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Dragscrolling. Thank you Ali for the email of this.
Weeks of news over hundreds of open tabs. I only have 0ne more open window with 39 open tabs and I will be caught up as of Saturday. Only taken three days so far. Hugs
Next time, instead of arguing whether America was founded on ‘christianity”, ask them why it is so important for them to make their (incorrect) point.
Okay, we were founded on Christian principles of slavery, and women as chattel with no vote, natives were stripped of their land and other rights, and only white male property owners could vote. Not to mention child labor was rampant, the majority of the country were small farmers, divorce was nearly impossible and so on.
Hurray! What is you want NOW? You want to reinstitute all of that? No, they will likely say, they just want “Christian principles” reinstitute. Like what? Name them, specifically. They will be likely more in line with Christian nationalism — no LBGT rights, minorities voting is restricted, reduction in social safety net, more deregulation and so on.
So now you can drill down — what does Christianity have to say about laws that control pollution, radioactive waste, plastics in our food, chemicals in the water you drink? They will give you mumbo jumbo about freedom, and all that. “”So why do we have to be a Christian nation” to achieve your goals of less regulation?
What it will likely come down to is morals and values. Again, we can hit hard back — you mean no divorce? Because Jesus had a lot to say about it. Premarital sex? Birth control? IF you want to talk about morals, let’s talk about children going to bed or to school hungry, of which millions do. What about the homeless? Again, we don’t need Christian nationalism to tackle those issues.
It wil come down to nothing at all — just a vague desire to make people go to church more, pray more, and be more aligned with god or something. “So you want to force people to pray?”
I could go on, but you just have to nail them down on specifics. Hawley is just about control — they don’t want drag queens, people having wanton sex, abortion, and all that. Force them to admit that.
I remember in 2020 when they used the flag of the Russian Federation to decorate the Republican National Convention, which inspired me to make this meme.
Wintercat11 days ago edited
GQP ads constantly have Russian troops, ships and MiGs because they use creative agencies in Russia, because few US agencies often full of GQP intended victims will do work for them.
Creative houses use the stock images they have on hand. That’s why so much Russian stuff shows up in their ads.
Flora DeMann Stogiebear11 days ago
When children first are taught the letters of the alphabet, the letters are capitalized. Maybe the MAGAs never got farther than that.
Reminds me of the time Megyn Kelly got so flummoxed that Santa Claus was presented as black because in her worldview, Santa Claus was clearly white. What is it with conservatives and fictional characters?
Houndentenor Elagabalus2 days ago
It’s that thing when someone is so racist they can’t hear how racist they sound.
Chucktech Elagabalus2 days ago
See also: White Jesus
I found this picture of the real new Snow White online.
perversatile Rebecca Gardner2 days ago edited
Heads will crack open when they learn about the Black Madonna(s)
Tick Tock
“Library staffers were deluged with harassment and a bomb threat.”
“God doesn’t make mistakes”
Abortion should be freely available at any stage of pregnancy, on demand, without apology.
Reposting:
“The very concept of sin comes from the Bible. Christianity offers to solve a problem of its own making! Would you be thankful to a person who cut you with a knife in order to sell you a bandage?”
― Dan Barker, Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist
The current law states that all persons either born in the US or (with few exceptions) legally resident when they turn 18, and identified as male at birth are required to register for the Selective Service when they turn 18, no exceptions. If you are an American citizen living abroad, you must still register. If you are a legal resident alien, you must still register. If you are in a prison or mental asylum, you must still register. If you are here under a diplomatic passport (say, a parent works at an embassy or consulate) or have a tourist or student visa, you do not need to register. People who were identified as female at birth are NOT required to register for the Selective Service, and in fact trying to register can get you in legal trouble for filing a “frivolous” legal document (not sure if it has ever been prosecuted, but it is in the regulations.)
If they are going to make transmen register, then they must also make transwomen exempt. They will also need to clarify at what point relative to the age of 18 this will kick in: is it enough to identify as trans, or will they need to have passed some benchmark in transitioning? What if a person comes out as trans after they are 18, but before they turn 25 (the age that your registration remains in effect)? And if transwomen are not exempt, they they should make registration mandatory for ALL 18 year olds regardless of gender identity: there is no longer any restriction from women serving in combat, after all. Maybe if their precious daughters are required to register, and fact the very serious penalties for not registering, we can finally get rid of this whole Selective Service idiocy once and for all.
