(LifeSiteNews) — On “Pride Night,” San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp wrote Genesis 9:12-16 on his team’s specially issued “Pride” ball cap, saying that the rainbow is “about God’s covenant … a promise that he makes to us.”
In so doing, he was taking back the symbol from LGBT activists who for decades have attempted to co-opt the rainbow to promote sexual deviancy, casting aside God’s justice, faithfulness, and mercy.
“On a night when the San Francisco Giants invited same-sex couples to renew their marriage vows in the presence of a drag queen on the field, the national anthem was sung by an LGBTQ-affirming nondenominational church, and the team celebrated transgender people and other LGBTQ identities through their rainbow-colored hats, Roupp stood out,” noted conservative commentator Jon Root in a report for OutKick and Fox News.
“There’s no hate at all. It’s just what I stand for, and what I stand in. I believe in God,” said Roupp after the game.
Landen Roupp says he wrote Genesis 9:12-16 on his hat tonight. “There’s no hate at all. It’s just what I stand for, and what I stand in. I believe in God.” https://t.co/4TTgep96Zp pic.twitter.com/8yhKUR4EdK
— Harrison Rich (@harrisonrich_) June 13, 2026
“It’s just about God’s covenant and a promise that he makes to us that, you know, his faithfulness and his mercy,” Roupp explained to reporters. “That’s just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that, and I’m thankful we live in a country where, you know, we have the freedom to believe what we want … and express what we want.”
Genesis 9:12-16 recounts God’s covenant with Noah and his descendants:
God said: This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come: I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature—every mortal being—so that the waters will never again become a flood to destroy every mortal being. When the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature—every mortal being that is on earth.
“In my opinion,” wrote Root, “this takes a lot of guts and should not only be admired, but celebrated. No Christian athlete should be forced to endorse and accept something that goes against their religion.”
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