Leave Israel Folau Out of Samoa - Go After Corrupt PM Tuilaepa's Anti-Gay Comments Instead....

FA'AFAFINE AND S.F.A. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE: Vaito’a Toelupe. (Inset) Israel Folau. (Photo: Samoa Observer / Photosport)

This issue of Israel Folau’s public opinion against gay marriage has long expired, but it continues today because some people like Lani and Darren of Samoa corrupt Planet continue to drag it out for their own hidden agenda and because their  own daughter is a member of the L.G.B.T.Q.I. (which is her choice).

Years ago, when this issue was debated here in Samoa regarding Gay marriage, corrupt PM Tuilaepa and his HRPP govt condemned gay marriage in Samoa due to religious beliefs.  Corrupt PM Tuilaepa who is also the Patron of the Samoa Faafafine Association said in 2013, “We stand united against this because Samoa is founded on Christian beliefs. And Christian beliefs are against this type of behavior which the Bible states, was the reason for the curse that brought destruction on Gomorrah and Sodom. It is very clear that the sacrament of marriage is between a man and a woman. Same-sex marriage is a sin. And no matter how people present this issue, no matter how they wrap it up, there is only one truth, and that is, this type of behavior is a sin.” His stance against gay marriage hadn’t changed when in late 2017,  he described same sex marriage as “an abomination and a “Sodom and Gomorrah practice. ”

Lani and Darren and all these people who are speaking out against Israel Folau today, were nowhere to be  seen nor did they make a stand against corrupt PM Tuilaepa when he made his comments. So why didn’t they make a big deal over what corrupt PM Tuilaepa said like  they do now with Israel Folau? So why do they continue to attack Israel Folau when his opinion was religiously motivated?

But this is what the late President of the Samoa Fa’afafine Association,  So'oalo To'oto'oali'i Roger Stanley said about gay marriage, “ We fit very well and we are very much part of the society, so it’s a matter of us trying to stick to that way,’ said Stanley. ‘And I think we are far much better off this way than supporting the case of gay marriage… we are happily living in harmony here in Samoa, so we just don’t want to stir things up.’ 

This is why OLP was a big supporter of the late Tootooalii Roger Stanley, President of SFA, because he understood religious beliefs, our culture, our traditions and our values. He also knew that the Samoan people accepted, respected and valued the Faafafine community here in Samoa - Most Samoans do value the hard work the fa’afafine do for the community and embrace them for who they are.

But isn’t it funny how Samoa corrupt Planet and some people condemned Israel Folau over his opinion/belief but not one of them dare condemn what corrupt PM Tuilaepa and his govt is doing to our people? Is it because they don’t want to rock the boat and lose their bread crumbs from the worse critic, corrupt PM Tuilaepa and the  govt?  If you want to complain/criticize Israel Folau, then you should complain/criticize corrupt PM Tuilaepa as well over his comments – don’t be biased. It’s obvious you guys have hidden agendas and are using this issue to hide behind. You people are corrupt and have corrupt mentalities – nothing but a bunch of liars and hypocrites.

O le mataupu lea e uiga ini faamatalaga na faia e Israel Folau, e uiga lea i le nonofo faaulugalii o faafafine po o faafatama. O lenei mataupu ua leva ona pasi, ma ua pe foi a’o lea lava e taumafai le vaega lea e ona le Samoa corrupt Paneta o Lani ma Darren e uga’i mai ona e iai le la mafua’aga, o le la tama teine e faafatama.

I ni nai tausaga ua tuana’i sa talanoaina ai le mataupu lea, ae sa tete’e malosi ai Tuilaepa ma lana faigamalo, ona e faapea o Samoa o se atunuu Kerisiano ma e Faavae i le Atua.

A’o le tala lea a Tuilaepa na fai e uiga i lea mataupu i lena vaitaimi – “Ia tatou tutu faatasi i o tatou talitonuga faakerisiano a’o talitonuga faakerisiano e tete’e atu i nei faiga faasotoma ma komoro. O le isi mea, o Samoa o le atunuu kerisiano ma e faavae foi i ona talitonuga faakerisiano. O le mafua’aga foi lea ona o’o mala ma puapuaga ia Sotoma ma Komoro. O lo’o manino foi o le sakalameta o le faaipoipoga e i la va o le tamaloa ma le fafine. Ae a toe nonofo le tama ma le tama po o le teine ma le teine, o le agasala lea. Po o le a lava la le taumafai o tagata e faaofi mai lea mataupu i totonu o Samoa, o le mea moni lava o nei amioga faapea o le agasala.” Na o’o foi lea i le tausaga talu ai, 2017, na toe fai ai foi lea e Tuilaepa ni faamatalaga i le mataupu lava lea e tasi e faapea, o le nonofo faaulugalii o se tama ma se tama po o se teine ma se teine, o se agasala matuia lea ma o nei faiga o le faasotoma ma le faakomoro.

O le fesili la a OLP ia Lani ma Darren o le Samoa corrupt Planet ma tagata uma ia, “O le a la le mea ua le faia ai se tou faitioga ia Tuilaepa e uiga i ana faamatalaga ia e fai i faafafine ma faafatama? A’o lea o le a uma le tausaga o tou faitio pea ia Israel Folau? Po o le mea e tou te mumusu e faitio ia Tuilaepa i te’i ua motu ai le tou pa’u falaoa ae e faigofie ona tou faitio ia Israel Folau aua e leai se tou pa’u falaoa o maua mai ai?

Ia ae faalogo lelei mai foi i se faamatalaga a le Peresitene a l le Asosi o Faafafine i Samoa, le susuga ia So’oalo To’oto’oalii Roger Stanley, “E leai lava ma se mea o faaletonu i faafafine i totonu o Samoa ma e le o ta’uesea pe ua le amanaia foi e le atunuu ia faafafine/faafatama.  E sili atu le mea lea e iai faafafine/faafatama i le taimi lenei nai lo le taumafai e faaofi mai i totonu o Samoa le mataupu lea o le faatagaina le  nonofo/faaipoipo o  faafafine/faafatama ma le isi faafafine/faafatama. O lea e matou te ola fiafia lava i le tulaga lea e iai matou i totonu o Samoa  i le taimi nei, ma e leai foi se mea o le a taumafai ai e save’u le filemu.”

O le mea lea na ala ai ona lagolago teleina e OLP le peresetene lea o Tootooalii Roger Stanley, ona o se tagata poto ma o se tagata e malamalama ma o lea foi e malamalama le atunuu lautele i le tele o le aoga o le Sosaiete a Faafafine i totonu o Samoa i nuu ma aiga. O lea foi e tele tofi maualuluga o Ekalesia ua tofia iai faafafine/faafatama. A’o le manatu a OLP lava ia i le mataupu lea, e pule ai le Atua – na fau e le Atua le tagata ma na fau foi e le Atua le faafafine, o lona uiga e pule ai le Alii.

A’o lea ua o nei tagata save’u lea mataupu ua akili ai oga sese’u le mea. Ua iloa aku ai a le kala pepelo ma le kaufaavalea ma le fia feola.

Afai ua tou faitio ia Israel Folau, ia na fai foi lea oni tou faitioga ia Tuilaepa ma lana faigamalo. Makua kou kala pepelo kele.

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