There was a time when pro sports intentionally avoided talking about social issues because it was thought that different groups could be brought together through love of the game. Wiser heads prevailed at that time. Now its just more and more divisive behavior from high profile people. Its pretty sad that something as common sense as this policy continues to be left as a relic of the past.
Flaherty was adopted by Eileen Flaherty when he was three weeks old.[44] Flaherty is a Christian.[45] He is biracial and identifies as Black[46] and has been actively involved in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement
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Let's just cut to the chase. If you want to be a gay activist then feel free to promote the cause. If people choose not to be gay activists then let them freely choose. Gay activism is a political movement of the secular humanists. People who worship the God of creation should be allowed to abstain from promoting the pro-sodomy movement! It is a grave sin to promote it. That is all, carry on.
Would this guy where a Cross on his uniform to celebrate Christianity? I kind of get the feeling he wouldn’t..
I’ve been waiting for an athlete to influence me with their virtue signaling activity.
— Said No One Ever
Jack must be a butthurt fag 🤪
He sounds more like a catcher than a pitcher.
Baseball...home of the switch hitter.
Growing up, there weren't many people as huge a fan of spectator sports as I was.
Faint echos of my former fandom somewhat remain but the NBA, NFL, and MLB are virtually dead to me today.
I still can enjoy the National Hockey League, though, as I havent see any dumb Bell woke messages from that league.
Religion? How about, “I don’t like being told who to advertise for?”
Flaherty is a Black Lives Matter supporter. Clearly he hates wholesome American values.
He is adopted by a White woman. He is half black and half White but because it buys him aggrieved person status he identifies as Black.
Having been brought up White and now electing to “be Black” be doesn’t understand that being Black does not mean supporting perverted sexual practices. He is actually bigoted toward his chosen race but is too ignorant to know it.
It was a personal decision by the Rays pitchers. Flaherty needs to mind his own business.
Flaherty is one of the big reasons I stopped watching baseball. He wore a BLM Tshirt at practice for months at the start of the rioting etc. Cards need to cut him. He was their ace but right after he wore that shirt, he got hurt and has yet to be back in the lineup. I see he’s up to his woke ways again. Jerk.
Jack Flaherty’s a homo.
Appears that at least a few of the players had the good sense not to be pimps for queer things.
...coulda been worse
Is he back playing? He isn’t even on the roster because of a shoulder injury. He had a ‘rehab start’ yesterday Double A Springfield. I’m getting to send the Cardinals an email not that that will do anything but... feel compelled to. Somebody dug into Brenden Donavons tweets from 9-11 years ago, when he was a teenager, and found ‘bad’ tweets a.k.a. homophobic (oh the horror!) and forced the kid (25) to apologize and grovel recently. I feel like I fell through the looking glass.