Wed Jun 21, 2023 – 5:16 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Texas Rangers are the last remaining Major League Baseball team to not host “Pride Night” at the ballpark, though the franchise is not as conservative as some may think it is.
“Apparently, there’s no pride in Texas,” a liberal contributor to Fan Nation, which is owned by Sports Illustrated, said earlier this month.
Once owned by former president George W. Bush from 1988 until 1994, the team has steadfastly resisted pressure from LGBT groups and hostile media outlets to host a Pride game, though it did invite gay athletes to its stadium in 2003, a move that prompted massive backlash at the time.
“Our commitment is to make everyone feel welcome and included in Rangers baseball,” the team said in a statement earlier this month. “That means in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do – for both our fans and our employees. We deliver on that promise across our many programs to have a positive impact across our entire community.”
In 2022, the Rangers were a platinum sponsor of the “Gay Softball World Series” in Dallas. Approximately 900 rainbow-clad players from
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