The Dodgers disinvited an “order” of queer and trans “nuns” from their Pride Night celebration after several Catholic organizations and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) pointed out the organization’s irreverent nature.
Elaine MallonThe Dodgers disinvited an “order” of queer and trans “nuns” from their Pride Night celebration after several Catholic organizations and Sen. Marco Rubio pointed out the organization’s irreverent nature.This year, as part of a full night of programming, we invited a number of groups to join us. We are now aware that our inclusion of one group in particular — The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — in this year’s Pride Night has been the source of some controversy.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence “use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit,” according to their website. They were supposed to receive a Community Hero Award during the June 16 game.in 1979 when three men dressed in full, traditional nuns’ habits — one of them carrying a machine gun — walked the streets of San Francisco on Easter Sunday.
The Catholic League strongly opposed the Dodgers’ decision to include the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence due to their “anti-Catholic” speech. League President Bill Donohuethe group is known for “simulating sodomy while dressed as nuns.” They have taken traditions in the Catholic faith and made them into gimmicks such as a “Condom Savior Mass” and the “Latex Host is the flesh for the life of the world.
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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were disinvited on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia .
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