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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

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


41 posted on 06/05/2022 5:26:41 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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To: bigdaddy45

Good


42 posted on 06/05/2022 5:26:55 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Nope. Now the team owner will be bullied to fire or suspend them for “homophobia”.


43 posted on 06/05/2022 5:32:06 PM PDT by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I hope those 5 players are ready for the onslaught. There’s no way they will avoid attempted destruction from the LGBT crowd


44 posted on 06/05/2022 5:32:33 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Leep

Exactly!!! And why is there no celebration of hetrosexuals?


45 posted on 06/05/2022 5:33:50 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Virtue Grandstanding is expensive.


46 posted on 06/05/2022 5:33:54 PM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
A decent question, but a better analogy would be why don't we have a pride month for alcoholics by celebrating THEIR lifestyle? Both are destructive.

It is unchristian to support a self-destructive lifestyle.

A stable, heterosexual marriage is a blessing for all those involved-- the couple, their children and society as a whole. Yeah, I am aware there are same sex couples who make great parents and heterosexual couples who make lousy parent, but I am not talking about exceptional cases.

47 posted on 06/05/2022 5:35:10 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

See? There ARE some men left in professional sports.


48 posted on 06/05/2022 5:35:44 PM PDT by SE Mom
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Or you can consider the Rangers.

Rangers buck rest of baseball again, continue to ignore LGBTQ+ fans: https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Texas-Rangers-Spirit-Day-LGBTQ-Pride-Night-fans-16554453.php


49 posted on 06/05/2022 5:38:17 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: toddausauras

No doubt they will be at their homes, and violent


50 posted on 06/05/2022 5:38:54 PM PDT by dkGba
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To: Mr. Mojo
Pages from CBS Sports were block by Microsoft Edge... Imagine that...
51 posted on 06/05/2022 5:42:16 PM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: toddausauras

This is modern day FACISM. You will think like we do or else.

It’s later than we think......


52 posted on 06/05/2022 5:44:17 PM PDT by blackberry1
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To: TBall

>>Only five?<<

Yes, why ONLY five? The only ones with cojones?


53 posted on 06/05/2022 5:46:52 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Fester Chugabrew
...Because they are stuffed with pitchers and catchers...

I see what you did there!

54 posted on 06/05/2022 5:46:53 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ he sure did come in as a strong second.)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Good question. And why are there so many conservatives who continue to support the NFL when it keeps doing stuff like this?


55 posted on 06/05/2022 5:49:28 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Vision

Give them time.


56 posted on 06/05/2022 5:50:23 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

If the Giants’ manager can take his own stand by boycotting the National Anthem, then players should be able to boycott a ‘pride’ event when their sensibilities dictate otherwise.

Without media complaint... which isn’t happening.


57 posted on 06/05/2022 6:04:33 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Celebrate perversity!


58 posted on 06/05/2022 6:04:39 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Bigg Red

NFL has their first transgender cheerleader. People must stop taking their kids to this evil.

Anyway, God bless these guys. I’ll add them to prayers as the demonic media tries to destroy them.


59 posted on 06/05/2022 6:13:22 PM PDT by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!S)
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To: ealgeone

And every day that remnant gets smaller & smaller.

Come Lord Jesus!


60 posted on 06/05/2022 6:29:36 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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