{"id":1945875,"date":"2023-06-06T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T23:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-honor-anti-catholic-drag-sister-republicans-sound-off\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T19:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T23:11:23","slug":"california-democrats-honor-anti-catholic-drag-sister-republicans-sound-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-honor-anti-catholic-drag-sister-republicans-sound-off\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Dems honor anti-Catholic drag queen, GOP reacts."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fcalifornia-democrats-honor-anti-catholic-drag-sister-republicans-sound-off%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=1945875&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--><h2>California Democrats Honor Anti-Catholic Drag Group Member Despite Backlash<\/h2>\n<p>Despite backlash over the Los Angeles Dodgers also honoring the anti-Catholic drag group, California Democrats on Monday honored a member of the &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.&#8221; The California State Legislature&#8217;s LGBTQ Caucus honored Michael Williams, a member of the &#8220;Sisters&#8221; who goes by &#8220;Sister Roma&#8221; and uses &#8220;she\/her&#8221; pronouns.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; is an organization of men who dress in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-dodgers-will-honor-drag-group-mocking-catholics-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence\/\" title=\"L.A. Dodgers to recognize drag group that mocks Catholics: 'Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence'.\">drag queen versions<\/a> of Catholic religious habits and claim to have a &#8220;ministry,&#8221; according to its website.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Williams received a standing ovation in both chambers of California&#8217;s legislature, but some Republicans walked off the floors in protest. Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said he would &#8220;not celebrate those who engage in religious bigotry or attempt to co-opt our faith into something it is not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans&#8217; Request Denied<\/h3>\n<p>Republicans in the California Senate previously said they had &#8220;profound concerns&#8221; about honoring &#8220;Sister Roma&#8221; and wrote to formally request the Democrats withdraw his invitation to the Senate floor, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Were this group to denigrate any other faith, we are certain the Senate would not extend this invitation,&#8221; the California Senate Republican Caucus wrote in their Thursday letter to the Senate president, Democratic state Senator Toni Atkins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I continue to stand with the @SFSisters, who do incredibly impactful work for the the #LGBTQ+ community. I look forward to welcoming @SisterRoma to the Capitol as one of the @CALGBT Caucus #PrideMonth honorees. pic.twitter.com\/DeunKcKfmj<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Toni Atkins (@SenToniAtkins) June 2, 2023<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Atkins denied the Republicans&#8217; request, saying that &#8220;in the end, faith is stronger than any parody could possibly be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Controversial Honoree<\/h3>\n<p>Williams &#8211; or &#8220;Sister Roma&#8221; &#8211; was nominated by state Senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat. In 2020, Wiener sponsored a law Governor Gavin Newsom signed that says adults who have oral or anal sex with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-honor-anti-catholic-drag-sister-republicans-sound-off\/\" title=\"CA Dems honor anti-Catholic drag queen, GOP reacts.\">child ten years younger<\/a> than them may not have to register as sex offenders, leaving that decision to a judge. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-signs-bill-making-california-sanctuary-for-child-gender-surgery\/\" title=\"Newsom Signs Bill Making California Sanctuary For Child Gender Surgery\">law supposedly addressed discrimination<\/a> against LGBT people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For more than three decades, Sister Roma has been one of the most outspoken and globally recognized members of San Francisco&#8217;s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,&#8221; the caucus said in an announcement about its 2023 &#8220;Pride Honorees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-latino-caucus-rips-both-harris-and-trump-calls-for-all-asylum-seekers-to-be-let-in\/\" title=\"California Latino Caucus Rips Both Harris And Trump, Calls For \u2018All Asylum Seekers\u2019 To Be Let In\">legislative caucus<\/a> said Williams has fought &#8220;on the front lines&#8221; of the war against HIV\/AIDS and &#8220;dedicated more than half her life to community service, activism and fundraising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Mockery of Catholic Faith<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; group also mocks the process of becoming a Catholic nun by having members become a postulant, then a novice, and finally a fully professed &#8220;sister&#8221; with a black veil. One of the group&#8217;s founders originally used old habits used by real Catholic nuns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Go forth and sin some more!&#8221; is the group&#8217;s motto.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2007, members of the &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; tricked the archbishop of San Francisco into giving them the Eucharist so they could defile it. On Easter this year, the group put on a &#8220;Jesus and Mary-themed striptease&#8221; that involved a performer &#8220;writhing upside down on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dodgers-boot-anti-catholic-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-from-lgbt-event-after-controversy\/\" title=\"Dodgers remove 'Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence' from LGBT event due to controversy.\">large wooden cross<\/a>.&#8221; They also had shirtless men compete to be crowned the &#8220;hunkiest&#8221; Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are just a few examples of the SPI&#8217;s vile and diabolical actions which go far beyond parody or satire &#8211; they are blasphemous and deeply offensive to Christians everywhere,&#8221; CatholicVote, a Catholic nonprofit, wrote in a letter to the Dodgers protesting the drag group&#8217;s award.<\/p>\n<p>Last month during the Dodgers controversy, the California LGBTQ Caucus released a statement slamming the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is truly disappointing the Los Angeles Dodgers have caved to pressure from mostly out-of-state conservative organizations and Florida Senator Marco Rubio to remove the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from its upcoming LGBTQ+ Pride Night,&#8221; the caucus said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are not an anti-Catholic group,&#8221; the lawmakers said. &#8220;Pride Month is about supporting and uplifting every member of the LGBTQ+ community, not just when it&#8217;s easy and not when it&#8217;s not controversial. If you can&#8217;t support all queer people, don&#8217;t pretend to support any of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California State Legislature&#8217;s LGBTQ Caucus honored Michael Williams, a member of the anti-Catholic &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,&#8221; despite backlash over the Los Angeles Dodgers also honoring the drag group. Williams, who goes by &#8220;Sister Roma&#8221; and uses &#8220;she\/her&#8221; pronouns, was recognized on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1945876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[25316,3933,7069,6203,4722,7291,4672],"class_list":["post-1945875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-anti-catholic","tag-dems","tag-drag","tag-gop","tag-honor","tag-queen","tag-reacts"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}