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Giants pitchers school Pride activists in real diversity

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San Francisco Giants team members committed the unpardonable sin of daring to think for themselves on Pride Night.

Instead of donning the team’s rainbow-branded caps like good little allies, they quietly pushed back, and in doing so, triggered one of the more revealing meltdowns in politics this year.

Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker wore the special black “Pride Night” ballcaps with a rainbow “SF” logo, but scribbled “Genesis 9:12-16” next to it. Sam Hentges simply said, “no thanks,” and wore the plain team cap.

The Bible verse referred to? It’s the one where God, after the Flood, hangs His bow in the sky as a universal covenant with Noah, all humanity and “every living creature.”

It’s the ancient text that predates Gilbert Baker’s 1978 rainbow flag by a few thousand years.

Roupp calmly explained it was about God’s faithfulness and mercy. No rants, no slurs — just scripture.

Enter state Sen. Scott Wiener, congressional candidate for Nancy Pelosi’s old seat and Guardian of the LGBTQ Rainbow. Wiener didn’t merely disagree, he went full activist diva.

He denounced the biblical inscriptions as “homophobic” hijacking, sneered that the players chose Pride Night on purpose to “target” the community, and accused the Giants of running a “homophobia exemption” program.

In a masterclass of tolerance, Wiener declared that while people can hold beliefs that “dehumanize others,” they have no right to express them at a work event. Translation: Your Torah is fine in private, but don’t you dare bring it near our branded merchandise.

Wiener capped off his........

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