Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon has referred an investigation into Major League Baseball to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after three players faced threats of retaliation for writing Bible verses on their Pride Night uniforms. 

Dhillon joined Newsmax on Thursday to discuss the controversy surrounding the Christian ballplayers from the San Francisco Giants who wore verses from the book of Genesis on their uniforms and the league’s potentially illegal actions following the incident. Under Title 7, she said, “It is illegal to treat employees differently… on the basis of protected characteristics, and religion is one of those characteristics,” she explained.

She added that the treatment of Christian players “definitely could be the basis of an employment discrimination claim” if the MLB is not equally applying the rules to players who wish to have political messages like “Black Lives Matter” on their uniforms.

This comes after Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp and relief pitchers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker stood up to the league’s liberal agenda being foisted upon players and fans.

Roupp started on the mound with “Gen 9:12-16” written right next to the Giants logo on the special edition pride hat. He later told reporters that he wore the verse to share “God’s covenant and the promise that He makes to us” and “His faithfulness and His mercy.” Genesis 9:12-16 is where God establishes an “everlasting covenant,” symbolized by the rainbow as an eternal sign of His promise never to flood the Earth again.

“It’s just something I believe in, and I stand firm in that. Thankfully, we live in a country where we have the freedom to believe what we want,” he said.

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has since opened a Congressional investigation and on Tuesday demanded documents from MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred.

“MLB has said this is a content-neutral policy and that MLB ‘respect[s] players’ right to free expression.’ But this is dubious, given that MLB is openly promoting a political viewpoint and possibly compelling adherence to that viewpoint,” Hawley noted in a letter to Manfred.

UPDATE: Senator Josh Hawley Opens Investigation into MLB for Discrimination Against Christian Players for Proclaiming Their Faith on Pride Night – Calls Out League’s Hypocrisy

Now, Harmeet Dhillon has put Manfred on notice for discriminating against the Giants players.

“The Civil Rights Act prohibits MLB and its franchises from unreasonably burdening the rights of players with religious objections to serving as the League’s vehicle for pro-Pride messages. Federal law is clear: employers must modify their uniform requirements to reasonably accommodate their employees’ exercise of religion,” Dhillon wrote to the MLB Commissioner on Thursday.

She further called out the league’s hypocrisy in allowing liberal political messages to be worn on MLB uniforms but not Bible verses. Major League Baseball previously claimed that the warning was “not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message,” and that “writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball’s uniform regulations.”

“MLB has asserted that its warning to the Giants players ‘had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message’ and that it merely is enforcing a policy that prohibits writing on uniforms.’ Yet, MLB has allowed players to wear uniform patches reading ‘Black Lives Matter.’ This double standard under which players may not inscribe Bible verses on hats for one game only but may wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ patches for one game only calls MLB’s true motives into question and raises serious concerns about MLB’s compliance with Title VII. Employers may not use facially neutral policies as ‘a pretext for discrimination.'”

Dhillon further notified Manfred that she had referred the matter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for further investigation.

“Swing and a miss! Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination,” Dhillon wrote on X, sharing her letter to the MLB.

Swing and a miss! Major League Baseball encouraged players to wear “Black Lives Matter” on their uniforms but reportedly threatened Christians who write Bible verses on their hats. @USEEOC will investigate whether this amounts to religious discrimination. pic.twitter.com/pSNxhOfr7E

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) June 18, 2026

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