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Louisa Wall: Israel Folau comments 'incredibly dangerous'
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Labour MP and former Black Fern Louisa Wall says Israel Folau's comments on homosexuals being condemned to hell are dangerous for young LGBTI rugby fans.The Wallabies star reinforced his comments on Monday that he originally posted on social media that gays are destined for hell unless they repent their sins.Wall told the Radio Sport Breakfast that Folau's comments were 'incredibly dangerous'."His comments are incredibly dangerous because essentially what he's saying if you're a young LGBTI person is that that identity is bad, it's wrong. And you should repent. Which is to denounce it. Because if you don't, you're going to suffer for the rest of your life," Wall told the Radio Sport Breakfast."Obviously in New Zealand we're 32 years now passed homosexual law reform. Just the other day we've expunged the historical convictions of about 1,000 men who were caught by laws that basically said 'if you were a young gay person, you were a criminal'."I think we live in this enlightened era where we accept everybody fo