{"id":1666334,"date":"2022-09-30T09:08:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666334"},"modified":"2022-09-30T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:14:19","slug":"lakers-shut-down-instagram-comments-after-promoting-pride-night-with-new-jersey-reveal-gets-roasted-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lakers-shut-down-instagram-comments-after-promoting-pride-night-with-new-jersey-reveal-gets-roasted-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Shut Down Instagram Comments After Promoting Pride Night With New Jersey Reveal, Gets Roasted on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flakers-shut-down-instagram-comments-after-promoting-pride-night-with-new-jersey-reveal-gets-roasted-on-twitter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Los Angeles Lakers turned off the comments on a recent Instagram post promoting an upcoming pride night.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LeBron James in Los Angeles Lakers @ Cleveland Cavaliers, March 21, 2022 Photo Credit: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Lakers revealed they would be hosting their annual pride night on October 12th and will be giving away pride-themed jerseys on October 12th.<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram they wrote, \u201cJoin us on Oct. 12 for our annual Lakers Pride Night! All fans in attendance will receive our first-ever Lakers Pride Jersey. Live your Truth. Be the Future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As you can see below there are no comments on the post because they turned them off.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1288\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers.png 1288w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers-300x206-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers-768x527-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers-750x515-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers-1200x824-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lakers Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For comparison the organization also posted photos of the team\u2019s first day in training camp and there are plenty of comments, many of them pointing out they turned the comments off on the pride night post and expressing their displeasure at the pride jersey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1122\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers1.png 1122w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers1-300x238-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers1-768x609-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers1-750x594-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lakers Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Twitter numerous people expressed their dissatisfaction with a post announcing the pride night and the jersey.<\/p>\n<p>One user questioned, \u201cWhen is your Christian or catholic night? Or is living that truth taboo?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bluedolphin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bluedolphin.png 764w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bluedolphin-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Bluedolphin-750x332-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluedolphin531 Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another told the Lakers, \u201cDelete this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers2.png 748w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers2-300x122.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patbev_lfg Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One person questioned, \u201cIs the is the Lakers telling us they won\u2019t be around in June?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers3.png 756w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers3-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers3-750x267-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TheRocketsStan Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still another wrote, \u201cLive Gods truth not yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers4.png 749w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lakers4-300x123.png 300w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sliding2first Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/lakers\/news\/lakers-to-hold-fourth-annual-pride-night-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a press release<\/a> the Lakers also the announced the pride night will \u201ccelebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and unity by hosting members and supporters from the LGBTQ+ community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They went on to detail that the organization \u201cwill also treat fans to special in-game entertainment.\u201d The Lakers will also recognize numerous organizations including LAMBDA Basketball, Rainbow Labs, and the Sports Equality Foundation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.05.14-02.09-boundingintosports-627fb8208ca38-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5504\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Lakers @ Cleveland Cavaliers (March 21, 2022) Photo Credit: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>YouTuber John Matrixx of Black and White Sports on YouTube asserted, \u201cThe Lakers, they don\u2019t truly believe in this stuff. It\u2019s a virtue signal. Because they\u2019re doing this and they know that the fans are rejecting this.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also called into question what the special in-game entertainment will be saying, \u201cNow something is very, very concerning here, folks. Right here, \u2018The Pride Night celebration will also treat fans to special in-game entertainment.\u2019 That\u2019s scary, folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matrixx continued, \u201cBecause when we seen where these woke schools out there, strip clubs, having drag queen events for children. Now this is concerning, folks. Will there actually be something like this at an NBA game? It would not surprise me. I mean, for one thing, this is in the ultra liberal People\u2019s Republic of California in the LA area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then noted, \u201cBoy, I\u2019m pretty sure if word gets out that they\u2019re going to be having a drag show on this night for children, there could be a lot of backlash.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.05.14-02.09-boundingintosports-627fb80a69d0f-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5504\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Lakers @ Cleveland Cavaliers, March 21, 2022 Photo Credit: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A pride night is reprehensible. The Roman Catholic Church teaches, \u201cHomosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained.<\/p>\n<p>It continues, \u201cBasing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that \u2018homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.\u2019 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.05.14-02.09-boundingintosports-627fb8131681a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5503\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Lakers @ Cleveland Cavaliers, March 21, 2022 Photo Credit: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible,\u201d it goes on. \u201cThis inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God\u2019s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord\u2019s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition,\u201d it instructs.<\/p>\n<p>The Catechism concludes, \u201cHomosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5634 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LeBron-James-1-e1664462608225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1112\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LeBron-James-1-e1664462608225.png 1112w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LeBron-James-1-e1664462608225-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LeBron-James-1-e1664462608225-768x355-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LeBron-James-1-e1664462608225-750x347-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LeBron James via Los Angeles Lakers YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A pride night celebrating acts of grave depravity should not take place. It is an offense to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers turned off the comments on a recent Instagram post promoting an upcoming pride night. 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