Player Banned From Team USA For Her Christian Beliefs

[Harpy Eagle]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no...she snubbed the team, not the other way around.

Ah, so her beliefs mean absolutely nothing to you?

Welp, that's the same attitude the team had too. She wouldn't play if she had to wear the rainbow jersey. Simple accommodation right?

Wrong. Rapinoe was allowed to stand there and disrespect her country while not singing the anthem, but Hinkle? She dared to express her religious beliefs. That's in no way allowed. We can accommodate the gay people all day long, but if anyone with religious beliefs, namely Christians, offer a dissent... oh hey, you get shunned, snubbed, or kicked to the curb like the "end is nigh" guy.

The USWNT showed their biases, and the showed the world they preferred a certain set of beliefs over others. Instead of devoting themselves to the sport they play, they need to stir the pot instead.

Christian beliefs mean absolutely nothing to leftists and people such as yourself. You don't have to deny it. It is clearly evident in the way you post and your attitudes toward religion.

And before you call me a homophobe, I am bisexual. Proudly. That doesn't mean I support the behavior of arrogant lesbo prima donnas who prefer activism over the unity and tolerance of individual beliefs on their team.

Tolerance is a one way street. And for some, like yourself, it always will be.

She was offered the chance to play for the team, she declined it. It is during these “friendly” games that the team learns how to play together and becomes a true team.

She gave away that chance. That was her right and I respect her dedication to her beliefs.

But it is 100% wrong to say the team kept her off due to her Christian beliefs, they offered her a chance.

 

[beautress]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no...she snubbed the team, not the other way around.

She refused to wear gay clothes. There is no honor in gayness, but there's a heap of dishonor.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no...she snubbed the team, not the other way around.

She refused to wear gay clothes. There is no honor in gayness, but there's a heap of dishonor.

Clothing has no sexuality, it is just an inanimate object. She made the choice not to play for the team, not the other way around.

 

[Penelope]

U.S. women's team snub of Christian player roils soccer
U.S. women’s team snub of Christian player roils soccer

The celebration continued Wednesday for the U.S. women’s soccer team after its historic Women’s World Cup title, even as questions resurfaced about why one of the best players in the nation wasn’t there.

Jaelene Hinkle, a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game, but she wasn’t selected for the national team — a decision that may have had more to do with politics than prowess.

In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team for a pair of international friendlies after learning that the players would wear rainbow-themed jerseys in honor of Gay Pride Month. She said later that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith.

“I just felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey,” she told “The 700 Club” in a May 2018 interview. “I gave myself three days to just seek and pray and determine what [God] was asking me to do in this situation.”

Hinkle has not played for the national team since. After she was left off the World Cup roster, coach Jill Ellis told reporters that the decision was “solely based on soccer,” an explanation greeted with widespread skepticism.

Conservative pundit Erick Erickson said Monday that she was “shoved aside” in a sport known for “feminist virtue signaling,” while The Irish Times ran the June 12 headline “Religious clash leaves USA’s best left back an observer of World Cup bid.”

“You do have a very activist team. It’s very much a part of the program,” said John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview in Colorado Springs, Colorado........(SNIP)

Commentary: ".......This is about Jaelene Hinkle, “a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game,” meaning she’s the best left defender in all of women’s soccer. But she was not selected for the national team because of politics.

You see, “In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team,” meaning they called her, they offered her a spot on the national team. They were gonna play a couple of games against friendly opponents as a tune-up, she turned them down. She turned down the offer after learning that the team would have to wear rainbow themed jerseys in honor of gay pride month.

She said that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith and they rescinded the call-up, she refused to go, and she has not played for the national since. All because she didn’t want to wear — now, it’s a soccer team. What are they doing? They’re wearing the gay pride jersey. She didn’t want to. It was forced on her, a political statement was forced on her in the form of the uniform that she would have been required to wear. And it was a political statement uniform.

It was not the U.S. team uniform. It was a political statement uniform to be worn during the month of June for gay pride. She didn’t want to be forced. They said, “Okay. Screw you. Then you’re not coming on the team.”

