wimbledons if I had found God earlier'
The report detailed Court's attitude toward her Christianity and her attitude toward same sex marriage.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-08/margaret-court-id-have-won-six-wimbledons-if-i-found-god-earlier/8004502
On September 16, 2016, ABC news published a report titled 'Why is sodomy an offensive word to the gay community?'
The report deals with the removal of the word sodomy from the Queensland Criminal Code and looks at the derivation of the word to explain why it is offensive to homosexuals.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-16/why-is-the-word-sodomy-offensive/7852736
On May 29, 2015, Australian Marriage Equality Org issued a media release titled 'Business community throws support behind marriage equality in full page ad'
The media release lists over 50 major Australian corporations, including Qantas, which have expressed their support for same sex marriage.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.australianmarriageequality.org/2015/05/29/media-release-business-community-throws-support-behind-marriage-equality-in-full-page-ad/
On January 28, 2014, The New Daily published a comment by David Dunstan and Tom Heenan, lecturers in sports studies at Monash University, titled 'Shattering the Don Bradman myth' which reveals some of the less attractive aspects of Bradman's behaviour.
Supporters of Margaret Court argue that if the Australian public is prepared to honour Don Bradman despite his shortcomings, the same should hold for Margaret Court.
The Bradman article can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/cricket/2014/01/28/shattering-bradman-myth/
On January 24, 2012, The Australian published a report titled 'Margaret Court a great tennis player, but that does not excuse "hate": author'
The report details author Christos Tsiolkas's objections to some of the comments Margaret Court has made regarding homosexuality.
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/margaret-court-a-great-tennis-player-but-that-does-not-excuse-hate-author/news-story/a873cf47d35c14d777e6c9322516599b
On January 13, 2012, The Midland Daily News published a comment by Chris Stevens titled 'Anything goes: Margaret Court's comments generate intense reaction'
The comment implies that the negative reaction to Margaret Court's comments regarding homosexuality have been very extreme.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.ourmidland.com/faithandvalues/article/Anything-goes-Margaret-Court-s-comments-6964684.php
On January 12, 2012, The Australian published a report titled 'Gay activist Kerryn Phelps wants Margaret Court's name cut from Melbourne Park'
The report details a bid by gay rights campaigner, Kerryn Phelps, to have the Margaret Court Arena renamed.
The full report can be accessed at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/gays-wont-drive-me-from-open/news-story/e8da5ed6e3d7d5cdcaaedd6be27a8a3f
In 2012 the online petition site Change.org carried a petition calling for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed because Margaret Court had 'been using her profile to spread homophobia and hatred'. The petition, which was forwarded to Tennis Australia, attracted 1,781 supporters.
It can be accessed at https://www.change.org/p/tennis-australia-change-the-name-of-the-margaret-court-arena
On January 11, 2012, The Northern Star published a report titled 'Rainbow makeover for Court Arena?'
The report details the plans of gay activists to fly rainbow banners over Margaret Court Arena as a protest at the former tennis champion's comments against same sex marriage.
The full text can be found at http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/rainbow-makeover-for-court-arena/69220
On December 29, 2011, The Star Observer published a report titled 'Call to rename Arena after Court's serve'
The report details calls from Victorian gay rights activists for the removal of Margaret Court's name from Melbourne Park's main show court following comments opposed to same sex marriage.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/call-to-rename-arena-after-court%E2%80%99s-serve/68667
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