NHL Banning ALL Pride Jerseys Next Season After A Few Players Refused to Wear Them
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has announced that NHL players will no longer be allowed to wear specialty jerseys for pre-game warm-ups, particularly Pride jerseys, after a handful of players refused to wear them and caused an uproar on social media.
“I’ve suggested it would be appropriate for clubs not to change their jerseys in warm-ups because it’s become a distraction and taken away from the fact that all of our clubs, in some form or another, host nights in honour of various groups or causes, and we’d rather they continue to get the appropriate attention that they deserve and not be a distraction.
While the NHL is not disavowing Pride altogether, Bettman cited the refusal of several players to wear the Jerseys and the ensuing media attention that came with it as a leading cause for pulling the plug. Famously, Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers, James Reiner of the San Jose Sharks, and Florida Panthers brothers Eric and Marc Staal refused to bow before the gay rainbow, with Reiner saying:
For all 13 years of my NHL career, I have been a Christian — not just in title but in how I choose to live my daily. I have a personal faith in Jesus Christ, who died on a cross for my sins and, in response, asks me to love everyone and to follow Him. I have no hate in my heart for anyone and I have always strived to treat everyone that I encounter with respect and kindness.
In this specific instance, I am choosing not to endorse something that is counter to my personal convictions which are based on the Bible, the highest authority in my life. I strongly believe that every person has value and worth and the LGBTQIA+ community, like all others, should be welcomed in all aspects of the game of hockey.”
Bettman noted that the refusals of these men brought unwanted chatter and undue attention, and that a blanket ban is the best way to minimize the noise.
(It) just become more of a distraction from really the essence of what the purpose of these nights are. We’re keeping the focus on the game. And on these specialty nights, we’re going to be focused on the cause.
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In a way this is brining more people to the Lord because it’ll mean less money goes to a cancer charity.
Is that where you make people more tasty by soaking them in salt water? Just asking.
Seems to me the purpose of the night should be to play a hockey game, not to celebrate and promote porneia.
Maybe you could go to a hockey game and meet someone there? Just put yourself out there.
I will do as the Lord leads, according to His word. You’re not Him. Now run along.
A small victory, but a victory nevertheless 🙂
I know, it’s great they won’t be able to wear uniforms that support the military.
Are the leaders of corporate America, including the owners of these sports teams and they’re commissioners really that clueless not to know that pedophilia is at the foundation of this pride nonsense?
The only way the homosexual community can grow is through recruitment and grooming and making it seem normal and attractive to kids, although I don’t know how that’s possible. And the parents not shielding their children from it is another abomination.
Let’s put it this way: there’s a good reason why so many homosexuals, especially males, on average, die so much younger than heterosexual men. Think of Freddie Mercury at 45, former San Francisco councilman Harvey Milk at 48 (who Hollywood made a movie about starring Sean Penn incredibly enough a decade or so ago), pop star George Michael at 52 and fashion mobile Halston at 58 just to name a few who all died of AIDS from promiscuous gay sex, and you know what that means being on the receiving end or a “bottom” too often.
So let’s abolish the Catholic Church.
What a coincidence, the Catholic Church said they’d like to abolish you 🙂