‘Against Our Christian Beliefs’: Two NHL Brothers Refuse To Wear LGBTQ Sweater

The Florida Panthers of the NHL’s two teammates declined to put an LGBTQ shirt on Thursday night during their warm-up skate due to their religious convictions.

Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose Sharks keeper James Reimer joined Eric and Marc Staal in refusing to wear pride-themed uniforms to the warmups.

The brothers declared,” After much consideration, prayer, and discussion, we have decided not to put a Pride Night shirt tonight.”

” We don’t judge people based on how they choose to live their lives, and we think that everyone should be allowed to participate in every aspect of soccer.” Having said that, they continued,” We believe that by wearing a confidence jersey, it violates our Christian values.

” We sincerely hope you will accept this speech. They came to the conclusion that they would not be talking about this issue any further and would like to start concentrating on the sport and aiding the Florida Panthers in winning the Stanley Cup.

Last Saturday, Reimer made the following statement:” I am choosing not to accept something that is contrary to my personal views which are based on the Bible, the highest expert in my life.” The LGTBQIA + community, like all others, should be welcomed in all facets of the game of hockey, in my opinion, because every person has value and worth.

” I respect everyone, and I respect each person’s decision. Provorov, a Russian Orthodox, said in January after giving up wearing the pride-themed jersey,” My preference is to remain true to myself and my faith.”

He is being fair to himself and his church with Provy. His beliefs and faith are related to this. One quality about Provy that I admire is that he is always correct to himself. That’s where we’re at with that, according to John Tortorella, the head manager of the Flyers.

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Provorov’s pride-themed shirt was sold out on a number of websites two decades after he declined to put it.

The shirt appeared to be only applicable in children’s size as of Thursday lunchtime on the Fanatics and NHL Shop websites, according to a report by The Daily Wire published on January 19. ” Practice uniforms appeared to be available for purchase, along with other clothing.”

According to Outkick, just an extra-small size men’s shirt for the person was offered on the two websites. Both NHL Shop and Fanatics reported that the uniforms were” quite gone” for people to purchase.

This report was written by Charlotte Pence Bond.

Ivan Provorov Jerseys from the NHL About Sell Out Online