"I love Jesus" was written on the captain's rainbow-coloured armband worn by Crystal Palace's skipper Marc Guehi on Saturday in the Eagles' 1-1 draw a
“I love Jesus” was written on the captain’s rainbow-coloured armband worn by Crystal Palace’s skipper Marc Guehi on Saturday in the Eagles’ 1-1 draw against Newcastle at Selhurst Park.
Per multiple sources, the Ivorian-born English centre-back could face an English Football Association (FA) charge after writing something to oppose their will.
Marc Guehi, 24, is known to be a staunch Christian. He is the son of a church minister and always speaks highly of God; hence, he is definitely against anything regarding the LBTQ community.
Why do teams wear rainbow-coloured armbands?
Clubs will come together between 29 November and December to celebrate Stonewall’s 2024/25 Rainbow Laces campaign and show support for all LGBT people in football and beyond.
At Premier League fixtures across the Matchweeks 13 and 14, there will be bespoke Rainbow Laces pitch flags, ball plinths, handshake boards and substitute boards. There will be also rainbow captain’s armbands and rainbow laces.
Clubs will also showcase the wide-ranging work they do all year round to support and celebrate their LGBT communities, showing there is no place for discrimination and demonstrating the power football has to bring people together.
Marc Guehi is the skipper of Crystal Palace, and he will wear the rainbow-coloured captain’s armband against Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Tuesday.
English-born midfielder Sam Morsy who skippers Ipswich Town over the weekend, refused to wear the rainbow-coloured captain’s armband in the club defeat at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest because of religious beliefs.
Sam Morsy was born in Wolverhampton, England, to an Egyptian father and an English mother, and he is believed to be a staunch Muslim.
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