This is a pull quote from the story: “Excluding Hinkle, however, made the team less diverse, both ideologically and racially. Not only does she hold conservative religious views, but she also would have been one of the few black players on a predominantly white team.”

This is but a small example of the point. They start this stuff, folks, they start this by forcing what are minority and obscure political positions on everybody, and a lot of people are close to reaching their fill of it. And there are vestiges of pullback.........

commentary source

Do you have a pic of the gay pride jersey??

Is she going to sue?? I suspect she is going to sue. I wonder how can Christian schools dictate a uniform and hairstyle.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

U.S. women's team snub of Christian player roils soccer
U.S. women’s team snub of Christian player roils soccer

The celebration continued Wednesday for the U.S. women’s soccer team after its historic Women’s World Cup title, even as questions resurfaced about why one of the best players in the nation wasn’t there.

Jaelene Hinkle, a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game, but she wasn’t selected for the national team — a decision that may have had more to do with politics than prowess.

In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team for a pair of international friendlies after learning that the players would wear rainbow-themed jerseys in honor of Gay Pride Month. She said later that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith.

“I just felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey,” she told “The 700 Club” in a May 2018 interview. “I gave myself three days to just seek and pray and determine what [God] was asking me to do in this situation.”

Hinkle has not played for the national team since. After she was left off the World Cup roster, coach Jill Ellis told reporters that the decision was “solely based on soccer,” an explanation greeted with widespread skepticism.

Conservative pundit Erick Erickson said Monday that she was “shoved aside” in a sport known for “feminist virtue signaling,” while The Irish Times ran the June 12 headline “Religious clash leaves USA’s best left back an observer of World Cup bid.”

“You do have a very activist team. It’s very much a part of the program,” said John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview in Colorado Springs, Colorado........(SNIP)

Commentary: ".......This is about Jaelene Hinkle, “a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game,” meaning she’s the best left defender in all of women’s soccer. But she was not selected for the national team because of politics.

You see, “In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team,” meaning they called her, they offered her a spot on the national team. They were gonna play a couple of games against friendly opponents as a tune-up, she turned them down. She turned down the offer after learning that the team would have to wear rainbow themed jerseys in honor of gay pride month.

She said that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith and they rescinded the call-up, she refused to go, and she has not played for the national since. All because she didn’t want to wear — now, it’s a soccer team. What are they doing? They’re wearing the gay pride jersey. She didn’t want to. It was forced on her, a political statement was forced on her in the form of the uniform that she would have been required to wear. And it was a political statement uniform.

It was not the U.S. team uniform. It was a political statement uniform to be worn during the month of June for gay pride. She didn’t want to be forced. They said, “Okay. Screw you. Then you’re not coming on the team.”

This is a pull quote from the story: “Excluding Hinkle, however, made the team less diverse, both ideologically and racially. Not only does she hold conservative religious views, but she also would have been one of the few black players on a predominantly white team.”

This is but a small example of the point. They start this stuff, folks, they start this by forcing what are minority and obscure political positions on everybody, and a lot of people are close to reaching their fill of it. And there are vestiges of pullback.........

commentary source

Do you have a pic of the gay pride jersey??

See U.S. soccer’s special jerseys


Not exactly offensive!!

 

[TemplarKormac]

And another seat on the victim bus gets filled. All aboard!

Well met, my yellow robotic hedonist friend.

Curious, I wonder... why are we downplaying her complaints? If someone is being mistreated, is it not common decency to hear them out?

Or is it just proper to mockingly call them a "victim" and dismiss them entirely?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And another seat on the victim bus gets filled. All aboard!

Well met, my yellow robotic hedonist friend.

Curious, I wonder... why are we downplaying her complaints? If someone is being mistreated, is it not common decency to hear them out?

Or is it just proper to mockingly call them a "victim" and dismiss them entirely?

Turns out she is not the one complaining. She accepts it all as part of God’s plan. Others are using her for political purposes.

