SYDNEY: A leading Australian rugby player has suggested that Australia’s bushfires and droughts are punishments from God for the country’s same-sex and abortion laws.

“Look how rapid, these bushfires, these droughts, all these things have come, in a short period of time. You think it’s a coincidence or not?” said Israel Folau during a 10-minute sermon, posted to the Truth of Jesus Christ Church Sydney Facebook page.

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