I guess it was done the same way the former idiot allowed a bunch of Russian spies into the building.
Because if you don’t acknowledge LBGTs exist, kids will stop being gay
This year in the U.S. the majority of books most often banned are by LGBT writers and writers of color.
Here’s a good report from the writers’ organization PEN on the state of censorship in the U.S.
https://pen.org/report/bann…
I think they claimed she was ineligible for some reason. And it was a provisional ballot and was not counted. Further it was a poll worker that told her to fill out a provisional ballot.
Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise
Seven U.S. state attorneys general sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning that clothes and merchandise sold as part of the company’s Pride month campaigns might violate their state’s child protection laws.
Republican attorneys general from Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and South Carolina signed the letter, writing that they were “concerned by recent events involving the company’s ‘Pride’ campaign.”
The attorneys said that they believed the campaign was a “comprehensive effort to promote gender and sexual identity among children,” criticizing items like T-shirts that advertised popular drag queens and a T-shirt that said ‘Girls Gays Theys.’ They also highlighted merchandise with “anti Christian designs such as pentagrams, horned skulls and other Satanic products.”
The letter also criticized Target for donating to GLSEN, an LGBTQ+ organization that works to end bullying in schools based on sexual and gender identity. The company stated in a 2020 guide that school staff should not tell parents about a child’s gender or sexual orientation without consulting the child first, something the attorneys general said undermines “parents’ constitutional and statutory rights.”
The letter did not include any specific demands nor did it outline how they believe the campaign could violate child protection laws, but the attorneys general did suggest that Target might find it “more profitable to sell the type of Pride that enshrines the love of the United States.”
The attorneys general also said they believed Target’s Pride campaign threatened their financial interests, writing that Target leadership has a “fiduciary duty to our States as shareholders in the company” and suggesting that company officials “may be negligent” in promoting the campaign since it has negatively affected Target’s stock prices and led to some backlash among customers.
Target shares have declined 12% this year, but the company is facing issues far beyond the backlash to its Pride collection, which included onesies, bibs, and T-shirts for babies and children. Like many retailers, the company is struggling with a pullback in consumer spending because of high inflation, which has weighed on its profits.
But Target is also facing scrutiny for its merchandise selection, including its Pride line, with its stores removing some of the items in May after facing threats. At the time, the company didn’t specify which products were being removed, although Target has faced criticism online over swimsuits advertised as “tuck-friendly” with “extra crotch coverage” in its Pride collection.
“Target’s management has no duty to fill stores with objectionable goods, let alone endorse or feature them in attention-grabbing displays at the behest of radical activists,” the attorneys general wrote. “However, Target management does have fiduciary duties to its shareholders to prudently manage the company and act loyally in the company’s best interests.”
Backlash to the Pride campaign did involve threats of violence to Target stores and workers. Some merchandise was relocated to less popular areas of the store, and other pieces, including the swimsuits criticized by the attorneys general, were removed.
“Since introducing this year’s collection, we’ve experienced threats impacting our team members’ sense of safety and well-being while at work,” Target said in a statement earlier in June. “Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior.”
Aimee Picchi contributed reporting
Christian Nationalists TERRIFYING Rhetoric is CREEPING into the Mainstream (And its getting WORSE)
I Interview a Trans Child and her Mother
For those that are on the fence about trans kids, and for those that are arguing that this is pushed on trans kids, please watch this short video. The person recording did not plan to record the coming out of a trans kid, but it happened. This video debunks all the trans hater talking points in one short video. Just as kids know who they are attracted to at a very young age, just as kids understand gender at a very young age as soon as they understand the idea of gender such as men or women, boys or girls, these clothing for this group or this bathroom for that gender. Kids understand this very early on. The idea of “early on stage gender dysphoria” has been debunked. I have watched an entire video on where it came from. The biggest threat to kids that know they are trans or gay is from the bigots on the right who are trying to keep kids from information they need, such as don’t say gay and anti gender identification laws. Look these republican right wingers want to return to the 1950s when gays and trans people were not positively portrayed in any media, yet they all existed. I am gay, I never got to read a book about a gay person until I was an adult. In fact the first book about gay kids I read was a book describing how a gay boy got trapped in abuse because of a person threatening to publicly out him. Denying the LGBTQ+ kids the media they need won’t stop them from being LGBTQ+ but it might stop a lot of abuse, and a lot of kids thinking they are the only one that is that way and believing how others say they are so horrible that they kill themselves! Listen to this child, just as I knew even before I was in school that I was a boy and that I was a boy who liked boys, this child knows who they are. Hugs
I was at the Pride Parade trolling the anti-LGBTQ people, when this child adamantly informed me that I am interviewing her. After getting consent from both her and the mother I spoke to her. The mother was present the entire time and requested that I do not include her name.
