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This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4.

Every day we ask one big question about one big story.

Today, should you get sacked for posting about what you believe?

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Rugby Australia and New South Wales

Union have today served Israel for allow with a breach notice

over the posts on social media platforms Twitter and Instagram on April 10.

A couple of days ago Australian rugby sacked one of its biggest stars.

Following the events of last year Israel was warmed formally and repeatedly about the

expectations of him as a wallaby and a waratars player with regards to social media use and he has failed to meet those contractual obligations.

Israel Folow got in trouble because of what he posted on Instagram

and this is what he wrote,

drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornocators, he goes on,

hell awaits you, repent only Jesus saves. Hell awaits homosexuals.

As well as being one of the world's biggest rugby stars, Israel Folow is also a committed

Christian. On Twitter he describes himself as living for Jesus Christ.

Now what's going on here is more than just a discussion about how rugby deals with homophobia

and the deeper you get into it the more complicated it gets. This is

about Christianity and modern secular society. It's about how Christians who are gay can struggle

with their two different identities. It's about the LGBT Christians that one of our

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