{"id":1505511,"date":"2022-06-06T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505511"},"modified":"2022-06-06T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:05:15","slug":"franklin-graham-shows-support-for-tampa-bay-rays-players-who-refused-to-wear-pride-flag-logos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/franklin-graham-shows-support-for-tampa-bay-rays-players-who-refused-to-wear-pride-flag-logos\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Graham Shows Support For Tampa Bay Rays Players Who Refused To Wear Pride Flag Logos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffranklin-graham-shows-support-for-tampa-bay-rays-players-who-refused-to-wear-pride-flag-logos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One evangelical leader is showing his support to a group of Tampa Bay Rays baseball players who chose not to endorse Pride month by refusing to don rainbow-themed logos during a recent game.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan\u2019s Purse CEO Franklin Graham shared his appreciation in a Facebook post on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate these Tampa Bay Rays players who said no to endorsing and celebrating sin during Saturday night\u2019s game. They declined to wear the team\u2019s special multi-colored caps and uniform sleeve decal,\u201d Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FranklinGraham\/posts\/560966198732312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After quoting the story from the Tampa Bay Times regarding the decision, Graham stated his support for showing love to all people while standing for biblical convictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowers of Jesus Christ must love everyone, but also stand with the truth of God\u2019s Word and share that truth with a lost and dying world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire reported on Sunday that several Tampa Bay Rays\u2019 players refused to wear \u201cPride Night\u201d logos during the team\u2019s game against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night, citing religious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The team added the flags to their logos and were reportedly surprised that not all the players on the team wanted to participate. The clothing changes included a Rays emblems on the jersey sleeve and on each players cap in the colors or the progressive pride flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPitchers Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Thompson were among those who did not, electing to peel off the burst logo and wear the standard hat,\u201d The Tampa Bay Times\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/sports\/rays\/2022\/06\/04\/most-but-not-all-rays-show-their-lgbtq-support\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adam, 30, was chosen by team officials to speak for the players who did not want to be associated with the leftist ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of it comes down to faith, to like a faith-based decision,\u201d Adam said. \u201cSo it\u2019s a hard decision. Because ultimately we all said what we want is them to know that all are welcome and loved here. But when we put it on our bodies, I think a lot of guys decided that it\u2019s just a lifestyle that maybe \u2014 not that they look down on anybody or think differently \u2014 it\u2019s just that maybe we don\u2019t want to encourage it if we believe in Jesus, who\u2019s encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would abstain from that behavior, just like (Jesus) encourages me as a heterosexual male to abstain from sex outside of the confines of marriage. It\u2019s no different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident is not the only recent controversy regarding the Rays.\u00a0Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-desantis-to-veto-35m-tampa-bay-rays-facility-over-teams-anti-gun-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last week that he plans to veto $35 million designated for the team after the Rays released an anti-Second Amendment statement following recent mass shooting events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeSantis plans to veto a $35 million legislation for a Pasco County facility that\u2019s earmarked for the Tampa Bay Rays\u2019 spring training,\u201d OutKick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/exclusive-gov-ron-desantis-to-veto-35-million-tampa-bay-rays-facility-amid-polarization-of-shootings\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cDeSantis\u2019s decision is in response to the Rays politicizing recent shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde ahead of a matchup with the Yankees in May.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One evangelical leader is showing his support to a group of Tampa Bay Rays baseball players who chose not to endorse Pride month by refusing to don rainbow-themed logos during a recent game. 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