I have to stop this thread and post it as I am about 30 tabs behind. Due to making homemade ravioli with Ron.
Ron DeeeeeSantis must wake up every morning and think to himself, “what can I do today to further destroy the lives of the little people?” And then he sets out to do it.
The problem is that they view our pride as their shame. They don’t understand that it’s not about them. They don’t have to feel anything, just acknowledge that we are fellow creatures and move on.
Dr. HAAAAAAA TomKitten196020 days ago
I was walking hand in hand with hubby, a person turned and said to me. “You have no shame”
My reply “Well thank you a very unexpected complement.”
Rocco Gibraltar AtticusP18 hours ago
Hey white trash rednecks. Guess what? We don’t need a rally or a fucking hat. We vote for true honor and respect of our country. Go put your confederate flag on the back of your tacky ass pickup truck, while you hurl empty cans of manly beer at electric cars.
Told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo OTOH..a day ago
Not new, but it seemed appropriate today
Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo claya day ago
IDK, I rather enjoyed seeing that paltry Trump rally in Bumblefuck, SC…especially the booing of Ms Lindsey. (Imagine being boo’d by the citizens of the very county you were born, raised & lived in. Must be how Trump felt in NYC.)
No, Brian, no. Nobody wants to “steal” your independence: they want to share in your rights. You’re treating those rights as though they belonged exclusively to white, straight, male people, to be granted to others as you see fit. No. The rights to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” among other rights, belong to all of us.
A man you don’t even know sticks his pecker in another man you don’t even know. Tell me, Brian, exactly how is this stealing YOUR independence? The gay agenda is to live a normal life like everyone else
Kurtis Rader thatotherjean14 hours ago
Brian is objecting to the fact he no longer has the “independence” to stone gay people to death without repercussions as his religion demands. To misquote George Orwell: Some rights are more equal than others.
TennesseeEscapee BensNewLogin21 hours ago
From his perspective, the Constitution was given to us by god. What a twisted psyche he must have.
Shy Guy TennesseeEscapee17 hours ago
They literally do believe that. There’s a line of cringeful paintings of how they think of it:
That was great. One thing I wish he had also asked when the guy said drag is inherently sexual is “Oh, does that turn you on?”
amandagirl15701 Paddycakes20019 hours ago
True story. There was a guy in the gay bar years ago, who said he was totally straight, but got off on drag queens. But he’s totally straight and it wasn’t gay at all. That’s how their minds work.
There’s a real, concerted effort by the Republicans and the anti-liberal left to use RFK Jr. And Cornel West to spoil the 2024 election and help Trump win another term.
Raging Bee AyJayDee221 hours ago
Yup, just like they used Ralph W. “Lenin Lite” Nader and Jill Stein.
bearLvrFL AyJayDee219 hours ago
I ran into someone on the left who tried the “why the hating on RFK Jr?” on one of my social media pages. I responded, “Because of the belief in numerous conspiracy theories and ads that appear to have been made in Russian troll farms. No other reason, tho!” 😉
and that the contributions came from a “right down the middle” mix of Republicans and Democrats.
That statement is as credible as his views on vaccines.
He is not a democrat. He is being supported by the far right. This is their new thing–sham candidates, many of whom run as a democrat and if they win, they change their party affiliation to republican. This sure stinks of election fraud to me. I hope he gets so humiliated that he slinks away back into whatever cave he’s been hiding in and is never seen or heard from again.
His travel records, previously under scrutiny by the media, are now secret, thanks to a new legal exemption — one of a record number created in 2023 by the Republican-led Legislature and approved by the governor. DeSantis also has fought to conceal information about some of the most significant events during his tenure, including withholding Covid infection data and blocking release of records about the controversial relocation of dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, legal filings show.
Fitting, that he and Trump — two of the scummiest human beings on Planet Earth today — are the de facto leaders of today’s Republican Party.
A perfect fit — they with it.
Ross another_steve20 hours ago
are the de facto leaders of today’s Republican Party
Only because Hitler isn’t available.
I just listened to episode 2 of Rachel Maddow’s latest podcast, Deja News.
