Dodgers Exclusion Of Drag Nuns At Pride Parade Is A Disrespect Of The Legacy Jackie Robinson Created

The New York Times compared the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ decision to call up Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball, to the Dodgers’ decision to re-invite a controversial group of drag nuns to accept the Community Hero Award at their June 16 Pride Night.

Dodgers Exclusion Of Drag Nuns At Pride Parade Is A Disrespect Of The Legacy Jackie Robinson Created

For the Times, Houston Mitchell creates a Dodgers newsletter. And he recently wrote about the drag group award and how it would affect Clayton Kershaw, a famous pitcher.

“The Dodgers, who integrated Major League Baseball in 1947 by calling up Jackie Robinson, have long viewed themselves as champions of inclusion, and the annual Pride Night has been a high-priority event for the team,” the article read.”

The writer went even farther in criticizing the left’s lack of understanding of the Dodgers’ predicament.

Kershaw, a devoted Christian, recently voiced his opposition to the team’s choice in a rare public utterance on a contentious subject. His criticism has sparked believable rumors that the team’s anti-Christian decision may have motivated him to quit after the season.

Mitchell responded to the rumor in the most egregious way imaginable by drawing parallels between the drag group issue and Jackie Robinson’s case.

Naturally defending the team’s choice to recognize the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Mitchell spoke up as a member of the LA Times.

Mitchell continued by stating that those who support the bigoted group should learn the actual meaning of Christianity, which is tolerance.

However, tolerance and advancement are two quite distinct concepts. And he’s deliberately combining them to further his political goals.

When the Dodgers promoted Jackie Robinson from the minors six days before the start of the 1947 season, seven years before the Brown v. Board of Education case desegregated public schools, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. In the civil rights struggle, he shares Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as heroes.

In the whole league, just his number 42 has been retired. Two years prior to the Civil Rights Act’s passage, in 1962, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

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