Letters to the Editor: Was the Dodger Stadium protest anti-gay backlash or legitimate religious grievance? (via latimesopinion )
I arrived at Los Angeles Union Station two hours early hoping to take transit to Dodger Stadium and enjoy the pregame activities for LQBTQ+ Pride night last Friday. But because a group who identified as Catholic was, I did not arrive at my seat until after the second inning.
Those demonstrators probably believe they were spreading the love and compassion of their religion. What they did that night was show 52,000 Dodgers and Giants fans the spite and hate that LGBTQ+ people in the United States face every day. Thank you, Dodgers, for hosting Pride Night. Now, I more deeply appreciate what others experience for being true to themselves.I am not a Catholic, and I certainly do not agree with all of the policies of the Catholic Church. I am of Jewish background, and I also do not agree with all of the rules of that religion.
However, I have asked myself what The Times, the Dodgers and others would say and do if a group of non-Jewish “rabbis” wore the Jewish head covering and other items of that religion, painted their faces, dressed flamboyantly and otherwise imitated being part of the Jewish clergy while professing to do charity work? And if they insisted they weren’t mocking anyone?..
Calling it a celebration of “pride” while degrading another is hypocrisy. How do we support one that degrades another? This is what the LGBTQ+ community has been fighting against since its inception.Carol Hall, Diamond BarAs a prayerful person myself, I’d like to reassure those who used prayer and signs to protest the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at LGBTQ+ Pride Night that there’s no way the Dodgers sold their soul.
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