In the United States, several players on the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team tore the LGBT rainbow logo from their uniforms. According to athletes, such a symbol hurts their religious feelings. writes about him Tampa Bay Times.
During the annual LGBT Pride celebration, five baseball players refused to wear rainbow patches on their jerseys and wore their team’s standard caps.
One of the baseball players said he didn’t want to encourage homosexual behavior because he considered himself a Christian.
“If we believe in Jesus who encouraged us to live a lifestyle that would avoid such behavior, we do not want to encourage it. [Иисус] encourages a heterosexual man to abstain from sex outside of marriage. This is no different, ”the athlete explained.
Some fans were offended by this behavior of the athletes.
“Everyone overlooks/ignores the main point (most likely) that players go out of their way to strip the colors of their jerseys and show their support for those who have harmed a historically discriminated group of people,” said one American. yourself on Twitter
It was previously known that there was Burger King in Austria. released “Gay” hamburgers that support LGBT people.
Source: Gazeta
