Religious messages disrupt FA’s rainbow campaign
from Religion Media Centre:
Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi will face no formal action from the English Football Association, after twice writing “I (heart shape) Jesus” on his rainbow armband celebrating LGBTQ+ inclusion. He wore it on Saturday during a Premier League match against Newcastle, and again on Tuesday in the match against Ipswich, when he wrote “Jesus (heart) you” on his armband, contravening an FA regulation that religious messages are prohibited on any item of clothing.
The rainbow captain armbands were issued to the 20 Premier League clubs for matches last weekend and in the current midweek round, as part of an 11-year campaign in partnership with LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall. The Ipswich captain, Sam Morsy, who is Muslim, didn’t wear the armband because of his religious beliefs.
Manchester United abandoned the plan after defender Noussair Mazraoui declined to take part. BBC journalist Dan Austin analyses the way religion has featured in the LGBTQ+ campaign here.
Read also: Muslim player refuses to wear rainbow jacket, forcing club to ditch plans, Daily Mail
Watch: Patrick Christys on the FA’s heirarchy of beliefs, in which Islam comes top and Christianity comes at the bottom. GB News.
The problem with the FA’s rainbow laces furore by Jawad Iqbal, Spectator
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