DOJ opens inquiry into MLB over SF Giants players' Pride Night protest

The ongoing controversy surrounding the San Francisco Giants' Pride Night and the four players who protested it has officially reached the Trump administration.

On Thursday, Department of Justice assistant attorney general Harmeet K. Dhillon announced that the department's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be investigating MLB after the league issued warnings to the three players who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps, citing possible religious discrimination.

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"The three players expressed their opposition to MLB's pro-Pride orthodoxy by inscribing Bible verses on their rainbow-colored hats," Dhillon wrote in a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. "The Civil Rights Act prohibits MLB and its franchises from unreasonably burdening the rights of players with religious objections to serving as the League's vehicle for pro-Pride messages."

Dhillon further posited that MLB may be demonstrating a level of hypocrisy with its warning issued to the players over the Bible verses, citing the league's prior encouragement of players to wear ‘Black Lives Matter' patches on their uniforms.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/doj-opens-inquiry-mlb-over-171148551.html

Why would anyone play in San Francisco if they were homophobic?