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Rainbow Soccer Jerseys Don&#;t Reduce Harassment. They Provoke It.
Harassment of LGBT soccer players and fans is wrong. Now a new problem is emerging: harassment of conservative religious soccer players and fans by LGBT supporters. This too is wrong.
In , as it did in , US Soccer, the governing body for our Women’s and Men’s National Teams, is requiring players to wear special Pride Month jerseys with rainbow-colored player numbers for international play during June. Players called up to either National Team this month faced a choice of wearing the rainbow jersey or missing out on the uncommon and amazing opportunity to play for our country.
Again, harassment of LGBT players and fans at soccer venues is a real and serious problem. But now, as if that problem weren’t bad enough, as a result of controversy over these rainbow jerseys, LGBT-agenda supporters have chosen to become the harassers. They are targeting a player called up to the national team who refused to wear a rainbow-numbered jersey because of her faith.
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Jaelene Hinkle turned down USWNT over LGBTQ jerseys
Jaelene Hinkle didn't play for the U.S. women's national team last year because of the team's decision to wear LGBTQ Pride jerseys.
Hinkle, 25, didn't reveal her reasons at the hour, but told The Club in an interview posted Wednesday that the jerseys commemorating LGBTQ Pride Month conflicted with her Christian faith.
"I just felt so convicted in my energy that it wasn't my job to wear this jersey," she said. "I gave myself three days to just seek and pray and determine what (God) was asking me to do in this situation I knew in my spirit I was doing the right thing. I knew I was being obedient."
The U.S. team has featured several openly gay players, including Olympic gold medalists Abby Wambach and Megan Rapinoe.
Hinkle currently is a defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League. She has made eight career appearances for the women's national team, but has not been asked to rejoin the squad since she declined last June.
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North Carolina Courage defender Jaelene Daniels refused to engage Friday night when the team celebrated Pride Evening and wore jerseys to support the LGBTQ community.
The Courage played to a draw with the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League.
Daniels previously refused to play wearing a pride-themed jersey for the U.S. women’s national team in She later told a Christian television program that she chose not to wear the jersey because of her beliefs.
The Courage originally scheduled the pride celebration in June but it was postponed because of COVID protocols.
“Jaelene will not be rostered tonight as she has made the judgment to not wear our Pride jersey. While we’re disappointed with her option, we respect her right to make that choice for herself,” a team spokesman said before the game in a utterance provided to WRAL in Raleigh.
Coach Sean Hahas said after the game against the Spirit that he wanted to make sure the LGBTQ players on the team were acknowledged and that Daniels’ judgment wasn’t a distraction.
“What we have to remember is, it’s the second age th