{"id":1580617,"date":"2022-07-30T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1580617"},"modified":"2022-07-30T13:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:02:33","slug":"openly-christian-womens-soccer-player-sidelined-for-refusing-to-wear-lgbt-pride-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/openly-christian-womens-soccer-player-sidelined-for-refusing-to-wear-lgbt-pride-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Openly Christian Women\u2019s Soccer Player Sidelined For Refusing To Wear LGBT Pride Jersey"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fopenly-christian-womens-soccer-player-sidelined-for-refusing-to-wear-lgbt-pride-jersey%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=1580617&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 class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">North Carolina Courage defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/christian-womens-soccer-player-leaves-us-team-hank-berrien\">Jaelene Daniels<\/a> was sidelined for the team\u2019s Friday soccer game after refusing to wear an LGBT \u201cpride-themed\u201d jersey.<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Daniels, an open Christian, made headlines in 2017 when she chose to withdraw from the U.S. Soccer team just two weeks after it was announced that both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams would be wearing rainbow jerseys for LGBT pride month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/christian-womens-soccer-player-leaves-us-team-hank-berrien\">The Daily Wire<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cJaelene will not be rostered tonight as she has made the decision to not wear our Pride jersey,\u201d a Courage spokesman said before the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/soccer\/jaelene-daniels-refuses-gay-pride-jersey-sits-out-nwsl-game\/2022\/07\/29\/10430f12-0fb0-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html\">according<\/a> to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cWhile we\u2019re disappointed with her choice, we respect her right to make that decision for herself,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community with our fans, players and staff tonight and look forward to hosting our first ever Pride Festival before kickoff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Courage Coach Sean Nahas gushed about how \u201cpowerful\u201d wearing the pride-themed jerseys is to the team.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\" data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cWhat we have to remember is, it\u2019s the second time that they\u2019ve worn those jerseys and I know how powerful it was for them, and how much it means for them,\u201d Nahas said, according to the Post. \u201cAnd my number one thing was nothing is going to come in between that, because that\u2019s important to them and that means something to them, and I stood by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Daniels, whose maiden name is Hinkle, was re-signed to the Courage last year. In a bizarre open letter to fans, the team apologized to the \u201cLGBTQIA+ community\u201d for re-signing the soccer star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to the recent news of re-signing Jaelene Daniels, we as a club acknowledge the impact this announcement has on our community,\u201d the open letter said, ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/united-states-nwsl\/story\/4708875\/nc-courage-defender-jaelene-daniels-refuses-to-play-in-pride-jersey\">reported<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve spent the past few days reading your messages and reflecting on our actions. We are very sorry to all those we have hurt, especially those within the LGBTQIA+ community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to re-sign Jaelene was not made lightly and included significant conversations between organization leadership and Jaelene,\u201d the letter added. \u201cThe priority expressed in those conversations is the safety of our players and maintaining an inclusive, respectful space for the entire team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniels posted her own response on her Twitter account, emphasizing that she loves all people, regardless of \u201cbelief system or sexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy love for each of these women is rooted in who they are as a person \u2014 I believe everyone regardless of gender, ethnicity, beliefs or abilities is worthy of dignity, value and love. They make me a better person, a better player, and a better teammate,\u201d Daniels said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain committed to my faith and my desire for people to know that my love for them isn\u2019t based on their belief system or sexuality,\u201d she continued. \u201cI pray and firmly believe that my teammates know how much I cherish them, respect them, and love them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina Courage defender Jaelene Daniels was sidelined for the team\u2019s Friday soccer game after refusing to wear an LGBT \u201cpride-themed\u201d jersey. Daniels, an open Christian, made headlines in 2017 when she chose to withdraw from the U.S. Soccer team just two weeks after it was announced that both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams would &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1512574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}