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Hinkle's refusal to play for USWNT over Pride Month jersey
Yahoo.com ^ | 6/1/2018 | Eric Adelson

Posted on 06/01/2018 4:08:15 PM PDT by Beave Meister

It’s the kind of headline that can lead to more ugliness than understanding.

“Women’s Soccer Star Turns Down USWNT Invite Over Pride Month Jersey.”

The decision by Jaelene Hinkle last year didn’t come with an explanation at the time. The 25-year-old defender for the North Carolina Courage told Christian talk show The 700 Club this week that she turned down a 2017 call-up to the U.S. national team because of the jersey the team wore for two friendlies to honor the LGBTQ community. Hinkle said she “felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey.”

News travels fast: She received some boos on Wednesday in Portland when her Courage beat the Thorns. Some in the crowd waved rainbow flags. One fan brought a banner saying “Personal Reasons” in rainbow colors, a clap back to the original given reason for Hinkle’s choice. Hinkle didn’t do any interviews after the match.

Some will dismiss her as a homophobe or deride her as someone whose fundamentalist views equate to contempt for an entire group of people. But those who want context can listen to her story. And then listen to a thoughtful reply.

First of all, this shouldn’t be cast as unpatriotic any more than Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem should be cast as unpatriotic. Hinkle appreciates the honor of playing for the U.S. “I’m being invited to play the game I love for the country,” she told CBN.com. “There’s an emblem of the U.S. flag on my chest. That’s huge.” She prayed on her decision for three days, and she knew she was giving up “the one dream little girls dream about their entire life.” She knew she may not get another chance, and she hasn’t been called back up to the...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; jaelenehinkle; lgbtq; soccer; uswnt
The Gay Mafia will not go "All In" with their attempt to destroy this brave soul...
1 posted on 06/01/2018 4:08:15 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

Full title: Hinkle’s refusal to play for USWNT over Pride Month jersey offers opportunity for different kinds of understanding


2 posted on 06/01/2018 4:09:06 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: Beave Meister

The comments and reactions at the original Yahoo story are very positive for this commendable young ladyl. Good to see!


3 posted on 06/01/2018 4:22:42 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56

She is biracial too. Faith in Christ transcends race and is the ultimate and truest basis of identity.


4 posted on 06/01/2018 4:26:58 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Beave Meister

I’ve been trolling progressives on The Hill and WaPo’s website today - it’s great fun, I highly recommend it - over this.

Of course, they would ALL support that asshat Kapernick and his Komaraden in kneeling during the national anthem as “first amendment protected” and “legitimate protest” and the actions of the NFL to squash it as “totalitarian” and “fascist.”

Progressives (you know, liberals, leftists, democrats, socialists, communists - the real “fascists”) are so irony-deficient it may explain their inability or weakness is putting up a rational argument.


5 posted on 06/01/2018 4:29:21 PM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America)
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To: Beave Meister

God bless her. Millions agree with her, but not everyone has the boldness she does. If you look up Jaelene’a story, it is quite remarkable. Save for a miracle and answered prayers, she would have been unable to play soccer for life due to medical issues. (Blood clots in the knee or something.)


6 posted on 06/01/2018 4:30:28 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Beave Meister

Well I think she should not be paid for that game for sure. I mean if teams are going to have rules then both sides need to recognize that sometimes working for a company comes with a price and if you don’t want to do that particular task, then you need consequences. Corey found that out and so will Hinkle. We CANNOT have it both ways. Sorry.


7 posted on 06/01/2018 4:33:20 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Beave Meister

No tolerance for ‘breeders’ and ‘vanilla’ ‘normals’.


8 posted on 06/01/2018 4:36:42 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: Beave Meister
Hinkle said she “felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey.”

She's right. And it's not the USWNT's job to wear it either. What the hell do they have to do with endorsing LGBT? Of course the forces of perverts are going to fall on Hinkle like a ton of bricks.

9 posted on 06/01/2018 4:52:56 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Beave Meister

Major league baseball teams are planning “pride” days with rainbow hats and other fabulous trinkets this season.


10 posted on 06/01/2018 4:57:59 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Rummyfan

I think this too. But more to my liking would be for her to go and refuse to wear the Jersey. They had no business forcing that on their team members and should face some sort of sanctioning.

Instead this woman was denied her potential because some LBGT thugs somehow interjected themselves in a sporting event. Nobody would care if a LBG person attended as a player or spectator. Transgender has its own problem.

Would they ever have pro-life jerseys or pro 2nd amendment Jerseys?


11 posted on 06/01/2018 5:06:39 PM PDT by Fhios (1980's Where's Waldo, 2018 where's sessions)
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To: Beave Meister

Very courageous. She took a stand for God and against sin.

I’m sure that NBC would heartily support an LGBTQ player refused to wear gear with a cross on it.


12 posted on 06/01/2018 5:30:06 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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Would they ever have pro-life jerseys or pro 2nd amendment Jerseys?

We know the answer to that.

13 posted on 06/01/2018 6:06:21 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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Will Portland people turn off MSNBC due to Joy Reid’s comments?


14 posted on 06/01/2018 6:11:35 PM PDT by JayElBee (Time to rethink the Great Society.)
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“Will Portland people turn off MSNBC due to Joy Reid’s comments?”

Of course not liberals get away with having it both ways.


15 posted on 06/02/2018 4:29:02 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Beave Meister

“First of all, this shouldn’t be cast as unpatriotic any more than Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem should be cast as unpatriotic.”

Ridiculous to try to cast not worshipping the homo flag of intolerance as “unpatriotic” in the first place.


16 posted on 06/02/2018 5:49:51 AM PDT by utax
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