Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers refused to wear a rainbow warm-up jersey for an NHL "gay night," citing his Russian Orthodox faith and rejecting forced participation in displays conflicting with his beliefs. The hosts critique the league's disparity, noting demands for LGBTQ+ symbols versus no requirements for Christian crosses or Muslim attire, arguing this reflects power dynamics rather than true inclusivity. While acknowledging Provorov does not oppose gay people, the discussion highlights frustrations with proposed fines and asserts that beliefs cannot be coerced, even as medical claims regarding HIV transmission are debated within the broader context of American rights. [Automatically generated summary]
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NHL Gay Night Controversy00:03:00
Yeah, got a new show for y'all.
Yeah.
This is Ivan Provorov.
Provorov.
Provorov.
It's Prav.
Provorov.
Okay.
Provorov.
Stop saying Pro.
Provorov.
Okay, yeah, he's the Russian player for the Philadelphia Flyers.
And the other night, the NHL was pretty much it was gay night.
It was gay night out.
And they want to be...
It was during the pregame, right?
Yeah, yeah.
It was a night where the NHL is saying everybody is to be included in society.
It was just to show inclusivity to gay people.
Yeah, right?
And this player right here, Ivan, he didn't want a word.
He wanted to wear a gay rainbow, right?
Yeah, because, see, well, listen to what you're saying.
Get that gay mess off of me.
And this is what he had to say and why he didn't want a word.
I respect everybody's choices.
My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.
That's all I'm going to say.
All you have to say.
How many remaining this is?
Any, like I said, that's all I'm going to comment on that.
If you have any hockey questions, I would answer those.
If I keep going to fight your religion.
Russian Orthodox.
So we're at the game tonight, Ivan.
Obviously, Kevin He's had a hatchery.
So he's a Russian Orthodox.
That's his religion.
Yeah.
Okay, so this is the thing.
We went from live and let live to wear the damn jersey or you canceled.
Yeah, what happened to that?
See, I understand, okay, that's the society I want to live in.
We want to be inclusive to everybody.
And he sounds inclusive.
He respects everybody's decisions to live their life.
But you don't have, you're not going to force me to take part in it.
Because I have my life.
Like, this night was for what?
The gay community.
When is the NHL going to have Christian night where you got to wear a cross on your jersey?
Yeah, they never do that.
Of course they're not going to do it because they don't give a shit about inclusivity.
Everybody cares about pushing this one agenda.
And that's all they care about.
It's about control and power.
That's all it is.
It's not about exclusivity.
You either do what I tell you to do or you're going to get canceled or we're going to harass you or we're going to ruin your life.
Because they'll never do that for Christians.
They'll never do that for Muslims or anybody practicing any faith because it's not about inclusivity.
It's about pushing their demand, controlling you.
And him, for him not wanting to wear that, it's not.
He's not saying, I mean, they taking it to...
They're trying to put words in your mouth just because you don't go along and agree with everything somebody tells you to do.
Some people don't agree with everything that the mainstream men is trying to push or a team or organization or society in general because we all should have our beliefs and you shouldn't force or push anybody to forget their beliefs just to make you feel good about yourself.
Agenda Control and Power00:03:25
Yeah.
What's wrong with that, man?
Yeah.
This is crazy.
Like the NHL, the NHL is saying, gay people, you're welcome in hockey.
No shit.
Yeah, they're welcome everywhere.
Gay people have the rights.
And here in America, I can't really speak to what's going on in other countries, but in this country, in America, gay people have rights.
They actually have more rights than anybody else.
Gay people have more rights than Christians.
That's a 100% fact.
They do.
A man can go in a woman's restroom.
Y'all forcing people to wear symbols based on your sexuality.
I can't force you to put on a cross or a symbol of Jesus or anything remotely religion, but you can force me to wear something that, you know, symbolizes or signifies your lifestyle, which you do in the bedroom.
That shit is asinine.
It's stupid.
Look, NHL, if y'all want to stand with gay people, how about donating money to gay people?
Yeah, the AIDS research or something like that, you know?
Because that disease greatly disproportionately disproportionately disproportionately affects people in the gay community.
Okay, yeah.
I'm not saying all gay people have AIDS.
I'm not saying that.
I'm just saying that disease, that sexual transmitted disease, it disproportionately affects gay people more than anybody.
Yeah.
We need to help these people.
Stop getting AIDS and stuff.
They got it under control now.
They ain't got that shit under control.
Look at Maggie Johnson.
You can actually take a pill now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I know.
You don't die from it anymore.
You just walk around.
You could actually have sex and you don't even spread it.
Yeah.
You can have AIDS as a woman, not full-blown AIDS, the virus that causes HIV.
Yeah, you ain't walking around full-blown AIDS.
I'm just saying, if you have the virus that, you know, eventually it's going to turn in AIDS, and if you take this medication, it's so effective, they can't even detect it in your blood.
You can have a baby and don't transmit it to the age of 10.
That's the type of AIDS talk for the day.
I could lay down with a person with the virus, HIV, not full-blown AIDS, but the virus that causes AIDS.
I can lay down unprotected, bust all kinds.
Hey, Kelly.
Right?
And still won't get AIDS.
I wish they could do that for the flu.
I wish they could do that for COVID.
Yeah.
See, that's what I'm telling, man.
They did all, man.
Gay people got it made, man.
We got coming off these medicines to kill gonorrhea.
Herpes.
Hey, Kel, let's get back to the hockey player, man.
Man, if they can, they damn near cure AIDS.
They can't cure herpes.
Yeah.
A gonorrhea?
I'm over it.
Just saying.
Hey, back to the Ivan, man.
We need more people like this to stand up and push back.
Just because he doesn't wear that jersey with that gay rainbow on now doesn't doesn't mean he's not recognizing you can live your life as a gay person if you want to.
And he doesn't or he's against gay people having rights.
That's not saying that.
I mean what?
It's just frustrating because I see all these talk show hosts and they're talking about.
I saw that one they said they should find the team a million dollars.
Yeah, they talk about you should find the team a million dollars.
No, this is you can't force your beliefs on other people.