June is Pride Month in the United States, allowing for a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture, honor the resilience and perseverance of the community over the years, and advocate for equal rights. As a result, teams across Major League Baseball will be celebrating and recognizing the LGBTQIA+ community at their ballparks this month. One team, however, is refusing once again.<\/p>\n
29 different teams across MLB will be hosting a Pride Night or similar celebration at their ballparks this month, but the Texas Rangers<\/a> will once again be the only team not to do so. Instead, the Rangers will be hosting a Faith and Family Night.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Rangers Refuse to Host Pride Night<\/p>\n The Rangers have a history of refusing to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, as the team has not hosted a Pride Night game or any other promotion to celebrate the community in over two decades.<\/p>\n Back in 2003, the team did invite several LGBTQ+ groups to the ballpark, but it was not officially marketed as any specific promotion and was met with anti-gay protests. The team has not hosted a similar event since.<\/p>\n This year will be no different as the Rangers have once again refused to honor and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. In lieu of a Pride Night game, the Rangers have announced that they will be hosting a Faith and Family Night on June 18.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n According to their website, the event will feature \u201cpersonal testimonies from Rangers players Wyatt Langford<\/a>, Josh Jung<\/a>, Cody Bradford<\/a>, Jacob Latz<\/a>, Jalen Beeks<\/a>, and others, sharing how faith impacts their lives both on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n Decision Sparks Outrage<\/p>\n Needless to say, the decision has sparked outrage from fans as many took to social media to offer their criticism.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Rangers have repeatedly done this year after year. Not only do they not acknowledge the existence of Pride or their LGBTQ+ fans, they also purposely invite religious, anti-LGBTQ groups to attend their games during the month. It\u2019s malicious & not subtle,\u201d one fan wrote in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cThe Astros<\/a> also hosted a Faith & Family night. Faith night and Pride night are not incompatible concepts if you have even the critical thinking level of a 4 year old,\u201d someone else wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most embarrassing organization in pro sports bar none,\u201d another fan added<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHope they lose 100 games, all with the roof closed,\u201d someone else wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s time to rethink supporting the Texas rangers tbh,\u201d another fan added<\/a>.<\/p>\n This decision is not new for the Rangers, but it brings similar outrage every year.<\/p>\n The post \u2018Malicious and not subtle\u2019: MLB team sparks outrage for refusing Pride Night<\/a> appeared first on The Comeback: Today\u2019s Top Sports Stories & Reactions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June is Pride Month in the United States, allowing for a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture, honor the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,71490,260280,70624,122993,14256,501,462,260282,260279,260281,82,2341,3992,170346,63158,79864],"class_list":["post-719579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cody-bradford","tag-family-night","tag-jacob-latz","tag-jalen-beeks","tag-josh-jung","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-pride-flag","tag-pride-month","tag-pride-night","tag-sports","tag-team","tag-texas-rangers","tag-the-astros","tag-the-rangers","tag-wyatt-langford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}