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More and more athletes refuse to wear rainbow Pride uniforms. They miss the point.
SB Nation ^ | Jan 18, 2023 | Cyd Zeigler

Posted on 01/19/2023 4:55:05 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

When five Tampa Bay Rays players refused to wear a game uniform with a rainbow logo during Pride month, it seemed like a childish move.

Now it’s clear they started a misguided trend that is not-so-quietly building amongst anti-gay athletes in sports around the world.

The refusal to wear a rainbow-colored uniform — and potentially miss games for the club that pays you to play — misses the entire point of the very simple act, instead infusing a clear message of inequality and rejection of an entire class of people......

I’ve had some people ask me if I’d wear a cross to welcome Christians to a ballpark, if the team that employed me was having a Christian Night (and yes, by the way, many clubs host these).

Again, simple: 100%.

I’m not Christian. I was a couple decades ago, but I’ve since left my religious beliefs in the rear-view mirror, in part because of how people like Daniels and these other anti-gay athletes have used the religion I loved to beat me over the head with the Bible.

Every athlete should be able to wear a cross during Christian night, camo during military-appreciate night, and yes, a rainbow uniform during Pride night.

With no doubt, if an athlete refused to wear a Christian symbol for Christian night, or refused to wear camo for military-appreciation night, they would be attacked as anti-Christian and anti-military.

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KEYWORDS: gayness; gaypride; pridedays; rainbow; sinbow
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What crap. Can't recall recent time a pro team had a "Christian" night. In fact, they most likely prohibit crosses being worn so not to offend. Just the other day a guy was accosted by security for wearing a "Jesus Saves" T in a mall.

I believe the attitude of most people is to do your own thing as long as it isn't hurting anyone or forcing on me. This gay pride is being shoved down our throats, and worse, forced/secret grooming of our children.

1 posted on 01/19/2023 4:55:05 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I can deal with the LGB crowd, but once the T’s show up, no, I’m sorry, they are mentally ill.


2 posted on 01/19/2023 4:57:07 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Who won’t wear the ribbon?


3 posted on 01/19/2023 4:57:48 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (protesters)
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No one can be forced to wear their perverted crap

They can stick it up their butts


4 posted on 01/19/2023 4:58:42 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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Seems like Cyd misses the point.
5 posted on 01/19/2023 4:58:47 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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The alphabet degenerates and their enabler allies sure get their panties in a bunch when one hockey player declined to bend a knee to them.


6 posted on 01/19/2023 4:59:27 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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Cyd was a jerk as a Christian. He is a jerk and a non-christian. I think he is just a jerk.


7 posted on 01/19/2023 5:01:39 AM PST by healy61
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I guess being gay is a religion now for them. It’s not just a lifestyle choice anymore.


8 posted on 01/19/2023 5:02:13 AM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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Sure. Let’s celebrate the fraction of a fraction of society that chose perversion as a lifestyle. This From the same minds that excoriated Tim Tebow for choosing to live a UN-perverted life. Seems the pre-separating of the sheep from the goats is so obvious few see it. Just my 2.


9 posted on 01/19/2023 5:02:59 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Vision

Cyd will one day brandish one of the long knives against Christians in America.


10 posted on 01/19/2023 5:03:13 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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Related: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2022/08/22/gay-couple-sexual-abuse-adopted-boys-lgbtq-activists-n2611543


11 posted on 01/19/2023 5:04:48 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I’m not Christian. I was a couple decades ago, but I’ve since left my religious beliefs in the rear-view mirror, in part because of how people like Daniels and these other anti-gay athletes have used the religion I loved to beat me over the head with the Bible.

The irony is lost on this idiot

12 posted on 01/19/2023 5:04:58 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Vote Democrat and stay on the plantation!)
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What’s childish is throwing a temper tantrum because an adult refuses to take them down the toy aisle.

And that is exactly what the gay culture is doing.


13 posted on 01/19/2023 5:05:51 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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I’m not Christian. I was a couple decades ago

No. No, you weren't.

14 posted on 01/19/2023 5:05:58 AM PST by tnlibertarian
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To: DeplorablePaul
They can stick it up their butts

They'd love for you to do that

15 posted on 01/19/2023 5:06:36 AM PST by FatherofFive (I support Trump. Not the GOP)
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The author lamented, “The refusal to wear a rainbow-colored uniform — and potentially miss games for the club that pays you to play……”

It is refreshing to know there are players who understand “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” - Matthew 16:26

16 posted on 01/19/2023 5:08:03 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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The author lamented, “The refusal to wear a rainbow-colored uniform — and potentially miss games for the club that pays you to play……”

It is refreshing to know there are players who understand “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” - Matthew 16:26

17 posted on 01/19/2023 5:08:13 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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when they refuse to stand for the national anthem - they’re hailed as heroes standing up for their point of view, yet when they refuse to be a billboard for the cause du jour, they are villified.


18 posted on 01/19/2023 5:08:15 AM PST by camle (keep and open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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19 posted on 01/19/2023 5:09:05 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: Openurmind

“What’s childish is throwing a temper tantrum because an adult refuses to take them down the toy aisle.”

agreed

Great metaphor.


20 posted on 01/19/2023 5:09:41 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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