 

[eagle1462010]

The Media Wankers and the left can't leave politics out of anything..............which the women's soccer team couldn't do either......

Instead of Celebrating their victory..............they used the moment in history to play politics.........

They suck at it BTW...........good thing they play soccer very well........because as politicians they'd fall flat on their butts.

 

[Penelope]

U.S. women's team snub of Christian player roils soccer
U.S. women’s team snub of Christian player roils soccer

The celebration continued Wednesday for the U.S. women’s soccer team after its historic Women’s World Cup title, even as questions resurfaced about why one of the best players in the nation wasn’t there.

Jaelene Hinkle, a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game, but she wasn’t selected for the national team — a decision that may have had more to do with politics than prowess.

In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team for a pair of international friendlies after learning that the players would wear rainbow-themed jerseys in honor of Gay Pride Month. She said later that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith.

“I just felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey,” she told “The 700 Club” in a May 2018 interview. “I gave myself three days to just seek and pray and determine what [God] was asking me to do in this situation.”

Hinkle has not played for the national team since. After she was left off the World Cup roster, coach Jill Ellis told reporters that the decision was “solely based on soccer,” an explanation greeted with widespread skepticism.

Conservative pundit Erick Erickson said Monday that she was “shoved aside” in a sport known for “feminist virtue signaling,” while The Irish Times ran the June 12 headline “Religious clash leaves USA’s best left back an observer of World Cup bid.”

“You do have a very activist team. It’s very much a part of the program,” said John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview in Colorado Springs, Colorado........(SNIP)

Commentary: ".......This is about Jaelene Hinkle, “a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game,” meaning she’s the best left defender in all of women’s soccer. But she was not selected for the national team because of politics.

You see, “In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team,” meaning they called her, they offered her a spot on the national team. They were gonna play a couple of games against friendly opponents as a tune-up, she turned them down. She turned down the offer after learning that the team would have to wear rainbow themed jerseys in honor of gay pride month.

She said that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith and they rescinded the call-up, she refused to go, and she has not played for the national since. All because she didn’t want to wear — now, it’s a soccer team. What are they doing? They’re wearing the gay pride jersey. She didn’t want to. It was forced on her, a political statement was forced on her in the form of the uniform that she would have been required to wear. And it was a political statement uniform.

It was not the U.S. team uniform. It was a political statement uniform to be worn during the month of June for gay pride. She didn’t want to be forced. They said, “Okay. Screw you. Then you’re not coming on the team.”

This is a pull quote from the story: “Excluding Hinkle, however, made the team less diverse, both ideologically and racially. Not only does she hold conservative religious views, but she also would have been one of the few black players on a predominantly white team.”

This is but a small example of the point. They start this stuff, folks, they start this by forcing what are minority and obscure political positions on everybody, and a lot of people are close to reaching their fill of it. And there are vestiges of pullback.........

commentary source

Do you have a pic of the gay pride jersey??

See U.S. soccer’s special jerseys


Not exactly offensive!!

I agree.

 

[Lysistrata]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no.......

You are a lying piece of shit and a ******* moron, as usual.

She was being forced to wear a jersey that promotes sexual perverts and is anti-Christian.

Go **** off asshole.

She declined the invitation after it was extended to her. She didn't want to wear the uniform. You forget that the jerseys were not intended to be "anti" any religion. It just so happens that the form of Christianity that she practices is anti-LGBT. People who hold particular religious beliefs need to make decisions as to what activities they are willing to participate in. This happens in all religions.

Your attempt to make a race-based argument is absurd. The "almost all white" team invited this black player to join them. She was not "left off the World Cup roster." This Washington Times article is very poorly written and twists the facts. It was not a matter of her not being selected for the national team. Remember that team co-captain Rapinoe knelt for the anthem in support of Colin Kaepernick.

 

[Terri4Trump]

Ah, so her beliefs mean absolutely nothing to you?

Welp, that's the same attitude the team had too. She wouldn't play if she had to wear the rainbow jersey. Simple accommodation right?

