MLB players say the drag squad invited to Dodgers’ Pride Night makes fun of Christianity
Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals ripped the Los Angeles Dodgers apart for holding a Pride Nigh... Two MLB players, Clayton Kershaw and Trevor Williams, have criticized the Los Angeles Dodgers for inviting the drag squad to their annual Pride Night event, which would feature a famously sarcastic drag band. The two leading players believe the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is anti-Catholic and have called for Catholics to reconsider their support for the Dodgers. The event was originally scheduled for July 30, but was hastily postponed due to the timing of the announcement. Toronto Blue Jays quarterback Anthony Bass has apologized for asking consumers and his social media followers not to sponsor companies, like Target and Bud Light, that support LGBTQ rights.
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Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals ripped the Los Angeles Dodgers apart for holding a Pride Night event that would feature a famously sarcastic drag band.
The Dodgers earlier this month rescinded their invitation to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to the team’s annual LGBTQ Pride event on June 16, before doing a 180s and re-inviting the decades-old charity group of performers, who describe themselves as “Advanced Order of LGBTQ Sisters.” .
But rather than putting the feud to bed, the Dodgers’ invitation and refusal to re-associate with the Sisters appears to have sparked anger among the two leading players, who believed the group was anti-Catholic.
Williams said in a letter: Tuesday statement. “To invite and honor a group that makes a gross and deeply offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of more than 4 million people in Los Angeles County.” Alone, it undermines the values of respect and inclusivity that any organization should uphold.”
Representatives for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
last week, By order of KershawThe Dodgers hastily scheduled a “Christian Faith and Family Day” at Dodger Stadium on July 30.
The Christian event was held regularly at Dodger Stadium, with Kershaw as primary organizer, until 2019. It hasn’t been held since the pandemic, and Kershaw said he set out to relaunch the event this year — speeding up planning once his team moved forward with Pride Night with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
“I think we will always do a Christian Faith Day this year, but I think the timing of our announcement has been sped up,” Kershaw told the Los Angeles Times earlier this week. “Picking a date and doing these different things was also a part of it. Yeah, it was in response to the spotlight on The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (by Dodgers).”
Kershaw, a Hall of Fame left fielder, has insisted he has no further issue with the LGBTQ community and won’t boycott his team’s June 16 date with the San Francisco Giants.
“This has nothing to do with the LGBTQ community or Pride or anything like that,” said Kershaw, a suburban Dallas native. “This is simply a group that was mocking a religion I don’t agree with.”
Williams went a step further than Kershaw and called on Catholics to think twice about supporting the Dodgers, one of baseball’s oldest and most iconic franchises.
“I encourage my fellow Catholics to reconsider their support for an organization that allows this kind of mockery of its fans to happen,” said Williams, a San Diego native. “I know I’m not alone in my frustration, hurt, and disappointment with this situation.”
Also Tuesday, Toronto Blue Jays quarterback Anthony Bass apologized for asking consumers and his social media followers not to sponsor companies, like Target and Bud Light, that support LGBTQ rights.
“I realize yesterday that I made a post that hurt the Pride community, which includes friends and close family of mine,” Bass said in a statement read to reporters prior to Toronto’s game against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. . “I am really sorry about that.”
Bass said he spoke to his teammates about his social media post and promised to “educate myself”.
“As of now, I’m using the Blue Jays’ resources to better educate myself to make better decisions going forward,” said Bass, a Detroit native. “The stadium is for everyone. We include all the fans in the stadium. We want to welcome everyone. That’s all I have to say.”
A representative of Major League Baseball could not be reached for comment on Wednesday, and a spokesperson for the MLB Players Association, the union representing the players, declined to discuss the matter.
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