English football's governing body, the Football Association (FA), has formally “reminded” team captains that they cannot write Christian messages on the league's mandatory LGBTQ+ rainbow armbands. Meanwhile, the FA refused to take action against Muslim players who committed similar offences.
The FA on Wednesday accused both South London's Crystal Palace Football Club and its captain Marc Guehi of allowing players to post “political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images” at the club. The league announced that it would send a “formal notice” regarding the league's policy prohibiting such display. GBNews reported.
The league has also “confirmed that no action will be taken” regarding Ipswich Town's Muslim captain Sam Morsy's decision not to wear a rainbow armband during Saturday's match against Nottingham Forest, GBNews reported. I wrote it. And, as far as is known, the FA is unconcerned about other teams' last-minute decisions not to wear rainbow jackets because one of their Muslim players objected to them.
bruise on arm
The FA required team captains to wear rainbow armbands during recent matches as a show of support for London-based activist group Stonewall's 'Rainbow Lace' campaign. The campaign is likely to be themed around LGBTQ+ “inclusion.” But, as always, “inclusion” actually means the exclusion of opponents.
Guehi, who is a devout Christian and very open about his faith, agreed to the armband obligation, but the one he wore against Newcastle United on Saturday had the words “I love Jesus” written on it. The FA rushed to remind Guehi and his team of the selectively applicable rules, but Guehi wore a rainbow-coloured armband with the words 'Jesus Loves You' on Monday's game against Ipswitch. The message was engraved again.
Two days later, the FA chose not to discipline Guehi, but to once again remind him of its policy on religious messages.
Apparently, neither Guehi nor his team's manager are too worried about what free agency will do. According to the Times:
Palace manager Oliver Glasner offered his support to his players after the win against Ipswich. “Everyone who knows Marc knows he's a great player. He's a great player and very humble. We shouldn't make it any bigger than it is,” he said. “He has great respect for everyone at the club. We are all committed to playing football against discrimination and abuse.
“We talked about it. He is not a child, he is an adult like all of us. He has his opinion and we accept and respect every opinion. This That's the campaign phrase, “Be tolerant,” but Mark is very tolerant, so all is well. ”
Mr Guehi's father, a Christian minister in south London, told the Daily Mail: “Jesus loved everyone, so what's offensive and what's wrong with writing 'I love Jesus' on an armband?” I don't know if it's a problem at all,” he said.
About faith
Offensive to the FA rebels and the militant LGBTQ+ crowd at Stonewall is the suggestion that certain sexual or gender-bending activities are sinful and therefore deserving of eternal punishment. It is true that Jesus loves everyone, but that love also points out people's sins during his physical presence on this earth so that they can recognize their need for a Savior. It was also something that motivated me. The “love” promoted by the FA and Stonewall is the love of overindulgent parents who let their children do whatever they want, regardless of the consequences, because correcting them can hurt their feelings.
But strangely, even if Muslims, who also believe that homosexual acts are sinful and have banned them in gay-majority countries, refuse to bow down before the gods of LGBTQ+ people, the same is true. People don't get angry.
Unlike Mark Gehi's rainbow armband proclaiming the name of Jesus, Morsy's decision not to wear an armband at all – he was the only team captain not to do so – stemmed from threats from the FA. There was no pulling it out. The Ipswitch team fully supports Morsy, telling the Times in a statement that while they are “committed to becoming a fully inclusive club that welcomes everyone” and support Rainbow Races, Morsy's choice He also said that he would respect it.
Manchester United suffered a similar problem on Sunday with one of their players. Teams typically wear Pride-themed jackets during warm-ups before kickoff. However, “It was decided immediately before the match that no jackets would be worn by any of the players, as Nosser Mazraoui, who is a Muslim, refused to comply with this initiative for religious reasons,” the Times reported.
Like Ipswitch, Manchester United's team pays lip service to the slogan 'diversity and inclusion', while insisting that 'players are entitled to their own personal opinions, which may sometimes reflect the club's position'. “It may be different,” he acknowledged.
The FA has not commented on Mazraoui's “heresy”.
referee bias
The reaction of players with conservative religious beliefs to pro-LGBTQ attire gives the lie to the FA's claim that it does not want its players to display religious or political messages. As exemplified by Stonewall, the movement represented by this armband is deeply political, and among other things, preventing perceived discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, eliminating same-sex-only spaces such as restrooms, It demands that the government silence those who oppose it. It also demands complete obedience to moral (religious) claims regarding homosexuality and transgenderism.
Therefore, what the FA wants is to ensure that only religious and political messages that it supports are displayed on the field, even if they offend those actually participating in the sport. It is.
If the league insists on continuing down this path, the least it can do is enforce its policies fairly. As Manchester United pointed out, the “principles of diversity and inclusion” should be demonstrated by “combatting all forms of discrimination”.
