Posted on 06/09/2023 6:19:00 PM PDT by lowbridge
The Toronto Blue Jays have cut pitcher Anthony Bass a week after he shared a video that encouraged Christians to boycott companies such as Target and Bud Light over their LGBT advocacy.
Bass, 35, initially apologized for sharing the video on May 31. He shared a clip from a person named Ryan Miller, who is behind an Instagram account “dudewithgoodnews.”
The video quoted Bible verses and called the LGBT ideology “evil” and “demonic.”
Bass quickly expressed remorse following a backlash, but his critics did not feel his apology was genuine. He was booed a day after sharing the video by the home crowd in Toronto:
While he initially said he was sorry, the right-hander said Thursday the video did in fact reflect his beliefs and he did not view what he shared as hateful.
Bass said he had come to view the LGBT dustup as a “distraction” and that he would refrain from sharing his personal views online in the future.
“The video itself, obviously, I took it down,” he said, The Athletic reported. “But I stand by my personal beliefs and everyone’s entitled to their personal beliefs, right?”
Bass added, “But also I mean no harm toward any groups of people.
“As a team, our job is to win baseball games. And that’s my focus,” he also said.
The pitcher was scheduled to catch a “healing” ceremonial first pitch from an LGBT activist before Friday’s home game against the Minnesota Twins and during its “Pride Weekend,” Fox News reported.
Instead, the pitcher was told just hours before the start of the game that he was out of a job.
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Cut baseball. How bout that?
Some times there bad things happen when you do the right thing.
It would be better for Anthony Bass to cut off his own pitching arm than to betray his Christian beliefs and defy God’s Word.
Major League Baseball is proving to the world it is evil.
His cowardice did not appease the woke.
You can’t say anything that is Christianity! Time to boycott sports...
“… everyone’s entitled to their personal beliefs, right?”
Sure. The most loving, accepting, tolerant people on earth will always welcome diverse views and respect your personal beliefs. Everybody knows that.
Evil ✔️
Demonic ✔️
The only thing that would appease the woke, is if Anthony cut off his genatalia, and suddenly became Anatonia.
They still owe him the rest of the $3 mill they signed him to. Lets see if the union has the guts to stand up for him.
Lawsuit time.
And sadly most sports minded people won’t give up there baseball watching.
It’s Toronto Land of the globohomos
Never apologize.
This is persecution.
You cannot please the evil, demon controlled leftists.
Cut for not worshipping Satan. Got it.
+1
It wasn’t that long ago that sports fans on this very site used to argue forcefully that big time sports was a meritocracy and that owners and managers only cared about playing the best; that politics and personal beliefs didn’t matter.
No one discriminated against a certain quarterback because of his religious views. That just doesn’t happen in the NFL!
I still get a chuckle.
“He was booed a day after sharing the video by the home crowd in Toronto”
Make that “booed by the homo crowd in Toronto”
There’s always somebody who won’t like your honesty, whether gentle or brutal.
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