Author name: amdg

The National Catholic Register (June 19, 2026) reports that the U.S. Department of Justice, under Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, has launched a federal investigation into Major League Baseball for alleged religious discrimination against San Francisco Giants players who inscribed Bible verses on their uniforms during the team’s “Pride Night” celebrations. Starting pitcher Landen Roupp and two relief pitchers wrote references to Genesis 9:12-16 — the passage in which God establishes the rainbow as a covenant sign with Noah — next to the Progress Pride Flag logo on their caps. The Giants issued a public apology, claiming the display “caused pain and anger to many in the LGBTQ+ community,” and the MLB issued an official warning citing a uniform policy prohibiting handwritten messages. The DOJ letter accuses the league of a “double standard,” noting that “Black Lives Matter” messages were previously permitted despite the same prohibition, and invokes the Civil Rights Act’s requirement that employers accommodate religious expression. The Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, through spokesperson Peter Marlow, publicly supported the players, stating that “people of faith should not be compelled to hide or suppress their sincerely held religious convictions in public life” and that “respect should be a two-way street.” The article also references the Washington Nationals’ firing of Sean Hudson for noting that Catholic pitcher Trevor Williams was being excluded from promotional materials due to his faith, as well as the York Revolution minor league team forfeiting a game when players refused to wear pride-themed jerseys. The entire episode lays bare the diabolical inversion of our age: the rainbow, God’s sacred covenant sign, has been hijacked by the sodomite agenda, and those who dare to reclaim it for its true meaning are persecuted — while the conciliar “Church” offers nothing more than polite pleas for “two-way respect” in the face of escalating persecution.