Post by Dan Dare on May 15, 2023 10:35:09 GMT
This last weekend the French FA requested all Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 players to wear shirts with rainbow-coloured numbers as a gesture of support for the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia this coming Wednesday.
Several players at Ligue 1 club FC Toulouse refused to comply and were consequently omitted from the matchday squad by the club.
All the players named are of Maghrebi origin/ancestry and are likely to be Muslim. One, a Moroccan, is quoted in the Guardian as writing on Twitter "...Respect is a value that I hold in great esteem. It extends to others, but it also encompasses respect for my own personal beliefs."
I wonder what would have happened if they had been French Christians.
