San Francisco Giants pitcher writes Bible verse on hat in defiance of Pride Night

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As the old saying goes, courage is contagious. That is the exact term that should be used when a professional athlete defies the calls for complete and utter loyalty to the LGBTQ agenda during Pride Nights.

We’ve seen it from Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen this season, and from a small few around professional sports that have refused to wear rainbow Pride jerseys, hats and more. On Friday night in San Francisco, Giants pitcher Landen Roupp made a powerful statement of faith in God by his protest against his team celebrating Pride Night.

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 by writing the Bible verses Genesis 9:12-16. These verses are the same ones legendary Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw wrote on his Pride hat last season during his team’s Pride Night.

Landen Roupp of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Chicago Cubs in the top of the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on June 12, 2026. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

The verses are about God’s covenant (promise), signified through a rainbow, that He would never destroy mankind through a flood like He did in the days of the prophet Noah. 

"And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant