{"id":2586456,"date":"2026-04-02T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-athletes-are-supporting-nba-player-fired-for-telling-truth-about-homosexuality-but-theres-a-real-problem-with-their-responses-too\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:30:49","slug":"christian-athletes-are-supporting-nba-player-fired-for-telling-truth-about-homosexuality-but-theres-a-real-problem-with-their-responses-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-athletes-are-supporting-nba-player-fired-for-telling-truth-about-homosexuality-but-theres-a-real-problem-with-their-responses-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Athletes Are Supporting NBA Player Fired for Telling Truth About Homosexuality &#8211; But There&#8217;s a Real Problem With Their Responses Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/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%2Fchristian-athletes-are-supporting-nba-player-fired-for-telling-truth-about-homosexuality-but-theres-a-real-problem-with-their-responses-too%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=2586456&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>The piece covers the controversy surrounding Jaden Ivey,a former Chicago Bulls guard,who was waived after criticizing Pride month and LGBTQ advocacy in professional basketball. It argues that the firing wasn\u2019t necessarily about on\u2011court performance but about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >publicly defending biblical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-be-like-the-hippies\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Be Like the Hippies\">sexual morality<\/a><\/a>, which the author says is often labeled as bigotry. the article highlights Christian athletes and commentators who publicly supported Ivey\u2019s right to speak, frequently citing Bible verses about righteousness and persecution. It also questions the Bulls\u2019 stated rationale and suggests cultural and moral disagreements, rather than strict team standards, may have driven the decision. The author contends Christians in sports should be explicit about sin rather than offering vague or indirect support, warning that unclear messaging can invite mischaracterization and lessen impact.Ultimately, the piece uses Ivey\u2019s case to illustrate a broader clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-using-buttigieg-to-hammer-new-speaker-johnson-over-his-christian-beliefs\/\" title=\"Democrats are leveraging Buttigieg to criticize Speaker Johnson&#039;s ... beliefs.\">faith-based beliefs<\/a> and corporate culture in sports, emphasizing the need for outspoken Christians to articulate their views clearly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s good to see other Christian athletes supporting former Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey after he was waived for calling &ldquo;pride&rdquo; month and the celebration of LGBT values by corporate America sinful.<\/p>\n<p>But what they&rsquo;re supporting him for isn&rsquo;t explicitly the sentiment &mdash; just his ability to say what he believes. And therein lies the issue.<\/p>\n<p>So, in case you haven&rsquo;t been following this, Ivey &mdash; once a top-five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-packers-star-qb-jordan-love-suffered-scary-injury-causing-fans-to-call-out-nfls-mistake\/\" title=\"Watch: Packers&#039; Star QB Jordan Love Suffered Scary Injury, Cau...g Fans to Call Out NFL&#039;s Mistake\">draft pick &#038;mdash<\/a>; was waived by the Chicago Bulls earlier this week after his remarks regarding homosexuality, LGBT, and &ldquo;pride&rdquo; month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are waiving Jaden Ivey after he spoke out against the NBA for promoting &lsquo;Pride Month&rsquo; and unrighteousness, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Ivey recently announced that he was alive in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They proclaim Pride Month in the NBA. They show it to the world. They&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1kxiL36ygn\">pic.twitter.com\/1kxiL36ygn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2038738011270316391?\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Ivey, the Bulls said, was waived &ldquo;due to conduct detrimental to the team,&rdquo; the Bulls said in a post. As someone who follows the NBA, I&rsquo;d like to note that if conduct detrimental to a team that is 29-47 and is perpetually underperforming and overpaid got you waived, there wouldn&rsquo;t be a franchise in Chicago anymore for lack of players.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nV6zlJ0yOi\">pic.twitter.com\/nV6zlJ0yOi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/2038738109521633634?\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-bulls-fire-christian-player-daring-call-nba-pride-month-celebration-unrighteousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Head coach Billy Donovan said<\/a> that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a certain level of expectations and standards that are here,&rdquo; which was the reason for the move. I&rsquo;d again like to insert a note that in a league where making the playoffs is like shooting dead fish in a barrel with a shotgun, Donovan&rsquo;s Bulls have missed the playoffs four out of the five seasons he&rsquo;s been their coach and he still has a job &mdash; so that&rsquo;s a lie, too.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, it&rsquo;s clear this had nothing to do with standards, inclusivity, or being detrimental to the team, and everything to do with the fact that explicitly biblical standards of sexual morality are considered bigotry if publicly expressed. This led to more than a few athletes coming out to support Ivey, which is good if not sufficient.