British soccer player Mark Guehi has spoken out after being disciplined for writing “I Love Jesus” on the armband he wore during a match last weekend.
Crystal Palace's team captain wrote the slogan on the LGBTQ rainbow captain's armband he was instructed to wear during last Saturday's game against Newcastle. Still, as soon as he stepped on the field, the soccer association reprimanded him for changing the league's official LGBTQ armband and accused him of violating rules banning religious displays.
The armbands are part of the Premier League's Rainbow Lace campaign, which promotes LGBTQ acceptance, and will run until December 5. The campaign is in collaboration with gay charity Stonewall.
However, the FA ultimately decided not to fine or suspend Guehi for the armband stunt.
Guehi has refused to apologize or retract his message.
“Honestly, I think the message was pretty clear,” Guehi said. said According to Sky Sports, daily mail. “It was also a message of love and truth, and it was also a message of inclusivity, so I think that speaks for itself.”
The player's father also spoke out.
“'What I'm saying is, did he offend anyone?' I don't think so. I believe what the Bible says: Jesus loves everyone, and I In his opinion, Mark didn't offend anyone with what he wrote,'' John Gehi told the newspaper.
“Jesus loved everyone, so I don’t see what’s offensive or problematic about writing ‘I love Jesus’ on an armband,” Elder Guehi added.
“If you look at what the LGBT community is doing, they are trying to impose what they believe on others. It's a conflict between beliefs, but at the end of the day, everyone has a right to an opinion. Yes,” he continued. “But if the purpose of the opinion is to offend you, I have a problem, but if my opinion is simply to express how I feel, then I think that's fine, and if Mark I don't think what I wrote on the armband was offensive.”
“He's talking about himself, he loves Jesus, and like I said, he didn't refuse to wear an armband like Moses did. People refused to wear armbands. We should pay more attention to people.”
He was referring to the fact that Ipswich Town captain Sam Morsy refused to wear an LGBTQ armband. Another player, Nouser Mazraoui, also chose not to wear one. Both players are practicing Muslims.
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