Great analysis of how the current dictator of FL is dredging up the hate & fear of others, just as the John’s Report did in the 50s & 60s.
Yeah, Desantis has been making a mockery of Florida’s so-called “sunshine laws”.
I read through the decision. It’s bonkers. It’s all just regurgitating conspiracy theories and complaining about the decisions of Twitter and Facebook that *every* other court who has looked at this nonsense has held to be private action, not government action, and thus not violating the 1st Amendment at all. And it gripes about things done when Trump was still president. One of the plaintiffs is Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit, a/k/a the dumbest man on the Internet, and the judge complains about a Twitter suspension before Biden became president. And, of course, it claims the story about “Hunter’s laptop” was suppressed even though it was the biggest story in the country — and happened when Trump was president.
This is really nutty stuff. Not surprising, I guess. This is the same judge who credulously quoted anti-vax nonsense and granted an injunction against HHS’s requirement that healthcare workers get one of the vaccines. The Supreme Court undid that and held that “mandate” was perfectly constitutional. This judge can’t learn his lesson and control himself. Given the current composition of the 5th Circuit, though, we shouldn’t be surprised if it stays in place for a while.
They don’t know their flag. They don’t know the law. They don’t know the Constitution. They don’t know their history. They don’t know their Buybull. This is today’s anti-woke Republicans.
The_Wretched Ken Elmquist2 days ago
It’s not just ‘don’t know’, they actively misinform their alt-reality.
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan (Mohammedan) nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Treaty Of Tripoli, Article 11, 1796… passed unanimously in the US Senate by many of the actual ‘founders’.
As a forriner I find it super weird how much the Founding Fathers are respected and ‘claimed’. It’s like a religion to some Americans.
They were just people, and more importantly, people of their time. Slave owners, white, educated (read: rich). People who wanted to do their best for their country but they were full of flaws like the rest of us.
Who gives a fuck what someone said several hundreds years ago? Oh, right: Bible humpers.
Tuxedocat PJ2 days ago edited
Obligs
It’s really feeling like the late 1930s around here these days… Didn’t we mostly all used to agree that NAZIS ARE FUCKING EVIL?
They’re not going to “tolerate” what the actual fuck??? The LGBTQ community has been TOLERATING the hate and bullshit discrimination from the right and conservatives for DECADES… Get off your fucking high horse and go do something actually worthwhile, better yet just go crawl in corner and die!
Houndentenor BartmanLA2 days ago
This is why there is no middle on the issue lgbt rights. We want equal rights; they want us to disappear. At the very least they want us all back in the closet afraid that we will be fired, ostracized or even killed if we come out. There is no middle ground between the two.
“We’re not gonna tolerate this rainbow pride stuff anymore.”
You’re gonna need to find a way to manage your emotions. We’re not going away
J.Martindale Cackalaquiano2 days ago edited
Who made this Nazi asshole God? I don’t give a fuck what the prick tolerates. He has way too high an opinion about his shitty, bigoted opinions.
Big shots on the right, even the supposedly educated “conservative thought leaders,” always sound so incredibly ignorant when they talk about LGBTQ+ America. They always seem to talk about us like we’re citizens of a different country (the way most of them think Puerto Ricans are citizens of a different country). Are they just pandering to the rank-n-file, or are they really so genuinely clueless? Honestly, part of me would prefer Machiavellian pandering to braindead ignorance.
Sister_Bertrille Teslaac2 days ago
Here you go. An oldie but goodie.
Former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has called LGBTQ rights the “biggest threat” to religious morality in America.
In an interview with The Christian Post, Huckabee…decried acceptance of LGBTQ people and blamed the “Christian Church” for not doing enough to combat LGBTQ equality.
You Again? Sister_Bertrille2 days ago
Don’t forget this creepiness:
How TYT has SHIFTED FOCUS and is Creating CONTENT useful for The Right (Feat. @olurinatti!)
Trans TYT Employee Quits, Condemns Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric
I have become more worried about the TYT network. Anna was given more authority over the show and the hosts, and she has since them abused that authority. She talks over every other host, belittles them, and acts toward Cenk like she is a host on Fox who is the one talking to a token not hard right person. Anna acts like the over top authority that shall not be questioned, and by her own admission has moved very right wing in her thinking. She demands the limelight on every show. She interrupts him constantly yet refuses to let him interrupt her, she rails against his opinions unless it is him attacking democrats.
