Posted on 01/18/2023 6:44:05 PM PST by marshmallow
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Ivan Provorov, a Russian player in the National Hockey League (NHL), sparked controversy on Tuesday night after declining to wear a jersey with LGBTQ+ "Pride" markings during pregame warmups with fellow members of the Philadelphia Flyers team, citing religious objections.
"I respect everybody’s choices. My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion," Provorov told reporters.
Provorov, born in Yaroslavl, Russia, is a member of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Provorov has played for the Philadelphia Flyers for his entire NHL career, which began in 2016, and has also represented Russia at various international hockey events.
Other members of the Flyers team wore the Pride-themed jerseys and wrapped their hockey sticks in the movement’s signature rainbow colors during the pregame warmups ahead of a game against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
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He doesn’t have to wear the ribbon.
Bread and circuses.
Good for him.
This is the only way things crap stops.
No one should have to promote this garbage.
It doesn’t matter if it’s against your religion - or your science, or your logic, or your sanity.
It has nothing to do with the sport, so should have no place in such things.
Good for him. No one should be made to advertise something they don’t agree with.
Good
Hope more people come forwards against this nonsense.
Russians know B.S. when they see it.
pretty sad that the world is now treating him as though he is the radical-
What is it that they are so proud of?
Is there one real man playing in the NHL? Apparently so.
The NHL lost this lifetime fan when they went GloboHomo. I am out
I thought we banned everything Russian because Putin bad?
BFing
National Hockey Liberals. Nobody should be paying to go see this garbage.
I don’t understand why they do this. If you’re not claiming to be gay, why would you wear a gay jersey...?
Why didn’t a single AMERICAN player do the same?
I would have sat out THE WHOLE GAME, before putting that cursed jersey on.
Not the point...this is not the time or place....When will these leagues stand up and get rid of all this cr**.
Why didn’t a single AMERICAN player do the same?
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Exactly. It took a foreign player to stay true to his values.
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