Two California LGBTQ+ groups on Thursday dropped out of the Los Angeles Dodgers annual Pride Night event due to the team disinviting The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity whose members dress in drag.
The Los Angeles LGBT Center and LA Pride both said they were backing out after the Dodgers tweeted that the charitys inclusion had been the source of some controversy, LAs KABC-TV reported .
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which was set to receive a Community Hero Award at the teams June 16 event, has often faced criticism from Catholic groups.
According to its website , the charity is composed of queer and trans nuns who use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit.
Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Joe Hollendoner issued a statement calling on the Dodgers to reconsider and bring the true spirit of Pride back to Dodgers Stadium.
If the decision is not reversed, we strongly encourage the Dodgers to cancel Pride Night, Hollendoner wrote.
Any organization that turns its back on LGBTQ+ people at this damning and dangerous inflection point in our nations history should not be hoisting a rainbow flag or hosting a Pride Night.
LA Pride, in a separate statement , wrote that it was very disappointed in the Dodgers choice.
The @DodgersFdn rescinded their invitation to recognize the @LADragnuns at next months Pride Night. In return, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is demanding the Dodgers cancel their Pride Night unless they rectify this error.
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The @DodgersFdn rescinded their invitation to recognize the @LADragnuns at next months Pride Night. In return, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is demanding the Dodgers cancel their Pride Night unless they rectify this error.
Los Angeles LGBT Center (@LALGBTCenter) May 18, 2023
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For its part, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has blamed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for the move, according to NBC Los Angeles .
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In a Monday letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Rubio had said it would be an outrage and a tragedy for the MLB to give an award to the charity, arguing that this would promote modern, secular, and indeed anti-religious values over faith.
Other religious organizations that had criticized the Dodgers included the Catholic League and CatholicVote.
I was shocked that the Dodgers caved so quickly, Sister Bearonce Knows, a member of the drag charity, told KABC-TV of the rescinded invite.
I grew up Catholic, and I cant understand any of the pushback, Knows added. Were not a religious organization. Were also not an anti-religious organization. What we are anti- is people that use their religion as a weapon against our community.
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