Former VP Mike Pence calls on MLB to apologize to “Catholics across America' after the Dodgers’ inclusion of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in the club’s Pride night on June 16. Pence tweeted Wednesday that the invitation was “deeply offensive”.
MLB moved the 2021 All-Star Game and Draft out of Georgia after the state passedthat provided less time for voters to request absentee ballots and provided more control over the elections board to the Republican legislature, and was expected to disproportionately affect Black voters.
Since its founding in 1979, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a charity group that includes drag performers who dress as nuns and “use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit,” according to their website. The Dodgers initially planned to honor the group in their Pride night plans but rescinded the invitation due to “the strong feelings of people who have been offended by thein our evening, and in an effort not to distract from the great benefits that we have seen over the years of Pride Night.” That list of public critics included Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , who wrote a letter to MLB questioning the decision.
“This has nothing to do with the LGBTQ community or Pride or anything like that,” he told the Times. “This is simply a group that was making fun of a religion. That I don’t agree with.”
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