By Mallory Mattingly
San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp and some of his teammates took a stand against LGBTQ ideology during the team’s Pride night event.
Though he still wore the team’s Pride hat, Roupp wrote Genesis 9:12-16 next to it. The verse reads:
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 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.”
“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 the media of the verse. “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.”
Other players joined Roupp in writing a Bible verse next to the Pride logo, while relief pitcher Sam Hentges opted to wear the team’s normal cap.
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Before the event that night, Hentges and several other players talked with one another about how they would proceed because they didn’t want to be forced to support the event.
“It’s just something that I feel like I was forced to support when I don’t morally support it,” Hentges said, per The San Francisco Standard. “There 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.”
Roupp and his teammates followed the idea of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who did the same thing on his hat last year.
Many MLB players have become more vocal about their values and taking a stand about being forced to support groups they don’t agree with. By choosing to opt out of the Pride night cap modifications, Roupp and his teammates exercised their personal and religious freedom to stand firm in their beliefs, emphasizing that their decision was rooted in faith and morality rather than animosity.
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