It’s a pretty brave thing to do. Going along to get along is the norm. These five baseball players refusing to wear the rainbow on their uniform is exceptionally courageous in today’s climate of cancellation.

At least five Tampa Bay Rays players decided against wearing rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms on Saturday as part of the team’s annual ‘Pride Night’.

In the buildup to the club’s 16th annual Pride Night celebration during Saturday’s game against the visiting Chicago White Sox, the Rays added rainbow-colored logos to their uniforms, caps and on the right sleeve of their shirts.

‘Our Pride Nights continue to grow both in terms of visibility and participation,’ Rays president Matt Silverman told the Tampa Bay Times. ‘By doing this, we extend an invitation not just for this game but for all of our games that the LGBTQ+ community is invited, welcomed and celebrated.’

My question is was there a time when people with same-sex attraction were turned away from baseball games? Why are they making a big deal out of extending an invitation on Pride Night when there’s never been any issue at all with anyone coming to see a baseball game?

I know, it’s just corporate asshattery. But these players who are refusing are inviting the scorn of the media. The terms “homophobic” and “appalling” are being leveled against them on Twitter. Keith Olbermann who does nothing but sit on Twitter all day attacked the players religions, saying Jesus never said anything about homosexuals.

These men standing up for their faith are examples of courage. That is in short supply nowadays. Appreciate it.