Rubio: Dodgers' award to drag 'nuns' insults all Christians

Rubio said this week in a statement that he has written a letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to slam the decision to honor the anti-Catholic troupe, who he says “are men who dress in lewd imitation of Roman Catholic nuns” and that their slogan is a “perversion of Jesus’s command to ‘go and sin no more.”

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“The group’s ‘Easter’ ceremony features children’s programming followed by a drag show where adult performers dress in blasphemous imitation of Jesus and Mary,” Rubio said. “The group hosts pub crawls mocking the Stations of the Cross and even the Eucharist, the sacrament that unites more than one billion Catholics around the world.”

And that, the senator said, makes him question whether Manfred believes the Dodgers are being inclusive and welcoming to all “by giving an award to a group of gay and transgender drag performers that intentionally mocks and degrades Christians — and not only Christians but nuns, who devote their lives to serving others.”

[It’s okay to insult the religious beliefs of Christians, though. If someone formed a comedy troupe that mocked Islam, Hindu, or especially animist religions, however, *watch out*. REALLY disappointing to see my beloved Dodgers do this. If the O’Malleys still owned the team, it would never have happened. — Ed]

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