Thu Jun 1, 2023 – 11:26 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Those who thought Colin Kaepernick taking a knee for the national anthem was an aggressively irritating intrusion of politics into professional sports are probably feeling pretty nostalgic for ol’ Colin these days. As it turns out, some good old-fashioned squabbling over respect for national symbols was pretty tame compared with the culture wars rocking the sports world these days. In 2023, it isn’t about a few athletes taking a knee during the national anthem — it’s about every athlete bending the knee to the LGBT flag.
The latest round of debates started with the Los Angeles Dodgers (that’s a baseball team, for those of you who are as ignorant about sports as I am) deciding to invite a blasphemous LGBT drag troupe called “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” who dress up like nuns and put on sexualized performances mocking Christian stories and symbolism (all of it is too repulsive to link to). Despite backlash, the Dodgers stuck to their guns. Washington Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams strongly condemned the Dodgers’ decision on Twitter, and Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw came out and condemned his own team’s decision; relief
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