When pitcher Clayton Kershaw realized about his Los Angeles Dodgers’ honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and their mockery of Jesus and Christianity, he determined to do one thing about it.
As a end result, the Dodgers shortly relaunched the Christian Faith and Family Day as a response.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the Cooperstown-bound pitcher stated he disagrees with the drag-queen staff of “nuns,” due to their mockery of faith, not their LGBTQ standing per se.
Mr. Kershaw introduced the relaunch of the Christian promotion, which the Dodgers frequently did earlier than the COVID-19 epidemic, final week on social media and advised the Times it was prompted by the staff’s deliberate recognition of the Sisters group.
“I think we were always going to do Christian Faith Day this year, but I think the timing of our announcement was sped up,” Mr. Kershaw stated. “Picking a date and doing those different things was part of it as well. Yes, it was in response to the highlighting of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”
The Sisters have been invited, then uninvited, then reinvented by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the staff’s June 16 Pride Night, the flip-flopping ensuing from first strain from Catholics after which pushback from LGBTQ advocacy teams.
The “nuns” frequently mock Christianity and the church by, amongst many different issues, pole-dancing round a cross.
Mr. Kershaw stated Monday that he disagreed with the staff’s choice to honor the nuns, although he added that he has no plans to boycott the sport or Pride Night typically over it.
“I don’t agree with making fun of other people’s religions,” he stated. “It has nothing to do with anything other than that. I just don’t think that, no matter what religion you are, you should make fun of somebody else’s religion. So that’s something that I definitely don’t agree with.”
The nine-time all-star and three-time Cy Young Award winner stated that he, his spouse Ellen, and others mentioned the correct response to the Sisters.
“For us, we felt like the best thing to do in response was, instead of maybe making a statement condemning or anything like that, would be just to instead try to show what we do support, as opposed to maybe what we don’t,” Mr. Kershaw stated. “And that was Jesus. So to make Christian Faith Day our response is what we felt like was the best decision.”
Christian Faith and Family Day is ready for July 30 at Dodger Stadium, when the reigning National League West champions host the Cincinnati Reds.
“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!” Mr. Kershaw wrote on Twitter final week.
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