Cenk got really bitter and admitted he burned his bridges in the Democratic Party after he ran for congress and lost badly. He was someone who never held any public office yet felt entitled to the office due to his show to gain entry to the federal House of Representatives. So now he attacks Joe Biden / the Democratic Party at every turn no matter how trivial the reason just because he is constantly pushing for someone to primary Biden, which is not going to happen. All Cenk is doing with these constant angry attacks is to provide the republicans with stuff they can use to attack Biden in the General election. The show has changed a lot over the last year and I have canceled my membership.
TYT was once was a news program that cut through the bias driven media of opinion corporate networks. Now the shows they host have become inflammatory opinion driven episodes that could be shown on Fox News or delivered by their hosts. Sad but Anna had a change in thinking just 6 months ago because of a traumatic incident, and Cenk got bitter that he couldn’t just move into congress. Between them they changed their show from news to opinions. They have gone from saying remove emotion to see the misinformation to screaming emotionally about the misinformation they spew. This is one of a dozen videos from former workers and guest hosts who have recently been turned on by Cenk and Anna. Hugs
And even more bigotry due to the republican right, old news before I clean the computer.
You Again? Gregory In Seattle2 days ago
In the same vein…
Christianity is merely the religious arm of the white heterosexual male patriarchy. The current SCOTUS is its legal arm.
Chucktech S_E_P2 days ago edited
American Christianity isn’t “merely” anything. It’s a foul pestilence that should be righteously and vociferously mocked and shunned as the anti science, anti logic and reasoning millstone dragging society down to stupidity that it is.
If you want context that this is a made up political issue watch this
Yeah. just like this bigot did at Barneys Beanery in the heart of West Hollywood back in the day.
Because that was the price for the top-secret intelligence documents Kushy obtained from his FIL’s top-secret stash at Mar-A-Shitto and passed on to Saudi intelligence….
At least that’s what I believe. I fear that someday, we will discover that Kushy did more damage to the US than every other convicted spy combined. No wonder Skanky is trying to distance herself from Daddy…..
Impeach him over allegations from an apparently non-existent “whistleblower”?
Do you have ANY idea how ridiculous you sound? WTF
DevilDog2 days ago edited
Nikki Haley says Congressional Republicans “absolutely should” impeach President Biden over whistleblower allegations.
No proof. No facts. Not even a congressional hearing. Mere allegations are enough for today’s GOP to demand impeachment.
So much for “both sides are the same.”
SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad2 days ago
Be outraged!!
OMG – “interference” that resulted in a guilty plea?
Impeach over claims from a ‘whistleblower’ who has never testified under oath?
Go to hell Nimrata – and no I won’t use the name you “prefer” to be called, since you and your part spit on all of us.
I wonder if any of her GOP opponents in the upcoming debates are going to have the guts to call her “Nimrata” and ask her why she insists on trying to pass as White…and oh by the way, why hasn’t she released her “long form birth certificate” to prove that she was really born in the USA and not India?
It was never about zygotes. It’s about oppressing women
And it’s succeeding
It goes back to Aristotle and Aquinas plus back to Old Testament where a man “plants his seed.” The DNA for the complete human being is in the man’s seed, just like a plant. The woman is just the furrow where the seed is planted.
You are destroying the man’s hard work.
Today, the Catholic Church bases their sexual ethics on Tommy. So 21st sexuality is based on 13th? century science.
Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo Gustav22 days ago
That’s also why masturbation was deemed especially evil or even butt sex. Dropping all those human beings on the ground or in someone’s ass.
another_steve Todd200362 days ago
Women who have autonomy over their bodies might not consent to 24/7 sex on demand. Theofascist men don’t like that idea.
Abortion bans are designed to eliminate female body autonomy for that reason.
#4). Keep’em Pregnant
Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️2 days ago
I’m reminded of the Comstock Act, especially as it pertained to mailing birth control or abortifacients in the 1870s. It was expressed that one of the underlying reasons for this was In reaction to the influx of the Irish Catholics (especially in NYC), and the need to insure that English Protestants didn’t become a minority.
In my very blue neck of the woods a “controversy” has arisen after the local zoo posted pictures on FB of Pride decorations in some of the animal enclosures. Not sure this would even be an issue were it not for the right’s renewed tantrum that gay people exist. I have mixed feelings about zoos as a thing, haven’t been there in years, but might visit today or tomorrow.
jefe5084 Sam_Handwich5 days ago
righties can’t comprehend that even some animals can be “gay.”