Wrong. Rapinoe was allowed to stand there and disrespect her country while not singing the anthem, but Hinkle? She dared to express her religious beliefs. That's in no way allowed. We can accommodate the gay people all day long, but if anyone with religious beliefs, namely Christians, offer a dissent... oh hey, you get shunned, snubbed, or kicked to the curb like the "end is nigh" guy.

The USWNT showed their biases, and the showed the world they preferred a certain set of beliefs over others. Instead of devoting themselves to the sport they play, they need to stir the pot instead.

Christian beliefs mean absolutely nothing to leftists and people such as yourself. You don't have to deny it. It is clearly evident in the way you post and your attitudes toward religion.

And before you call me a homophobe, I am bisexual. Proudly. That doesn't mean I support the behavior of arrogant lesbo prima donnas who prefer activism over the unity and tolerance of individual beliefs on their team.

Tolerance is a one way street. And for some, like yourself, it always will be.

Well said. Thank you.

 

[TemplarKormac]

She was offered the chance to play for the team, she declined it. It is during these “friendly” games that the team learns how to play together and becomes a true team.

She gave away that chance. That was her right and I respect her dedication to her beliefs.

But it is 100% wrong to say the team kept her off due to her Christian beliefs, they offered her a chance.

"Wear something that promotes something which goes against your religious beliefs, or else you get to stay home instead of representing your homeland to the world"

What part of that says "she said no"? What part of that says "she gave away that chance"?

It could just as easily be said that the team knew she would reject wearing that uniform because of her beliefs. That they knew they could weed out the bad apple so they could make a seemingly united statement of the LGBT population of the world.

But nope. She had to be forced into a decision which made her choose between her faith and playing for her country on the world stage. While she chose her beliefs over playing, I seriously think it unfair to put someone in that kind of situation.

"You don't support what we support? We'll make an example out of you."

 

[Penelope]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no...she snubbed the team, not the other way around.

Ah, so her beliefs mean absolutely nothing to you?

Nope, being a bigot means more to me that her godly beliefs.

 

[Correll]

Has anyone posted an analysis of her stats vs the other players?

She was offered the chance to pay for the team and declined it. It was 100% her choice.

She declined the chance to play on the USA team? Doesn't that strike you as strange, for a soccer player?

She was standing up for her “Christian” views. That is her choice...but she cheapens that choice by whining about it.

Link to where she "whines" about it, please.

This story did not just appear out of thin air.

Agreed. There is something here, and I wonder what it is.


You claim that she is "whining" about her decision to not join the team. That would be pretty lame of her and undermine any moral high ground she might have.


So, where did you get your information? Are you just assuming that is what she is doing, based on your negative opinion of Christians?

 

[Terri4Trump]

........You forget that the jerseys were not intended to be "anti" any religion........

If they were wearing jerseys that promoted eating pork and a Muslim player refused to wear it and the Muslim was booted out you would be creaming Islamophobia, Islamophobia, you friggin hypocrite, and you know you would too so don't lie.

Jerseys that promote a man sticking his dick in another man's ass are sick, disgusting, perverted, evil, filthy, and an embarrassment.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

She was offered the chance to play for the team, she declined it. It is during these “friendly” games that the team learns how to play together and becomes a true team.

She gave away that chance. That was her right and I respect her dedication to her beliefs.

But it is 100% wrong to say the team kept her off due to her Christian beliefs, they offered her a chance.

"Wear something that promotes something which goes against your religious beliefs, or else you get to stay home instead of representing your homeland to the world"

What part of that says "she said no"? What part of that says "she gave away that chance"?

It could just as easily be said that the team knew she would reject wearing that uniform because of her beliefs. That they knew they could weed out the bad apple so they could make a seemingly united statement of the LGBT population of the world.

But nope. She had to be forced into a decision which made her choose between her faith and playing for her country on the world stage. While she chose her beliefs over playing, I seriously think it unfair to put someone in that kind of situation.

"You don't support what we support? We'll make an example out of you."

So, you think the team only choose to wear those uniforms just to trick her into saying no to the team?

