He may have blamed the Australian bush fires on same-sex marriage and abortion legislation, but one New Zealand restaurant has had the last laugh after Israel Folau inadvertently donated money to Rainbow Youth.
Auckland vegan restaurant Gorilla Kitchen decided to respectfully take matters into its own hands whenIsrael Folau and his wife Maria Folau dined at the Symonds St premises a couple of weeks ago.
The restaurant, whose slogan is "Good Kai Good Karma", revealed it happily served the sporting power couple, "hydrating them and fed them".
Israel and Maria Folau dined at an Auckland restaurant which then donated their payment to Rainbow Youth.
But after the Folaus left, the restaurant decided to turn the tables on the couple, revealing it had donated the money the couple had spent that night to LGBTQ organisation Rainbow Youth.
"So when Israel and Maria came in again a couple of weeks ago we happily served them, hydrated them and fed them. What they didn't realise was their money spent at Gorilla Kitchen was going to be donated to Rainbow Youth, an organisation that embraces diversity and offers support for our young and vulnerable rainbow community.
"Glad to see they are not ashamed for supporting such a great cause."
The restaurant's stance has been praised by diners online, with many praising staff for standing up to "bigotry".
Speaking at The Truth of Jesus Christ Church in Kenthurst, northwest of Sydney, Folau delivered another sermon which took aim at homosexuals. Photo / Facebook / File
"Gorilla kitchen Awesome stuff using love light and humour in the face of bigotry and hate speech keep up your good work this really made me smile," one said.
Another wrote: "Amazing mahi".
Gorilla Kitchen has been contacted for comment.
Israel Folau made headlines again after he linked the bush fires and drought which have ravaged NSW and Queensland to same-sex marriage and abortion legislation during his latest sermon.
Speaking at The Truth of Jesus Christ Church in Kenthurst, northwest of Sydney, Folau delivered another sermon which took aim at homosexuals.
Folau linked the devastating natural disasters to recent legislation.
"The message I mainly want to speak about today is mainly for the people who are outside within the world," he began. "I've been looking around at the events that have been happening around Australia in the last couple of weeks with the bushfires and the droughts and all these things that are currently happening."
Folau said he was passing on the message "out of love" but quickly doubled down on his views on homosexuality and abortion.
In June, Folau launched an attack on homosexuals and transgender children, a matter of months after he had his Wallabies contract torn up for a series of social media posts.
