Players Dissent From Dodgers Drag Debacle
At this point, Pride Month is a year-round holiday for the Left. We’re only a few days into June, but LGBTQ nonsense has made headlines for months. The transition from Bud Light’s PR stunt to Target’s demonic pride merch to the Dodgers debacle has been nearly seamless.
But this year, unlike in years past, it seems as though everyday Americans are starting to wake up to the insanity surrounding them. The boycott of Bud Light has cost Anheuser-Busch $27 billion, and Target is down $13.8 billion in just a few weeks.
In some ways, the Dodgers debacle was worse. Bud Light and Target are recalcitrant, but the Dodgers uninvited and then reinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. And Christians got mad — especially the Christians privy to the inside baseball of the MLB. (READ MORE by Mary Frances Myler: My Religion Is Not Your Costume)
Players Speak Out Against Drag Nuns
Clayton Kershaw, a pitcher for the Dodgers since 2006, has spoken out against the team’s decision to host the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at Pride Night. A devout Christian, Kershaw said that his opposition isn’t about LGBTQ issues — it’s about human decency.
“I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,” he said. “I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion.”
On May 26, Kershaw announced an upcoming “Christian Faith and Family Day” at Dodger Stadium. The team has hosted this event since 2015, but this year’s celebration will be the first since COVID.
Excited to announce the relaunch of Christian Faith and Family Day at Dodger Stadium on July 30th. More details to come— but we are grateful for the opportunity to talk about Jesus and determined to make it bigger and better than it was before COVID. Hope to see you on July 30th! pic.twitter.com/yNu7HyEgR9
— Clayton Kershaw (@ClaytonKersh22) May 26, 2023
Though there is precedent for Christian Faith and Family Day, Kershaw said that the announcement was “sped up” because of the controversy surrounding the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. (RELATED: MLB’s Cultural Revolutionaries)
Kershaw isn’t alone in opposing the drag performers — his teammate Blake Treinen, a relief pitcher for the Dodgers, also spoke out last week. Taking note of recent boycotts of Bud Light and Target, Treinen noted that “fans do not want propaganda or politics forced on them.” He wrote:
I understand that playing baseball is a privilege, and not a right. My convictions in Jesus Christ will always come first. … This group openly mocks Jesus Christ, the cornerstone of my faith, and I want to make it clear that I do not agree with nor support the decision of the Dodgers to “honor” the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Trevor Williams, a Catholic who pitches for the Washington Nationals, also objected. Williams tweeted out a statement on May 30. Baseball games should be an event at which “people from all walks of life should feel welcomed,” he wrote. Williams continued:
To invite and honor a group that makes a blatant and offensive mockery of my religion, and the religion of over 4 million people in Los Angeles county alone, undermines the values of respect and inclusivity that should be upheld by any organization.
He pointed out that Dodgers have a discrimination policy that “explicitly states that any conduct or attire at the ballpark that is deemed to be indecent or prejudice against any particular group (or religion) is not tolerated.” Williams encouraged Catholics to “reconsider their support of an organization that allows this type of mockery.”
Is Support for Transgenderism Waning?
It’s tempting to wishcast, to suggest that the tides are turning for good on woke institutions. The past several months have suggested that more and more Americans are starting to resist the advance of gender ideology. And though we’re certainly not out of the woods, some polls suggest that we might be reaching the apex of that advance.
Acceptance of same-sex marriage has spread like wildfire in recent decades, shooting up from 18 percent approval in 1988 to 68 percent approval in 2018, according to political scientist Ryan Burge. In 2004, 37 percent of American adults favored same-sex marriage. Ten years later, the number rose by 20 points to 57 percent. Last year, in 2022, acceptance measured at 67 percent.
Burge called this “one of the most interesting trends in public opinion research over the last twenty years” — in part because the trend has “stalled out … maybe even reversed itself a bit.”
While acceptance of same-sex marriage is unlikely to significantly decrease in the coming years, a third of Americans still aren’t on board, and they’ve remained unconvinced for decades. And if 33 percent of Americans don’t accept same-sex marriage, the number of Americans unpersuaded by transgenderism is likely even higher.
Riley Gaines, a former college swimmer who competed against Michael “Lia” Thomas last year, has become a spokeswoman for protecting women’s sports, and she has witnessed growing skepticism of the transgender issue.
“The amount of support that I’ve had from liberal women who … consider themselves feminists is amazing. These are women who are sick of their own party,” Gaines told Fox News.
Only time will tell what this June brings, but we may well find that Pride is on its third strike soon.
Mary Frances Myler is a postgraduate fellow with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.
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