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 ...
The Rays are being renamed: The Tampa Bay GAYS..🤓
Good
Nope. Now the team owner will be bullied to fire or suspend them for “homophobia”.
I hope those 5 players are ready for the onslaught. There’s no way they will avoid attempted destruction from the LGBT crowd
Exactly!!! And why is there no celebration of hetrosexuals?
Virtue Grandstanding is expensive.
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.
See? There ARE some men left in professional sports.
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
No doubt they will be at their homes, and violent
This is modern day FACISM. You will think like we do or else.
It’s later than we think......
>>Only five?<<
Yes, why ONLY five? The only ones with cojones?
I see what you did there!
Good question. And why are there so many conservatives who continue to support the NFL when it keeps doing stuff like this?
Give them time.
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.
Celebrate perversity!
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.
And every day that remnant gets smaller & smaller.
Come Lord Jesus!
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