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Five Tampa Bay Rays players decline to wear LGBTQ+ logo on uniform during Pride Night celebration
CBS Sports ^ | June 5, 2022 | Andrew Julian

Posted on 06/05/2022 4:48:44 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

At least five players on the Tampa Bay Rays roster opted not to wear a patch the team added to their uniforms intended to celebrate Pride month in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox (box score). During the team's 16th annual Pride Night celebration Rays caps and uniforms had logos colored in the style of the modern LGBTQ+ pride flag, but not everyone in the clubhouse chose to participate.

Pitchers Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Thompson were among the players who did not wear the patch on their uniforms and chose to wear the team's standard caps for the June 4 home game.

Adam was selected by the organization to speak on behalf of the players who opted out, and called it a "faith-based decision" and that the decision wasn't "judgmental," per the Times:

"So it's a hard decision. Because ultimately we all said what we want is them to know that all are welcome and loved here. But when we put it on our bodies, I think a lot of guys decided that it's just a lifestyle that maybe — not that they look down on anybody or think differently — it's just that maybe we don't want to encourage it if we believe in Jesus, who's encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior, just like [Jesus] encourages me as a heterosexual male to abstain from sex outside of the confines of marriage. It's no different."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; brooksraley; faggotleaguebaseball; fdrq; florida; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; jalenbeeks; jasonadam; jeffreysprings; lgbt; mlb; rays; ryanthompson; tampabay; tampabayrays
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To: Mr. Mojo

Maybe they just wanted to play hockey...


21 posted on 06/05/2022 4:59:22 PM PDT by seamusnh
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To: Vision

Probably because if they did, there’d be tons of supporters leaving pecan pies and other gifts at the players’ doorsteps. This IS Florida.


22 posted on 06/05/2022 4:59:57 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: Mr. Mojo
Similar article here.

Kevin Cash says 'Pride Night' logo opt-out from some Tampa Bay Rays players won't divide team

23 posted on 06/05/2022 5:02:01 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("This is Thy pleasure, that Thou art my joy")
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To: Ge0ffrey

“...Tampa Rays...”

You might not want to be to hard on the Rays. There have been a number of MLB teams that support and celebrate the lifestyle decision of their fans. But only two teams have never done a gay pride game:

the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers.

https://www.outsports.com/2019/3/28/18285393/baseball-mlb-opening-day-hosting-pride-events

wy69


24 posted on 06/05/2022 5:02:41 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: TonyinLA

But the fact that his well-phrased rebuttal was still included, I think his point was made.


25 posted on 06/05/2022 5:03:59 PM PDT by zeebee ( The left thinks they can train smart people to be stupid.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Burn them!


26 posted on 06/05/2022 5:04:30 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: TonyinLA
> Can’t even abstain or have no opinion. <

Right. One phrase popular with today’s Left is “silence is violence”. By simply abstaining, you are being aggressive towards them.


27 posted on 06/05/2022 5:04:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They will be publicly executed for this insolence.


28 posted on 06/05/2022 5:04:48 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: Mr. Mojo

0utstanding!


29 posted on 06/05/2022 5:07:23 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: whitney69

Unfortunately, the Astros caved the year after that article was published: https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Houston-Astros-host-Pride-Night-2020-season-LGBTQ-15029464.php

Now it’s only the Rangers.


30 posted on 06/05/2022 5:07:29 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Standard answer to any of this nonsense should be that “we are here to play baseball, not engage in political statements, thats why we are wearing our regaular uniform”.


31 posted on 06/05/2022 5:09:11 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: Leep

No kidding.

$oros $$$$ I guess.

Let’s see the straight pride arm patch.


32 posted on 06/05/2022 5:10:47 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I would not wear it either. No homo-pedo should be supported except by the deranged who would support it, of course.


33 posted on 06/05/2022 5:10:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The alphabetsexual movement doesn’t want tolerance. They want subservience.


34 posted on 06/05/2022 5:12:25 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: bigdaddy45

No one should wear that obscenity. No one.


35 posted on 06/05/2022 5:15:27 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Mr. Mojo

good for them.


36 posted on 06/05/2022 5:17:07 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Mr. Mojo

ONLY FIVE???? Pray for these players......Peer Pressure is HUGE!


37 posted on 06/05/2022 5:19:36 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Darn, and I had just switched my fandom from the Braves to the Dodgers (Freddie Freeman). Now I have to seriously consider Tampa Bay! Good for them.


38 posted on 06/05/2022 5:26:23 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (D.H.S. = Defund Homeland Security)
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To: Mr. Mojo

On Pride Night, I’m proud of these five.


39 posted on 06/05/2022 5:26:33 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
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To: Mr. Mojo

The Rays are being renamed: The Tampa Bay GAYS..🤓


40 posted on 06/05/2022 5:26:37 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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