LA cable network won't air TV ad slamming Dodgers for anti-Catholic drag troupe: 'Too controversial'

Theologian and former Catholic priest Jonathan Morris calls out the team for honoring an anti-Catholic group on ‘The Story.’

FIRST ON FOX — A local news outlet is refusing to air a one-minute ad criticizing the Los Angeles Dodgers for inviting an anti-Catholic drag queen troupe to the team's annual Pride Night June 16. 

CatholicVote last week launched an ad, "The Dodgers Have Lost Their Way," as part of the organization’s $1 million campaign to raise awareness about the LA Dodgers’ decision to honor the Los Angeles chapter of a drag troupe The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, considered by many to be an anti-Catholic hate group.

The ads were initially scheduled to air on TV and radio stations in the days leading up to Friday's game, which the Dodgers are calling LGBTQ+ Pride Night at Dodger Stadium. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be honored with a Community Hero Award.

According to CatholicVote, shortly before the first ad was to run June 9, Spectrum SportsNet LA, the sports network that carries Dodgers games in the LA market, rejected CatholicVote's ad as "too controversial" after first accepting it to run last weekend. 

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Screenshot of the CatholicVote ad, "The Dodgers Have Lost Their Way" (Courtesy of CatholicVote)

"We weren't shocked that the Dodgers' affiliate canceled our ad because the Dodgers have shown repeatedly that they only care about the feelings of these extremist bigots," Tommy Valentine of CatholicVote told Fox News Digital. 

"We pivoted quickly and already have millions of views of the ad across various platforms. We will not be silenced, and we will not stand idly by while the Dodgers