Clayton Kershaw didn’t scream. He didn’t throw a tantrum. He didn’t refuse to play or light up social media with a rage-fueled thread. No, he simply did something far more scandalous in 2025 America: he wrote a Bible verse on his hat. That’s right — on his Pride Night cap, no less — nestled right next to that ever-so-politically correct rainbow Dodgers logo was a quiet but unmistakable nod to Genesis 9:12-16. Cue the pearl-clutching.
Let’s just get this out of the way: if a left-leaning player had scribbled a passage from Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memoir on his sleeve during Faith and Family Night, he’d be hailed as a “brave icon of resistance” and trending worldwide by breakfast. But Kershaw, who dared to reference the original meaning of the rainbow — you know, God’s covenant with mankind not to wipe us all out in another flood — is now apparently walking on eggshells for reminding people that there’s more than one interpretation of a rainbow.
But that’s the thing about silent courage. It doesn’t look like protest, and it doesn’t come with a marketing campaign. Kershaw simply acknowledged his faith without denying anyone else’s existence. He didn’t trash Pride Night. He didn’t call for a boycott. He didn’t even pull a Bud Light and fumble his way through three different press releases trying to explain himself. He just offered a biblical reference in the most respectful way possible. And yet, for some, that’s apparently too much truth for one baseball game.
And this wasn’t some one-off, either. Let’s not forget Kershaw’s very measured response last year when the Dodgers rolled out the red carpet for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a troupe of drag “nuns” whose entire shtick revolves around mocking Catholic imagery and turning sacred traditions into punchlines.
Kershaw didn’t burn a jersey or storm out of the clubhouse. He did something wild for a professional athlete: he used logic. He pointed out, with complete clarity, that mocking anyone’s faith — any faith — isn’t okay. Not for shock value, not for clout, and certainly not in the name of “inclusion.”
Of course, nuance doesn’t play well with the activist class. The mob thrives on binary thinking: you’re either fully with them or completely against them. So when Kershaw chose to stand on principle while still respecting the people around him, they didn’t know what to do with him. He didn’t fit the script. He wasn’t hateful, he wasn’t combative, and he wasn’t apologizing for believing in something higher than an MLB marketing department.
“Clayton Kershaw should wear my beliefs on his hat, but wearing his beliefs on his hat is just wrong.”
How is pointing out what the rainbow means to Him and every other practicing Christian and Jew for the last 3,000+ intolerant? The double standard is mind numbing. https://t.co/TWqt56yw28
— Tyler Toon (@tyler_toon) June 14, 2025
What Kershaw reminded people — ever so gently — is that the rainbow didn’t start at a Pride parade. Long before it was a symbol for identity politics, it was a sign of divine mercy, a promise etched in the heavens after the flood. And maybe, just maybe, some folks in L.A. need that reminder. Because while the corporate powers at the Dodgers have no problem bending over backwards to appease the loudest activists in the room, there’s still a place for players who refuse to compromise their convictions.
BREAKING: Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw wrote “Genesis 9:12-16” on his ‘pride’ hat.
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and… pic.twitter.com/mPU94lYPxk— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 14, 2025
So while the media goes looking for controversy where there is none, and the usual Twitter mobs pretend that a man quoting scripture is somehow threatening, Kershaw will keep doing what he does best: throwing strikes, staying humble, and wearing his faith — literally — on his cap. In today’s climate, that’s not just a quiet protest. It’s a home run.
