Tag Archives: Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles’s Fox affiliate reports: A Los Angeles Metro bus burned down in the midst of the street celebrations taking place across the city after the Dodgers won the World Series. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were told “a hostile crowd” set an MTA bus on fire near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park – …

Sports Illustrated reports: A photo of how Dodger Stadium looked during Tropical Storm Hilary on Sunday has gone viral. Amid the stormy conditions, photographer Victor Katona and pilot Esteban Jimenez flew in a helicopter over Los Angeles and captured some videos. The video of Dodger Stadium made it look like Chavez Ravine had flooded due to all the rain. That …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: Fans in attendance of Friday’s Pride Night at Dodger Stadium enjoyed the game and celebration of the LGBTQ community, despite the thousands of protesters outside who opposed the team’s decision to include the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in their event. Fans were still able to make their way into the stadium and the Sisters were …

Mike Pence is continuing his attack on the Dodgers: Dear Commissioner Manfred,  For almost two hundred years, Americans have united around the great game of baseball. And for a very long time that was true. Since 1909, congressional Democrats and Republicans could put aside their bitter divisions and compete together in the friendliest of rivalries. During the 2001 World Series, …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: It’s a shame that the Los Angeles Dodgers want to give such perversion a platform. They’re hosting an event honoring LGBTQ Pride and inviting a group that calls itself the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence whose very goal seems to be mocking the Catholic faith. One bishop who strongly opposes their displays points out that …

Deadline reports: The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced what’s termed a “relaunch” of the team’s “Christian Faith and Family Day” event. News of the resurrected faith event comes shortly after the team enmeshed itself in a controversy over its Pride Night celebration. The team invited – then disinvited – then reinvited the controversial Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence group to take …

First, a reminder about the last few days: The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing mounting criticism over its decision to withdraw an invitation it extended to a group called The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to participate in the team’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night. Ahead of its June 16 Pride Night, the organization decided the nonprofit it intended to honor would …

Via press release from the Los Angeles LGBT Center: We are deeply disappointed that the Dodgers, an organizational partner that has made significant strides towards dismantling anti-LGBTQ+ bias in sports and long-standing supporter of our mission, has decided to revoke their invitation to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at their upcoming Pride Night. Buckling to pressure from out-of-state, right-wing …