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 5:10 &mdash; &ldquo;Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness&rsquo; sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven&rdquo; &mdash; was a popular verse quoted in support of the former Bulls player from players like New England Patriots star TreVeyon Henderson and Kam Curl of the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Bible openly acknowledges the tension of seeing wicked people prosper while the righteous suffer. In passages like Psalm 73 and Jeremiah 12, people question God honestly and feel discouraged by this apparent injustice,&rdquo; said former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. &ldquo;The Turning point is realizing that this success is temporary, while faithfulness has lasting, eternal value. Jesus reinforces this in Matthew 5 by redefining &lsquo;blessing&rsquo; beyond immediate, visible outcomes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The world will try to make sin look normal and righteousness look strange. Believer or not, every single person on earth will soon have an appointment before Jesus. So if living for Christ makes us look crazy or &lsquo;weird&rsquo;, that&rsquo;s okay because it isn&rsquo;t strange to Christ. When it&rsquo;s all said and done, we&rsquo;ll give an account to an audience of One. (Romans 14:12, 2 Cor. 5:10),&rdquo; said Azareye&rsquo;h Thomas of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-jets-player-saved-90-income-teaches-financial-literacy-college-students\/\">New York Jets<\/a>, before quoting Isaiah 5:20: &ldquo;Woe to those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-paulson-what-america-do-you-want\/\" title=\"Terry Paulson: What America Do You Want?\">call evil good<\/a> and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And there were others:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRENDING: Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> stars have posted their support for Jaden Ivey after he was released for his anti-gay\/LGBTQ comments yesterday<\/p>\n<p>&bull; TreVeyon Henderson<br \/> &bull; Dez Bryant<br \/> &bull; Kam Curl<br \/> &bull; Tucker Kraft<br \/> &bull; Azareye&rsquo;h Thomas<\/p>\n<p>These players are all outspoken Christians and posted this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0s24MIQSEH\">pic.twitter.com\/0s24MIQSEH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLFootball\/status\/2039002912613912873?\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness&rsquo; sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.&rdquo;<br \/> Matthew 5:10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTpkaMx0oT\">https:\/\/t.co\/CTpkaMx0oT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TreVeyon Henderson (@TreVeyonH4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreVeyonH4\/status\/2038786657608941846?\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The world will try to make sin look normal and righteousness look strange. Believer or not, every single person on earth will soon have an appointment before Jesus. So if living for Christ makes us look crazy or &ldquo;weird&rdquo;, that&rsquo;s okay because it isn&rsquo;t strange to Christ. When it&rsquo;s&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/thIljwUioB\">https:\/\/t.co\/thIljwUioB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Azareyeh Thomas (@Azareyehthomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Azareyehthomas\/status\/2038740853229850794?\">March 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: &lsquo;A&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bugnmJs7qc\">https:\/\/t.co\/bugnmJs7qc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blake Ferguson (@blakeferguson48) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blakeferguson48\/status\/2038830950403158285?\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this is fine, but notice what they aren&rsquo;t saying: what Ivey did, which is that sin is sin, naming that sin, and calling out those who make you affirm that sin or, at the very least, stay away from naming it explicitly.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few reasons a Christian should &mdash; in fact, needs to &mdash; do this. First, almost-Truth is not Truth. Vague support is not support. A wink and a nudge is not a full-throated defense of God-defined values. If you&rsquo;re afraid of being treated the same way Ivey is treated, well, what does it say when you&rsquo;re posting &ldquo;Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness&rsquo; sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven,&rdquo; and then, through selective silence about what precisely you&rsquo;re talking about, appending on an impact &ldquo;&hellip; so long as the persecution passes by me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Second, if you&rsquo;re afraid about being treated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-nba-guard-jaden-ivey-says-people-need-wake-put-faith-jesus\/\">like Ivey<\/a> because you&rsquo;re a Christian, don&rsquo;t think being cagey will save your earthly hide. Because this is how they&rsquo;ll treat you, anyway:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They&rsquo;re aren&rsquo;t outspoken Christian&rsquo;s. They&rsquo;re homophobes<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mac (@granitemacc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/granitemacc\/status\/2039019001976635571?\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth noting all of these statements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-star-comes-defense-nba-player-cut-biblical-comments-world-calls-us-crazy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been from NFLers<\/a>, who&rsquo;re mostly inactive right now. But, rest assured, if the Ivey issue is still kicking around when training camp opens, the media will be on their case about how they <em>really feel<\/em>. In cases like this, the media does not let the conservative Christian get away with a nudge and a wink. And if the media gets distracted by a different shiny object, that doesn&rsquo;t make your statement any more salient or you more of an agent of change.<\/p>\n<p>Pride and &ldquo;pride&rdquo; are both sins. So is homosexuality. It&rsquo;s OK to say this &mdash; and, in fact, we&nbsp;<em>need<\/em> Christian athletes to say this. It&rsquo;s not to say that supporting Ivey is terrible. 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The author notes that Ivey, once a top-five pick, was released for remarks about homosexuality and Pride Month, with the Bulls saying the move was for \u201cconduct detrimental to the team.\u201d The piece argues that the real issue is a broader pattern: in professional sports, openly endorsing biblical sexual-morality standards is often labeled bigotry when spoken publicly, especially by a team that\u2019s underperforming. A number of athletes-such as TreVeyon Henderson, Dez Bryant, Kam Curl, and Azareye\u2019h Thomas-publicly cited Bible verses about persecution and righteousness to defend Ivey, while others criticized the trend of vague, non-specific support. 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