The Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw pushes back against drag queens



While most celebrities and athletes remain silent on or even endorse Pride Month, some are choosing to take a stand against it.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is one of them.

Kershaw has disagreed with the team management’s decision to invite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — an anti-Catholic drag queen group — to the team’s June 16 “Pride Night” game.

In response to the team's intention to bestow its “Community Hero” award on the hate group, Kershaw asked them to accelerate the announcement of a Christian Faith and Family Day event.

Kershaw told the L.A. Times his issue was mainly with the group “making fun of other people’s religions” and that it “had nothing to do with anything other than that.”

Keith Malinak of "Pat Gray Unleashed" believes Kershaw was in the right.

He says that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are violating the Los Angeles Dodgers' acceptable behavior by mocking religion.

“If you were a Dodgers employee doing what they do, you would be fired. I mean grounds for firing you, but they’re instead bringing it out there and celebrating it on June 16 when the Giants from San Francisco are in town,” Malinak says.

Pat Gray isn’t having it either.

“Why do people have to participate in the promotion of this sexual preference? Makes no sense,” he says.

“I am not transphobic or homophobic. I am not afraid of them. What I don’t want to do is promote,” Gray continues.

“What happened to tolerating — to tolerance? Tolerance was the big deal. My gosh, we are so far beyond tolerance,” he adds, exasperated.


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Dodgers apologize to anti-Catholic drag queens for disinviting them to 'Pride Night' and re-invite them despite outrage



The Los Angeles Dodgers issued an apology to the anti-Catholic drag queen group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to their "Pride Night" on Monday and re-invited them.

"After much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversation within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and generous discussions with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Los Angeles Dodgers would like to offer our sincerest apologies to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their friends and families," read the statement from the official social media account for the Dodgers.

The team went on to say that they flip-flopped and decided to invite the drag show group again to their "Pride Night" on June 16.

"We are pleased to share that they have agreed to receive the gratitude of our collective communities for the lifesaving work that they have done tirelessly for decades," they added.

The Dodgers were initially assailed by Catholic groups for inviting the organization and then were lambasted by LGBTQ groups when they disinvited them.

Joe Hollendoner, the CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, accused the Dodgers of aligning themselves with "white supremacy" and said they would not participate in the Pride Night for the team.

A statement from LA Pride said that group would also refuse to participate in the event and called on the Dodgers to end the event altogether.

Among those who originally criticized the Dodgers was Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida who said the drag queen group was an insult to Christians. The group has denied being anti-Catholic but its members have organized various events ridiculing and mocking the sacraments of the church.

"Do you believe that the Los Angeles Dodgers are being 'inclusive and welcoming to everyone' by giving an award to a group of gay and transgender drag performers that intentionally mocks and degrades Christians—and not only Christians, but nuns, who devote their lives to serving others?" wrote Rubio to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.

"Do you believe such an award is 'apolitical'?" he added.

Here's more about the Dodgers drag queen furor:

LA Dodgers condemned for honoring anti-Catholic transgender drag nuns: 'Blasphemous' www.youtube.com

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LGBTQ group accuses conservatives of being aligned with 'white supremacy' after they forced Dodgers to disinvite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence



LGBTQ groups are demanding that the Los Angeles Dodgers shut down their "Pride Night" celebration after outrage from religious and conservative groups led to the team disinviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

The Dodgers originally invited the group as a part of their efforts to reach out to the LGBTQ community, but they withdrew the invitation after Catholic leaders and others pointed out that the organization mocks and insults the traditions of the church.

In response to the decision, Joe Hollendoner, the CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, said they were calling on the Dodgers to completely shut down their "Pride Night."

“We are deeply disappointed that the Dodgers, an organizational partner that has made significant strides towards dismantling anti-LGBTQ+ bias in sports and long-standing supporter of our mission, has decided to revoke their invitation to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at their upcoming Pride Night," wrote Hollendoner.

Hollendoner went on to accuse the religious right of aligning itself with "white supremacy" in its statement and said the group was "terrified" to see what would happen as a result of the Dodgers refusing to stand with the LGBTQ agenda.

Another LGBTQ group, LA Pride, said it was pulling out of the Pride night and demanded the Dodgers shut down their Pride night event.

"As a longstanding partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, we are very disappointed in their decision to rescind their invitation to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be honored at the 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night. As a result and in solidarity with our community, LA Pride will not be participating in this year's Dodgers Pride Night event," read their statement.

Neither group is calling on people to boycott the Dodgers' event, but they hinted that they might be working on a competing event for the same night.

The Dodgers organization had originally wanted to give a "Heroes Award" to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Here's more about the perpetual controversy:

Fallout continues over Dodgers Pride Night controversy www.youtube.com

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