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MLB needs to play ball on religious freedom

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Harmeet Dhillon, as usual, has the receipts.

The civil rights chief at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to investigate Major League Baseball (MLB) over its attempt to stop Christian players from the San Francisco Giants from wearing Bible verses on their caps.

The players inscribed the verses — Genesis 9:12-16, referring to the origins of the rainbow — as a silent protest against being forced to wear Pride-themed uniforms.

As Dhillon pointed out Thursday in a letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, the league allowed players to wear “Black Lives Matter” on their uniforms if they wanted to do so.

Had the league stuck to a policy of banning all statements on uniforms, it would be well within its rights........

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