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Oh, for f*ck's sake. Get over yourselves, already. The entire raison d'être for your group's "celebration," which you want EVERYONE to kowtow to, are your particular sexual preferences and idiosyncrasies - i.e., behavioral choices. So, to be equitable, why don't all MLB teams have "Heterosexual Pride Night" games ... and pride night games for just about any behavioral predilection you care to name, eh? Your rutting preferences do not make you special, but apparently, they do make you intolerant and arrogantly dictatorial.
Texas Rangers frustrate LGBTQ advocates as only MLB team without a Pride Night ARLINGTON, Texas — Rafael McDonnell sometimes gets to address the staff of his beloved Texas Rangers on issues of diversity and inclusion through his role with the Resource Center, one of the leading LGBTQ organizations in the Dallas area. For several years, the Rangers have been the only Major League Baseball team without a Pride Night. When questioned about it, Texas has cited its work with the Resource Center, among other organizations. As Pride Month — the June celebration of LGBTQ culture and rights — comes and goes again without the Rangers participating, McDonnell tried to explain the connection between his group and the team he has loved and watched for the better part of 50 years. “It’s a complicated relationship,” McDonnell said. “As someone who grew up watching the Rangers, as someone who has gone to games since the 1970s, some of my biggest and best memories are going to games at the old Arlington Stadium with my late grandfather and listening to games on the radio in his backyard. “It pains me that this remains an issue (after) all these years.”
It pains him that he has been unable to bring the Texas Rangers organization down to its knees and grovel before him in quivering submission to HIS wishes - DAMN whatever anyone else might want. Painful enough, McDonnell said, that he considered not attending the parade with his boyfriend when the Rangers celebrated their first World Series championship last fall. Ultimately, he decided to go. McDonnell, the communications and advocacy manager for the Resource Center, says the Rangers invited his group to help them develop a policy of inclusion about five years ago. The team has sent employees to volunteer for programs in an organization that grew out of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and advocates for marriage equality and transgender rights. While he has continuing conversations with members of the Rangers staff, McDonnell says he doesn’t recall any since the five-game victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in last year’s Fall Classic. “For a long time, I’ve thought that it might be somebody very high up in the organization who is opposed to this for some reason that is not clearly articulated,” McDonnell said. “To say that the Rangers aren’t doing anything for the community, well, they have. But the hill that they are choosing to stake themselves out on is no Pride Night.” ...
OH MY ... the Texas Rangers HAVE admittedly done much for the LGBTQ-MOUSE community, BUT they haven't bowed down to me in submission on my current demand (oh, and there will be more demands, later on, I assure you). STFU, you ridiculous Karen. At the same time, McDonnell and Johannessen say the catalyst for change might have to be new ownership. Johannessen said he hasn’t requested to speak with majority owner Ray C. Davis to discuss Pride. “I have not because, quite honestly, that’s just not going to happen,” Johannessen said. “I’d love to meet with Mr. Davis and talk about why it’s important. But I don’t think that’s on his priority list right now.” ...
BUT, you haven't even asked, have you?! No, you would rather presume and project, and then publicly broadcast your petty bitchiness via the media.
The team issued a statement similar to one from a year ago, listing various organizations they have sponsored and steps they have taken internally to “create a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for fans and employees.” “Our longstanding commitment remains the same: To make everyone feel welcome and included in Rangers baseball — in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do — for both our fans and our employees,” the team said. “We deliver on that promise across our many programs to have a positive impact across our entire community.” ... Will Davis — a Rangers fan from Marble Falls, about 200 miles southwest of the stadium in Central Texas — does see it as a political issue. He attended a recent game with his son’s youth baseball team. “I think it’s a private organization. And if they don’t want to have it, I don’t think they should be forced to have it,” Davis said. “In something like this, this is a way for people to go as a state. We don’t want the political stuff shoved down our throats one way or the other, left or right. We’re coming out here to have a good time with friends or family and let it be.” ...  The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence |
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