By Mallory Mattingly
Podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey applauded several MLB stars who took a stand for their faith as organizations celebrated Pride Night.
“Love seeing these MLB players on the Giants & Dodgers push back during Pride Night and stand bold in their faith and convictions to point to the truth of God’s Word,” Stuckey wrote in a post on Instagram that included the players who boldly proclaimed Jesus.
One of those players was San Francisco Giants pitcher Landon Roupp, who wrote Genesis 9:13-16 on his baseball cap next to his team’s pride logo.
The verses read:
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.
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“It’s just about God’s covenant and a promise that he makes to us that, you know, his faithfulness and his mercy,” Roupp told NBC News about the verses written on his cap. “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.”
“Kind of what the verse says, you know, the rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant to us, and us as believers to stand firm in that. … There’s no hate at all. It’s just what I stand for and what I stand in. I believe in God, and that’s me,” he added.
He was asked how he would respond if someone from the LGBTQ+ community “took exception to his inscription of the Bible verse on Pride Night.”
“First of all, as a believer, I would push them to read the Bible,” Roupp declared. “I think God has blessed me in so many ways, and I don’t think I would be here right now if it wasn’t for him. So, like I said, there’s no hate in it at all, you know, like I said, we live in a country where you’re welcome to believe what you want. There’s a freedom of speech and stuff like that, so that’s really all I have to say about that. I’m just thankful that God has put me in this situation and that I can go out and share his kingdom.”
Fellow Giants pitchers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker also wrote Genesis 9:13-16 on their hats, while pitcher Sam Hentges didn’t even wear the Pride Night cap.
“It’s just something that I feel like I was forced to support when I don’t morally support it. There wasn’t hatred behind it. I think that’s kind of something that’s misinterpreted,” Hentges said of why he didn’t wear the Price Night hat, according to The New York Post. “I don’t hate the LGBTQ community. It’s just something I believed and talked with teammates and family, and they supported it.”
These MLB players utilized their platform on Pride Night to publicly affirm their biblical convictions, emphasizing that their actions were rooted in personal faith and freedom of expression rather than hostility toward others.
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