I am maybe going to make a few more enemies with this, but please try to follow the logic and not simply vilify someone who is not simply agreeing with you:
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!!!! (not using that as a call to the Almighty, just using an expression that is commonly understood to be a venting of frustration)
A footballer made some sort of post where he quoted some sort of religious position. He is just a footballer, yet another person. Why is this so important? The world is full of people with a trillion different views and opinions. Why is his so important?
Are people seriously saying that his words will cause harm? If that is truly the case, then it speaks much more of the failings of those offended. How can people possibly expect to be happy in this age of mass communication and internet when any fool's meanderings can cause them so much harm??
I am not agreeing with what he said. I couldn't care less about his views. But his right to feel whatever I do truly believe in. As is everyone's right to ignore it. If you, or your children, suffer from what any person says on the internet, then there is an interminable world of pain waiting out there for you.