LAKEWOOD, NJ — An ultra-conservative rabbi's video blasting Pride Month celebrations by the Lakewood BlueClaws and the Ocean County Library has prompted plans for a protest on Thursday outside the stadium.

Flyers being circulated in Lakewood are urging residents to show up at FirstEnergy Park, Cedar Bridge Road and New Hampshire Avenue, at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, to protest the team's plan to hold Pride Night, which is set for Saturday, June 8.

"This abomination must stop!!! Come out and protest!!!" bold letters across the top of the flyer say. "Our children are already bombarded in schools/media/entertainment with terrible anti-family brainwashing. Gay Pride events at family venues like sporting events, bowling alleys, malls, shopping centers or even Ocean County College. Do not sexualize kids at public events!!"

Rabbi Yesuda Levin, an ultra-conservative rabbi who has been ardently anti-gay rights for decades, has posted three video messages urging the community to protest and criticizing BlueClaws officials for having Pride Night on a Saturday. In one video, Levin calls team officials "lowlife scum" for holding Pride Night on Saturday, which is the Jewish Sabbath. In a second video, he criticizes the event at part of "the homosexualization of our community."

"These are not our community standards," said Levin, who ran against Ed Koch for mayor of New York City in 1985 as a vehemently anti-abortion and anti-gay rights candidate, the New York Times reported. In an email to Patch, BlueClaws officials said Pride Night will go on as scheduled.

"We are committed to the idea that baseball is for everyone and all people are welcome at a BlueClaws game," the statement read. "It is unfortunate that some individuals are choosing to display intolerance rather than embrace the true spirit of the night. We look forward to BlueClaws Pride Night on Saturday."

"I feel it's important to stress tolerance and understanding," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said Tuesday. "Pride month is about inclusion and acceptance. Diversity should be celebrated. Our differences, collectively, should not make us enemies."

"I have been trying to stress that message," Billhimer said, referring to the "Love Thy Neighbor" messages that were being delivered across Ocean County by faith leaders the last two weeks. "I respect any group's right to protest peacefully, but Pride Month is about raising awareness and improving the attitudes of society to encourage inclusiveness." The BlueClaws website says Pride Night includes a Pride Night Cap (embroidered with a rainbow BlueClaws logo) giveaway for the first 1,500 fans, sponsored by Coca-Cola. Thursday night, the night of the protest, is the team's planned night to honor first responders.