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DOJ to Investigate MLB's Threat to Discipline Players for Bible Verses on 'Pride' Hats

Emily Mangiaracina : Jun 22, 2026  LifeSiteNews.com

"Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear 'Black Lives Matter' on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination." -Assistant AG for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillion

[LifeSiteNews.com] The US Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division warned Major League Baseball (MLB) that she is requesting an investigation of its threat to discipline three San Francisco Giants pitchers who inscribed Scripture verses on their team's "pride night" hats. (Screengrab image: via ABC 7 News)

When the San Francisco Giants issued hats to team members with LGBTQ "pride" rainbow colors on the logos, three Christian players wrote Bible verse numbers on the hats to signify their support for the Biblical meaning of the rainbow instead of its modern association with homosexuality. One player refused to wear the "pride" cap.

Giants pitcher Landen Roupp took the lion's share of the heat for inscribing Genesis 9:12-16 on his pride night cap. Genesis 9:12-16 recounts God's covenant with Noah and his descendants through the sign of the rainbow.

In response, MLB issued a warning to the players, telling the LGBT sports site, Outsports, "The writing on the cap violates our rules and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations."

Assistant AG for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillion on Thursday published a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred warning him that the Department of Justice "will use all available means to hold employers accountable for violating the religious rights of their employees."

"Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear ‘Black Lives Matter' on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination," she announced on X, where she posted the letter... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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