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Stosur urges Court to stop comments about same-sex marriage

PARIS (AP) Sam Stosur says Margaret Court is ”digging a very big hole for herself” with her comments about same-sex marriage and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Court won a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles in the 1960s and 1970s and is now a Christian pastor. In a letter published in The West Australian newspaper last week, Court wrote that she would stop flying Qantas ”where possible” because the Australian airline ”has become an active promoter for same-sex marriage.”

The 74-year-old Court has been a critic of homosexuality for decades, and she expanded her comments in a Christian radio station interview this week.