The absence of one of the best women's soccer players in the nation from the national squad that just won the World Cup has prompted questions as to whether she didn't make the team because of her openly professed Christian faith.
Jaelene Hinkle, 26, "has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game," according to The Washington Times. Fox News noted Hinkle "helped her team win the NWSL championship and previously helped it win a title in 2016 when it was known as the Western New York Flash."
But none of that apparently mattered to the women's team. The Irish Times, which called Hinkle "the finest left-back in the NWSL," wrote in June, "Hinkle likely would have been a fish out of water on the uber-woke women's national team, some of whose biggest stars are openly lesbian, raising questions about whether she would have thrown off the squad's chemistry."
In 2017, when the women's team wore special team jerseys celebrating Gay Pride Month for two international matches, Hinkle declined to play. She said on the "700 Club," "I just felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn't my job to wear this jersey. I gave myself three days to just seek and pray and determine what [God] was asking me to do in this situation."
Soon after the interview, when her North Carolina Courage team played against the Portland Thorns in Portland, Oregon, fans waving rainbow flags booed Hinkle. The Washington Times noted, "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." The Times added, Ellis, who is married to a woman, did call up Hinkle last year for the Tournament of Nations but then cut her and one other player a few days later, fueling speculation that she was invited only to stave off a religious freedom lawsuit.
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Accused Of Snubbing Star Player For Christian Views | Daily Wire
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A team needs to be united. With national teams good players who rock the boat sometimes find themselves outside of the national team because they can't work with others. If you have a player who is unable to deal with the gay players, then it's better they're left out. I mean, the US won the competition, so the decision is justified.
The article doesn't say this Hinkle person couldn't work with the gay players.
The article doesn't say this Hinkle person couldn't work with the gay players.
But apparently the bigoted lesbian coach couldn't work with Hinkle and disingenuously tiptoed around federal civil rights law.
The article doesn't say this Hinkle person couldn't work with the gay players.
It also doesnt say she was the best fit for this team
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There are a lot of Christians in mens' professional sports. Quite a few Latin Catholic players in professional baseball, for example. Is it safe to say you would support kicking gays off of professional men's teams if they don't possess the right chemistry?
So, the "lesbian coach" is bigoted because she won't call someone up who will disrupt the team and who has known bigoted views?
"Jaelene Hinkle, 26, "has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game," according to The Washington Times."
Seriously? The Moonie Times?
Yes. That is safe to say
No, she's just bigoted. You know, it wasn't too many years ago "science" said this coach had a mental disorder and she would have been committed to a mental hospital to receive treatment, like electroshock therapy. No one would have been called a bigot for believing she was a loon. Unfortunately for her, believing due to a sincerely held religious belief that her behavior is immoral is still protected under federal law, although I'm sure leftist social justice types would like to gut federal civil rights law as it pertains to religion if they ever get the chance.
"Jaelene Hinkle, 26, "has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game," according to The Washington Times."
Seriously? The Moonie Times?
So, you're suggesting that because people were bigoted in the past, that they're not bigots for believing the same nonsense now?
The Washington Times is crap but she is a good player. Top 3 in the NWSL but not better than Dunn.
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That's part of a loaded question, and your opinion. I never said or implied any such thing. If science said homosexuality was a mental disorder, why would anyone be a bigot for thinking the gay person should get treatment? That makes no sense. Likewise, if their religion tells them homosexuality is immoral, why does that make them bigots? Connect the dots for me, please.
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