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Tennis legend Margaret Court was steadfast in her concern about the removal of Christian values from schools and what this meant for children’s lives.
Court expressed dismay in a recent interview with The Telegraph in the United Kingdom about children and adolescents who question their gender and may have access to medications that severely alter their health, such as puberty blockers, should one seek to change their gender.
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Margaret Court looks on during a Tennis Hall of Fame ceremony on day nine of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 28, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)
“Christian values have been eliminated from our schools. Some children don’t even know if they are boys or girls anymore,” Court told the newspaper. “This is where I get angry, because I look back on my life and I was a tomboy when I was young. I played football and cricket, and beat all the boys who did it. But I still knew that I had two brothers who were different to me.
“Now there are kids who say, ‘I feel like a boy.’ Give them hormone replacement before puberty? They end up trapped in their bodies and can’t go back. We don’t even let them drive until they’re 17. So why would you do that to another human being? What are we doing to our young people? I cry about that.”
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Margaret Court watches Rod Laver Arena before the singles semi-final match between Coco Gauff of the United States and Aryna Sabalenka during the 2024 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 25, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Court is considered one of the best tennis players of all time. She holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles with 24, a record that only Serena Williams could sniff, but never broke. She has 64 major titles in total with 19 women’s doubles championships and 21 major mixed doubles titles.
Court has been criticized for her views on same-sex marriage and other beliefs.
She told The Telegraph that she has nothing against homosexuals, but defended her reasoning that homosexuals should not marry in the church because the Bible says so.
“As a minister, I simply defended some values,” she said. “I have nothing against homosexuals. I’m just saying what the Bible says: ‘A man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’
Margaret Court during the Center Court centenary celebrations during day seven of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3, 2022 in London, England. (Rob Newell/CameraSport via Getty Images)
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“It can turn people against you. But you know what? When you know the peace of God, when you help people and see their lives change, that’s all that matters.”
