When you invite to a major league baseball game a group of men who dress up as nuns and make mock of the Catholic church, you’d better prepare for all hell to break loose, as it did Friday night in Los Angeles..The Daily Mail reports the Los Angeles Dodgers faced a’ Bud Light-style boycott’ after inviting a controversial LGBTQ group of drag queen 'nuns' to a Pride Night ceremony, enraging the Catholic community and sparking protests on Friday..“The group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was invited to appear before the Dodgers' game against the San Francisco Giants, and receive an award for their community work,” reports The Mail..“The ceremony to award the Community Hero Award to the 'nuns' was held before an almost-empty stadium, ahead of the game but outside, protesters gathered.”.The New York Post described the scene as thousands of demonstrators descending on Dodgers Stadium protesting the team’s Pride Night ceremony honouring the controversial group of queer and trans nuns.. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence .“Organized by the group Catholics for Catholics, the massive crowd jammed up the main entrance of the ballpark ahead of the scheduled pre-game ceremony celebrating the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” reports The Post. “The mass of protesters, some holding signs like ‘Bud Light the Dodgers’ and ‘Stop Anti Catholic Hate,’ took over the entire block on Vin Scully Avenue and chanted ‘Save our Children.’”.The group has been called a “blatantly perverted, sexual, and disgusting anti-Catholic hate group.”.“We’re hoping that the Dodgers will see the amount of Catholics and Christians showing up here today peacefully,” protestor Anthony Rodriguez told KTLA outside of the stadium. “We’re showing that we’re not budging. We’ve drawn a line in the sand and we’re putting our faith first.”.“Robert Barron, a Catholic bishop in southern Minnesota and formerly an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles, told his 240,000 followers on Twitter that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 'can only be described as an anti-Catholic hate group,' and urged a boycott of the club,” reports The Mail..A video of the presentation, about an hour before the first pitch, shows two ‘nuns’ with several members of the Dodgers organization and a virtually empty stadium..“The small crowd in the stadium ahead of game time responded with a mix of cheers and boos,” reports The Post..“After 27 years of activism and protests ourselves, including the ones fighting Proposition 8 for our right to marry the ones we love, we certainly cannot complain about our fellow Angelenos expressing their First Amendment rights," the Sisters said in the statement sent to the Los Angeles Times..According to Fox News Digital, “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are a satirical performance and activist organization. They are a self-described ‘leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns.’ The group has also raised funds for LGBTQ+ causes.”.Friday’s event was the culmination of a back-and-forth between the Dodgers and the ‘Sisters.’.In May, the Dodgers announced they would be making the presentation to the group, but facing backlash, rescinded that invitation, only to change their minds and re-invite them to its Pride night celebrations, despite objections from presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Marco Rubio, and former Mets pitcher Trevor Williams..Dodgers’ Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw voiced his frustration over the event..“I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,” Kershaw said. “It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion. So that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with.”
When you invite to a major league baseball game a group of men who dress up as nuns and make mock of the Catholic church, you’d better prepare for all hell to break loose, as it did Friday night in Los Angeles..The Daily Mail reports the Los Angeles Dodgers faced a’ Bud Light-style boycott’ after inviting a controversial LGBTQ group of drag queen 'nuns' to a Pride Night ceremony, enraging the Catholic community and sparking protests on Friday..“The group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was invited to appear before the Dodgers' game against the San Francisco Giants, and receive an award for their community work,” reports The Mail..“The ceremony to award the Community Hero Award to the 'nuns' was held before an almost-empty stadium, ahead of the game but outside, protesters gathered.”.The New York Post described the scene as thousands of demonstrators descending on Dodgers Stadium protesting the team’s Pride Night ceremony honouring the controversial group of queer and trans nuns.. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence .“Organized by the group Catholics for Catholics, the massive crowd jammed up the main entrance of the ballpark ahead of the scheduled pre-game ceremony celebrating the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” reports The Post. “The mass of protesters, some holding signs like ‘Bud Light the Dodgers’ and ‘Stop Anti Catholic Hate,’ took over the entire block on Vin Scully Avenue and chanted ‘Save our Children.’”.The group has been called a “blatantly perverted, sexual, and disgusting anti-Catholic hate group.”.“We’re hoping that the Dodgers will see the amount of Catholics and Christians showing up here today peacefully,” protestor Anthony Rodriguez told KTLA outside of the stadium. “We’re showing that we’re not budging. We’ve drawn a line in the sand and we’re putting our faith first.”.“Robert Barron, a Catholic bishop in southern Minnesota and formerly an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles, told his 240,000 followers on Twitter that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 'can only be described as an anti-Catholic hate group,' and urged a boycott of the club,” reports The Mail..A video of the presentation, about an hour before the first pitch, shows two ‘nuns’ with several members of the Dodgers organization and a virtually empty stadium..“The small crowd in the stadium ahead of game time responded with a mix of cheers and boos,” reports The Post..“After 27 years of activism and protests ourselves, including the ones fighting Proposition 8 for our right to marry the ones we love, we certainly cannot complain about our fellow Angelenos expressing their First Amendment rights," the Sisters said in the statement sent to the Los Angeles Times..According to Fox News Digital, “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are a satirical performance and activist organization. They are a self-described ‘leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns.’ The group has also raised funds for LGBTQ+ causes.”.Friday’s event was the culmination of a back-and-forth between the Dodgers and the ‘Sisters.’.In May, the Dodgers announced they would be making the presentation to the group, but facing backlash, rescinded that invitation, only to change their minds and re-invite them to its Pride night celebrations, despite objections from presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Marco Rubio, and former Mets pitcher Trevor Williams..Dodgers’ Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw voiced his frustration over the event..“I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,” Kershaw said. “It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion. So that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with.”
