The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Wednesday that they have dropped The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence charity from the teams LGBTQ+ Pride Night after conservative protests.

The group, which uses drag and humor to fight intolerance around the world, will no longer be honored with a Community Hero Award at the June 16 festivities before the Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium.

The organization says on its website that its made up of queer and trans nuns who believe all people have a right to express their unique joy and beauty. The group made its first appearance in San Francisco in 1979.

Given the strong feelings of people who have been offended by the sisters inclusion in our evening, and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that we have seen over the years of Pride Night, we are deciding to remove them from this years group of honorees, the Dodgers said in a statement on Wednesday .

Perpetual Indulgences Sister Roma, aka Michael Williams, fired back at the team on Twitter:

So disappointing to see the @Dodgers cave to the conservative pseudo-Christian homophobes. This weaponizing of religion is exactly what the @LADragnuns aand @SFSisters have been protesting for decades.

The group blamed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for igniting the conservative backlash, according to an NBC affiliate.