Major League Baseball and culture have once again swerved into each other around Pride Month.
For several years, the controversy swirled around whether teams would hold Pride celebrations and how extensive they would be. Some teams chose to do so, some not.
Last weekend, the San Francisco Giants held their annual Pride Night, and four players protested the commemoration by either writing Bible verses on their Pride Night hats or by not wearing the special rainbow Pride cap.
It seems to us the way to handle these situations is the same sort of fashion they are handled elsewhere. If the player is comfortable wearing a Pride hat, he should wear it. If he is not, he should wear a regulation hat.
Forcing a player to wear a hat celebrating a lifestyle he believes is against his religion is akin to forcing a baker to bake a cake for a gay wedding that is against his religious beliefs, or a Catholic hospital being forced to perform abortions when they are against the Catholic faith. Various high court rulings in recent years have upheld the rights of those forced to take actions against their religion.