Posted on 06/16/2023 7:50:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Opposition is in full swing to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ on-field ceremony honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an organization of “drag nuns” that the Catholic League calls an anti-Catholic hate group. Thousands of Catholics, other Christians, and even some people of the Jewish faith gathered in a parking lot near the Dodgers’ stadium on Friday afternoon to pray ahead of the game. Later, the religious groups marched to Dodger Stadium, shutting down one entryway on Vin Scully Avenue.
Weeks of momentous opposition led to the drag nuns being announced on-field to a mostly empty stadium, while receiving some boos from baseball fans in attendance.
I spoke to a member of guest services and asked if the “sisters” would be getting anymore recognition or receive the Community Hero Award from the Dodgers on field.
He shared that far as he knows this announcement is all they would be receiving and we’ll see no more of the…
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 17, 2023
Below are the events of the day, leading to the pre-game ceremony:
Religious groups gathered to pray ahead of LA Dodgers’ Pride Night hosting an anti-Catholic group.
LOS ANGELES- A huge group of Catholics and Christians have already arrived outside of Dodger Stadium to pray in protest of the Dodgers honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
A drag group that has repeatedly mocked Christ and the Catholic faith: pic.twitter.com/oHPIeHoCI3
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 16, 2023
Conservative Catholic pundit Jack Posobiec led the group in traditional Latin prayer.
Jack Posobiec leads prayer in Latin outside of Dodger Stadium during protest against the Dodgers honoring anti-Catholic drag queen group @JackPosobiec pic.twitter.com/YQ49Xtb1zm
— Jayne Zirkle (@JayneZirkle) June 16, 2023
A Jewish Rabbi spoke in solidarity with the religious group, saying, “If you are anti-Catholic, you’re anti-religion; you’re anti-God, I got a problem with that.”
“If you are anti-Catholic, you’re anti-religion, you’re anti-God, I got a problem with that”
A Jewish rabbi speaks in solidarity with the Catholics outside of Dodger Stadium. The crowd has exponentially grown in size and more people are still continuing to arrive: pic.twitter.com/6WiYRIWZvp
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 16, 2023
CathoicVote, an organization that launched a million-dollar campaign calling to boycott the bigoted Dodgers’ event, launched billboard trucks in the area near the stadium.
https://t.co/H7k2Ang54A https://t.co/RexyhVgX7E
— BrutalBrittany💕 (@BrutalBrittany2) June 16, 2023
CatholicVote also aired a commercial on the local news channel Fox-LA.
This commerical just aired on Fox LA – love it! @Dodgers @dragnuns #NoPrideInHate pic.twitter.com/WZqscw0YAA
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) June 17, 2023
Media and police helicopters reportedly flew overhead, as the Catholic and other Christian groups were amassed.
Police and media helicopters fly over Catholic event outside Dodger Stadium pic.twitter.com/OS6ziMmgtU
— Jayne Zirkle (@JayneZirkle) June 16, 2023
Catholic organizers decided to make a stand where everyone could see them, so the group began marching toward the stadium,
LOS ANGELES- Thousands of Catholics are now marching toward the front of Dodger Stadium chanting “Save Our Children!”
Catholic organizers shared they wanted to make a stand for Christ where everyone could see them: pic.twitter.com/WC7YL1O3n0
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 17, 2023
The Dodger Stadium entrance on Vin Scully Avenue was shut down by the protestors.
BREAKING: Thousands of Catholics have shut down the main entrance to Dodger Stadium on Vin Scully avenue in protest of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence being honored tonight.
They are now lining the sidewalks and have taken over the entire block: pic.twitter.com/F5CSDvuap8
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) June 17, 2023
Thousands of mostly Latino Catholics, many staunch lifelong Dodger fans, gathered at Dodger Stadium today to protest the honoring of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for PR$DE night. I saw at least one man with an LA Dodger logo tattoo. #betrayal pic.twitter.com/9sRlI7HXqd
— Belissa Cohen #NoFemaleLanguage4Men (@BelissaCohen) June 17, 2023
A music video was dropped on Friday, featuring Gospel singer Jimmy Levy and conservative Christian hip-hop artist Bryson Gray. The song titled, “Reclaim the Rainbow,” is steadily climbing the iTunes charts, sitting around the number 20 spot at the time of writing.
A song about the Dodgers disrespecting Christianity called “Reclaim the Rainbow” is going VIRAL 🌈✝️ pic.twitter.com/mt07086TtT
— Jimmy Levy (@JimmyLevyMusic) June 16, 2023
Catholic pitcher for the Washington Nationals, Trevor Williams was featured in an interview that was released on Friday, speaking on his public condemnation of the anti-Catholic group and his personal faith.
Tonight the LA Dodgers will honor anti-Catholic group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. So instead we turn your attention to a man who stood up to defend our Catholic faith. MLB Pitcher @MeLlamoTrevor explains to @ColmFlynnire how he fell in love with the Church. pic.twitter.com/o8C52CLeMn
— EWTN News In Depth (@EWTNNewsInDepth) June 16, 2023
In related news, Friday marks the MLB debut of pitcher Emmet Sheehan, who went to Fordham Prep, an all-boys Catholic School and bears the same Irish-Catholic surname as this author.
Why did you call him up on anti-Catholic day? What’s wrong with you @Dodgers?
— BrutalBrittany💕 (@BrutalBrittany2) June 17, 2023
The protests and opposition are ongoing, and RedState will continue to monitor this story.
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Want to bet they will say tickets sold instead of those in attendance.
It’s LA.
Fans show up in the 3rd inning, fight in the stands until the 6th, then leave.
Little known Dodger rookie pitcher tossed 6 no-hit innings.
Only listeners to live play-by-play would have heard attendance, if they noticed.
Attendance won’t be posted online until game is final. Top of the 8th as of this post.
Probably no impact on tonight’s attendance. Coming days will tell.
Dodgers are now choking in the top of the 8th.
Picture was definitely pre-game. I dropped in on MLBtv for about 5 minutes in the top of the 6th. Stadium looked about 60% full, so I’m guessing attendance is probably ~33k-35k.
But, for Dodgers-Giants game on a Friday night, place would usually be 100% full.
Maybe America doesn’t like the Rainbow Mafia as much as the Brainwash media does.
Too bad for that rookie pitcher. I feel sorry for the memory of Vince and Tommy. They must be turning over in their graves.
That is over an HOUR before game time, FYI.
They are moving to Vegas, they are showing up to the games to voice their displeasure.
I was a Dodgers fan from the days when Duke Snider, Larry Sherry and Wally Moon were household names. The 2023 Dodgers can burn in hell.
Looks like a Biden/Harris campaign rally. Souled out!!
Why in the world HONOR a group that obscenely mocks any religion?
Are all religions now going to get a turn at being publicly mocked?
I’m A little disappointed that there wasn’t an earthquake or shots of lightning hitting these degenerates.
That’s hours early. Game attendance was a little above average and Dodgers are number one in attendance.
It was 1000-2000 above average for the Dodgers, the number one team for attendance. They had something like 48,000 at the game
I read that it was an above average number.
It is a dishonest picture. Same thing the dems do to Trump crowds, take the pic before they let people in and say no one came.
That picture makes quite a statement. Dodger management needs to think things over.
FYI official attendance last night was 49K. Not sure if that means people through the turnstiles or tickets sold.
Will be?
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