CatholicVote launches $1M campaign calling for LA Dodgers boycott over anti-Catholic drag queens
First on the fox – One of the largest in the country Catholic advocacy organizations. has issued a letter to the Los Angeles Dodgers, announcing an upcoming advertising campaign calling for a boycott of the baseball club.
President of Catholic Vote Brian Birch wrote to Dodgers principal owner Mark Walters and CEO Stan Kasten.
“I represent the largest lay Catholic advocacy organization in the country,” Birch wrote. “We have the support of millions of devout Catholics across America who believe that the timeless values of life, family and liberty – which the Dodgers celebrated – are intrinsically good for America, and are worthy of respect, not Ridicule.”
“We wrote you last week with a reasonable question: Please do not honor this anti-Catholic hate group,” Burch told Dodgers administrators. “There is no place for anti-Catholic bigotry, mocking religious sisters, or celebrating a perverse activist group identified with blasphemy and mocking Catholicism.”
Three sisters pose for a selfie during a gay pride march in Paris. Thousands of LGBT members and their supporters took part in the Gay Pride March in Paris to celebrate Pride Month. (Gregory Harpy/Suppa Images/Light Rocket via Getty Images)
In the letter, Birch questioned Kesten’s claim to the Los Angeles Times that Dodgers management was “hearing all” over the addition of the anti-Catholic drag queen troupe Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Catholic Vote claims that their organization has generated an advertising budget of $1 million. Encourage Catholics to boycott. team.
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Fans at the Los Angeles Dodgers watch the Arizona Diamondbacks play in the first inning of an Opening Day baseball game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrell)
“Prior to the launch of this campaign, we are requesting another opportunity to speak by telephone or meet in person with an appropriate representative so that you can better understand this extraordinary loss,” Birch wrote. And the hurt your decision has caused,” Birch wrote.
gave Los Angeles Dodgers It was announced earlier this month that he would honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of “queer and trans nuns,” during an event on June 16, but given a history of anti-Catholic messaging. The decision drew immediate backlash from religious groups. Shocking performance.
After a backlash, the team said last week that it would no longer honor the group during future events.
Amid the uproar, the Dodgers re-invited the anti-Catholic group to Pride Night
A member of “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” attends a Judeo-Christian church service on Christopher Street Day at St. Mary’s Church on June 20, 2014 in Berlin. (Daniel Knoppold)
The decision was withdrawn the next day. LA Pride announced. This drag queen will no longer participate in Pride Night in solidarity with the group.
“After much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversations within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and generous interactions with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Los Angeles Dodgers would like to extend a sincere apology to LGBTQ+ members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. community and their friends and family,” the organization said.
In the letter, Burch provided Dodgers leadership with his personal cell phone number and promised to meet with team leaders “anytime, anywhere.”
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“The voices of Catholics – including priests and religious sisters, among whom we will be included – need to be heard. We hope you will match your rhetoric of ‘listening to all’ with action,” the letter concluded.
Bishop Robert Baron Also encouraged a boycott of the Los Angeles Dodgers over their association with anti-Catholic drag queens.
said the bishop Catholics had no choice. to show his disapproval “since the Dodgers are clearly not responding to a reasonable appeal.”
Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. (Word on Fire Ministries)
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“The Los Angeles Dodgers have made it clear to Catholics and all people of good will that they think mocking the sacred tenets of the Catholic faith is something they support and will be rewarded with honors and praise,” Barron said. told Fox News Digital in a statement. special statement.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordeleone The nearby Archdiocese of San Francisco accused the Dodgers’ management of “worshipping” “alternative” gods.
Cordileone tweeted, “Our Catholic sisters dedicate themselves to selfless service to others. Decent people will not mock and insult them. So now we know what gods the Dodger admin worships.” “Disappointing but not surprising. Buckle up.”