The coverage of the two dads raising a penguin chick infuriated them.
Sam_Handwich Wintercat5 days ago
How will that poor baby penguin ever learn to do dishes or dress like a whore???
This is about the only paper in the state that will say anything bad about Desantis. Thanks Orlando Sentinel
DeSanctimonious is a dangerous religious maniac, craven for power, and there is nothing he won’t say or do to achieve his goals.
It is a relief to see the Orlando Sentinel has stood up to this fascist bigoted governor.
More leaders need to stand up and do the same thing.
Floridians are not ready for a new fight to begin. They overwhelmingly reelected a fascist governor who hates us. Down here in SWFL, there is a practical news blackout on the the horrible new laws taking effect in a couple of days. Nobody seems to care. It feels like what 1930’s Germany must have felt like to live there.
They spent billions to indoctrinate Republican voters to become far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists and now they are trying to stop someone who is representing such views..
They want them to worship a new golden calf that has less of an orange tint.
Todd20036 Dennis5 days ago edited
This is all because trump lost in 2020 and his picks (mostly) lost in 2022
That’s the only reason Koch is turning against trump
They never liked trump, they thought they could control him. That went badly. Now they see a nazi that they don’t need to babysit and they are rightly afraid the orange shit stain is gonna rain on their parade.
The only reason they want to stop Trump is because they can read the polls which say he will lose to Biden in 2024.
So they plan on doing absolute zilch nada zip for the American people or their constituents. Nothing but performative obstruction.
Darreth Nico El Azul Gato Proud & Blue5 days ago
The US House is dominated by Dominionists. So, it’s a church, too.
Jean-Marc Canada – ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ5 days ago
I’d ask on what grounds, but it’s just petty political vindictiveness that will only serve to waste time and taxpayer money; in other words, business as usual for the GQP
Jack Frost Jean-Marc Canada – ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ5 days ago
It’s the same thing with DeSantis in Florida. He’s used the word woke so many times. It has no meaning anymore.
GOP just keep attacking Biden cabinet officials who are technically Republicans. This is going to backfire amazingly for them.
Elections matter. Nearly all republicans want to keep this torture
Conversion therapy is complete and utter quackery, and it’s a crime that it’s not outlawed federally. This practice should be outlawed regardless of age, not just for minors.
At least a large chunk of states are picking up the slack.
Houndentenor Dark Qiviut6 days ago
Exactly.
1) It doesn’t work.
2) It causes harm.
We’ve been far too tolerant for all manner of quackery (Dr Oz for example) for far too long. Frauds and scammers should be put out of business. This isn’t a first amendment issue. This is an issue of lying to people (or their parents) and inflicting harm on them.
It is psychological terrorism. The pray away “movement” coincided with APA’s declassification of same sex orientation as illness. Evangelicals were pissed not to have a “sick” scapegoat.
Great news. Once again, if it weren’t already obvious, LGBT rights expand under Democrats and contract under Republicans. The folks who are always saying the Dem’s do nothing aren’t paying attention.
Humiliate every single Republican that tries this crap!
Hank: NO MORE WoW!!! mythictom6 days ago
Especially Tommy Tuberville, who did the same thing!
They know their voters are too stupid to know.
They know their voters are captured assets. They only listen to propaganda and have inoculations in place to keep any outside information of getting in.
As Mr. Rogers told his child audience, “Look for the helpers.”
This same developer has given DeSantis and wife rides on his private jet and was in the news just last week for an unreported $27,000 golf simulator he had installed at Florida’s governor’s mansion.
Hunt last appeared on JMG in February 2023 when she responded to an anti-drag bill with a troll amendment that would bar parents from enrolling their children in “religious indoctrination camps.” The final April 1st tweet below is pinned to the top of the hate group’s feed.
I live near her district, which is in a blue pocket in an otherwise bright crimson state.
She is making quite the name for herself and the Wingers do not like the attention and support she is getting.
children did not design that
Professor Barnhardt leathersmitha day ago
It does look suspiciously too well done.
Fuck that’s tacky. If the Baptists had built the Sistine Chapel, the ceiling would be covered with vinyl siding.
“All people, of all faiths, are welcome in our state.”
That ain’t what your driveway says.
Anastasia Beaverhousen Mark3 days ago
“All people, Except those trans people, and those dirty gays, and the lesbians, oh, I forgot the MuseLambs, and the Jews. Everyone else, come on in.”
