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Major League Baseball (MLB) has issued a warning against San Francisco Giants players who donned Bible verses during the team\u2019s Pride Night. The team\u2019s Pride Night featured gay couples renewing their vows while a drag queen appeared on the field. The team\u2019s starting pitcher, Landen Roupp, appeared during the game with the reference for Bible verse Genesis 9:12-16<\/a> next to his cap\u2019s rainbow \u201cSF.\u201d Relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker\u00a0also wore their caps with a reference to the Bible verse, while pitcher Sam Hentges opted to wear the team\u2019s normal hat. The verse refers to the scene after Noah\u2019s ark has landed in the mountains after a worldwide flood has destroyed humanity and God places a rainbow in the sky to promise that He will never flood the Earth again in such a way.<\/p>\n

Roupp discussed his decision<\/a> to add in the Bible verse to reporters after the team\u2019s 5-1 loss. \u201cIt’s just about God’s covenant and a promise that he makes to us that, you know, his faithfulness and his mercy. That’s just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that, and I’m thankful we live in a country where, you know, we have the freedom to believe what we want … and express what we want,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThere’s no hate at all. It\u2019s just what I stand for, and what I stand in. I believe in God.\u201d He also encouraged those who might have been offended to \u201cread the Bible.\u201d Hentes shared his thoughts the next day on why he didn\u2019t wear the hat. \u201cIt’s just something that I feel like I was forced to support when I don’t morally support it,\u201d he said. \u201cThere wasn’t hatred behind it. I think that’s kind of something that’s misinterpreted. I don’t hate the LGBTQ community. It’s just something I believed and talked with teammates and family, and they supported it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MLB issued a warning<\/a> to the three players with Bible verses on their hats, saying the writing, \u201cviolates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations.\u201d The Giants also issued a statement<\/a> apologizing for any pain the players\u2019 statements might have caused the LGBTQ+ community. \u201cThose choices do not change our organization\u2019s commitment to inclusion, belonging, and creating a welcoming environment for all,\u201d wrote the team, while also acknowledging that players are permitted to make their own choices about participating in certain team activities.<\/p>\n

The gay outlet Outsports<\/em><\/a>, pushed back, calling the players homophobic and accused the team of being owned by a Republican. \u201cThat the San Francisco Giants would deflect all responsibility for what happened on the field for their own Pride Night \u2014 with the history of the LGBTQ community in their city \u2014 and utterly confuse the real issue at hand, passing it off as \u2018some players didn\u2019t participate\u2019 is a gross representation of what happened,\u201d wrote Cyd Zeigler. \u201cThe rainbow, long the centerpiece of LGBTQ symbols, they say belongs to a belief system that has been used to end the lives of gay people and demean gay people for centuries,\u201d added Zeigler, without really acknowledging that the rainbow symbol has been utilized by Jews and Christians for centuries before Pride Nights.<\/p>\n

Others pushed their support for the players, including actor Rob Schneider. \u201cI will pay the fines for any @MLB Christian player who wears a Bible verse on their uniform,\u201d vowed Schneider on X<\/a>. \u201c@MLB is ANTI-CHRISTIAN.\u201d Vice President JD Vance also threw his support behind the pitchers. \u201cTrump won we don\u2019t have to do this anymore,\u201d wrote the Vice President<\/a>, sharing a link to an article describing the players being warned. \u201cThe important point is that disagreement with a specific lifestyle does not equal hate. Many years ago we could agree to disagree, but with the infusion of the LGBTQ in corporate America and sports, athletes are expected to affirm, accept and ally with this movement. That’s not freedom, that’s coercion,\u201d wrote Outkick\u2019s <\/em>Jon Root<\/a>. \u201cIn my opinion, this takes a lot of guts and should not only be admired, but celebrated. No Christian athlete should be forced to endorse and accept something that goes against their religion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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