Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expresses support for team's Pride Night: 'We welcome everyone'

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Despite intense backlash, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expressed support for the organization's recent Pride Night.

In recent weeks, the franchise has faced criticism for its decision to honor the Los Angeles chapter of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at Dodger Stadium.

"For me, this is an existential question for me," Roberts said Friday while wearing a Pride-themed Dodgers hat. 

"It’s a big, overarching kind of question in the sense that my parents raised me to love everyone. To respect everyone."

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Manager Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the dugout prior to game two of a doubleheader against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium May 17, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

Roberts added that even when people disagree, they should still "be able to coexist."

"Treat people the way that you would want to be treated. We’re not always going to agree on everyone’s decisions in life," Roberts said. "That’s the way the world works. And that’s OK. I do think that we should still all be able to coexist. 

"For me, it just always goes back to loving everyone. And as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a baseball team, I welcome — we welcome — anyone that comes through these gates to support our ball club."

THOUSANDS PROTEST SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE OUTSIDE DODGER STADIUM HOURS BEFORE START OF PRIDE NIGHT

Hours before Pride Night festivities began Friday, demonstrators in opposition to the satirical LGBTQ+ group receiving the Community Hero Award gathered in a parking lot just outside Dodger Stadium. Organizers called