Elite Dodgers pitcher displays Bible passage on hat during Pride Night
A decorated Major League Baseball pitcher reminded the world Who it is that originated the rainbow Friday night during his team’s “Pride Night” game against the San Francisco Giants.
Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw wrote a Bible reference on his rainbow-logo Los Angeles Dodgers cap: “Gen 9:12-16” – which speaks of God’s covenant with “every living creature.”
Reports Fox News, the reference to the biblical book of Genesis was written on the front of his cap. Genesis 9:12-16 reads:
“And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.'”
Shoutout to Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who wrote Genesis 9:12-16 on his Pride hat to remind everyone that the rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant ? pic.twitter.com/YMJAlxlNU7
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As Fox reported, Kershaw notably protested the organization’s decision in 2023 to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence before the team’s Pride Night game that season. Kershaw said his opposition was based solely on the group’s mockery of Christianity.
“I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,”Kershaw said. “It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion. So, that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with.”
The Giants beat the Dodgers, 6-2.