Not everyone is supporting the Tampa Bay Rays players who refused to wear the club's rainbow-colored logos on their hat and jersey as part of Saturday's annual 'Pride Night.'

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty reacted to the news with a succinct tweet on Sunday: 'absolute joke.'

Flaherty was reacting to five Rays pitchers -- Jason Adam, Jalen Beeks, Brooks Raley, Jeffrey Springs and Ryan Thompson -- who refused to wear the pride-colored logos, and instead appeared in Tampa's typical home uniform for Saturday's game against the visiting Chicago White Sox. 

Adam, a reliever, said 'a lot of it comes down to faith, to like a faith-based decision.' He also stressed that their decision was not the product of anti-gay discrimination, saying: 'All are welcome and loved here.'

The club did not reprimand or single out the players who refused to wear the rainbow logo as part of the team's 16th annual Pride Night. And on Sunday, Rays President Matt Silverman told The New York Times that he was happy that the event prompted important conversations among the team's players.

'I'm proud of the fact we did this and so many of our players chose to wear the logo,' Silverman said. 'I'm also proud of the conversations we had during the run-up to this night and in the aftermath. That's a really good byproduct of this: to be able to actually have these conversations is really valuable and rare.' 

'What if on Easter Sunday all players would be forced to wear a cross on there (sic) sleeve to symbolize the resurrection?' one fan asked. 'Would it be ok for players to refuse because of their religious beliefs or lack of?'

Another fan accused the five pitchers of failing a tenet of Christianity.  

'Jesus: ''This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you (John 15:12),''' the fan tweeted. 'Five Tampa Bay Rays: ''No thanks, it's against my religion.'''