Are you ******* serious? Do you also think the world is flat? Do you still believe in Santa?

 

[TemplarKormac]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no...she snubbed the team, not the other way around.

She refused to wear gay clothes. There is no honor in gayness, but there's a heap of dishonor.

Clothing has no sexuality, it is just an inanimate object. She made the choice not to play for the team, not the other way around.

Apparently you don't seem to understand the importance faith and religion hold in some people's lives. To show anything, to promote anything that goes against what they believe is wrong... is wrong. This is no different than trying to make the the lesbians on the team wear jerseys embossed with Christian symbolatry and citations of scripture.

Would you have said the same thing if 90% of the team rejected a chance to play because they had to wear jerseys promoting religion?

Please dispense with the cookie cutter stances. Nobody is being fooled by it.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

She was offered the chance to pay for the team and declined it. It was 100% her choice.

She declined the chance to play on the USA team? Doesn't that strike you as strange, for a soccer player?

She was standing up for her “Christian” views. That is her choice...but she cheapens that choice by whining about it.

Link to where she "whines" about it, please.

This story did not just appear out of thin air.

Agreed. There is something here, and I wonder what it is.


You claim that she is "whining" about her decision to not join the team. That would be pretty lame of her and undermine any moral high ground she might have.


So, where did you get your information? Are you just assuming that is what she is doing, based on your negative opinion of Christians?

I was wrong about her whining. I did some more reading and she accepts the decisions as part of God’s plan. I have a new found respect for her and happily admit I was wrong.

 

[TemplarKormac]

She was offered the chance to play for the team, she declined it. It is during these “friendly” games that the team learns how to play together and becomes a true team.

She gave away that chance. That was her right and I respect her dedication to her beliefs.

But it is 100% wrong to say the team kept her off due to her Christian beliefs, they offered her a chance.

"Wear something that promotes something which goes against your religious beliefs, or else you get to stay home instead of representing your homeland to the world"

What part of that says "she said no"? What part of that says "she gave away that chance"?

It could just as easily be said that the team knew she would reject wearing that uniform because of her beliefs. That they knew they could weed out the bad apple so they could make a seemingly united statement of the LGBT population of the world.

But nope. She had to be forced into a decision which made her choose between her faith and playing for her country on the world stage. While she chose her beliefs over playing, I seriously think it unfair to put someone in that kind of situation.

"You don't support what we support? We'll make an example out of you."

So, you think the team only choose to wear those uniforms just to trick her into saying no to the team?

Are you ******* serious? Do you also think the world is flat? Do you still believe in Santa?

It's kind of ignorant to sit there and think "Oh all of them support homosexuality. Ohhh this will be juuust fine. Nobody we invited will have a problem with this."

I am dead serious, and all you can do is mock me. Like I knew you and others would. If you didn't have a cogent argument, you should admit so.

You have a very odd definition of what constitutes diversity of belief, Gator. From where I sit, the decision was made arbitrarily, regardless of whose beliefs might be offended.

Ah, the politics of assumption.

 

[IM2]

She was offered a chance to play for the team and she said no.......

You are a lying piece of shit and a ******* moron, as usual.

She was being forced to wear a jersey that promotes sexual perverts and is anti-Christian.

Go **** off asshole.

Your OP states that she declined the call up. It was 100% her decision.

Right, but the girls have to keep religion and lifestyle out of sports.

They do not have to.

They should-it is a distraction for them and the fans-as shown by this girl and the Americans who turned their sets off-keep politics OUT of sports!

Bullshit. If all these women were married with children you wouldn't be saying this.

So start turning off your TV when baseball plays in camouflage uniforms or used pink bats. Or when college teams do the same. Tell Dabo Swinney to stop making reference to God every time he interviews. Stop watching football because the teams pray on the field after the games. No more national anthem and flag solutes before games. No playing the US National Anthem at international matches or Olympic medal ceremonies. No more teams can be invited to the white house. As usual, we are reading hypocrisy from the Americans in name only fakes because these women chose not to worship the bigot god-Donald Trump.