Ohbehr in Minnesota Anastasia Beaverhousen3 days ago
Don’t think the Catholics, Unitarians, United Church of Christ, Methodists, Lutherans would be welcome either. They are not southern KKK Baptists.
Arkansas has officially become a theo-fascist state. Full Stop.
I’m not as disturbed by the picture at the Governor’s mansion as I am concerned for her children. The height of their creativity is a brainwashed image of a picture of torture?
Where are the flowers, magic fairies, animals?
This deliberate violation of church/state can’t be prosecuted either.
Evangelicals now have their required threshold majority in key places. Once they are the solid majority wherever they are they are the de facto standard and NOTHING can remove them. That’s why we’re becoming a failed nation. Once a nation is ruled by Bronze Age religious mythology it collapses.
Brian Green Serene Pumpkin3 days ago
Something tells me in coming years the entire LGBTQ community will be required to march and fight for our rights all across this country…. Even us quiet, middle aged suburban gays are needed to get more involved.
If they want to play hardball, then lets get businesses to do this!
Peanuts 🥜 DeSantis trying to prove his manhood by leaning into the Pulse massacre! This bastard is a danger to our community and we ignore him at our own peril. We must proactively stand against him. 🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🌈
GayOldLady GayOldLady3 days ago edited
We will fight him in the orchards, we will fight him in the mangroves, we will fight him on the beaches, we wll fight him in the cornfields, we will fight him any fuckin place he challenges our Civil and Human rights
Well, at least DeSantis has finally shown his true colors. His ridiculaous campaign has NOTHING to do with “Protect the Children” and everything to do with “Hate the Gays.” Which we knew all along.
This is not only deranged and idiotic, it’s a not so subtle call for violence against LGBT people. The subtext is that DeFascist will get rid of these people once and for all. And of course the Log Cabin quislings are surprised the leopards are eating their faces.
With Supreme Court LGBTQ decision, marriage equality is at risk
The court’s decision demeans our nation’s aspirations to equality and inclusion and thereby diminishes us all.
By Laurence H. Tribe and Jeffrey B. Abramson
Until this week, under long-standing state public accommodations laws, if a business wanted all the benefits that came from being generally open to the public, then it had to serve all customers equally. Since 1964, this principle has applied to a motel in the heart of Atlanta, Ollie’s barbeque joint in Birmingham, Ala., and social clubs and private schools that advertised to the general public. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted about the historic case involving Ollie’s, it would not do for the owner to have said, “I’ll serve Blacks but only on a takeout window, not inside my restaurant because that sends a message that I endorse integration.”
By twisting free speech into a license to discriminate, the court has now carved out an exception from public accommodations law for businesses that recast their services in ways that highlight their expressive features. But the court offers no workable principle to cabin that exception in any meaningful way.
Sodomy laws are next
Hiv meds could be no longer covered by insurance
We could be arrested for holding hands in public or kissing in public
Don’t think that’s impossible
Uncle Mark: HoHo-smoking homo Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️4 days ago edited
One would think that the court would find for the nation’s best interests to encourage a fair, equitable, and cohesive society, not to promote the very toxicity that tears society apart, no matter whether it’s disguised in “free speech” or “religion.”
Ore Carmi Jonathan Smith4 days ago
I guess the conservatives on the Supreme Court don’t care about the legitimacy of a case, if they get the opportunity to gut rights they don’t like!
Houndentenor Ore Carmi4 days ago
I knew the night RBG died that we were fucked and would be fucked for longer than I’ll likely be alive. Right wingers have made no secret that they hated anything that gave rights to minorities. They like to frame it in a libertarian argument so it sounds like freedom, but the freedom they want is the freedom to be bigots. Everything is going to be ruled unconstitutional and that’s going to affect the blue states, not just the red. And especially the blue islands in red states! So very fucked and not in the good way.
According to the WaPo article, MTG racked up $15,500 in fines. Remember when she complained about her measly congressional pay?
What a terrific use of taxpayers money.
Tie up the courts, the judges, and waste lawyers time along with the time of Congress…. …for not wanting to put on a CDC recommended mask when in the company of others.
Spending other people’s money. Grandstanding.
It’s all republicans have.
It’s all very interesting that after years of these fascists whining that they couldn’t breathe when wearing a mask, so many of them now show up at protests…WEARING MASKS!
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.)
The other names weren’t a surprise, but I have to admit, Ralphie didn’t ring a bell for me. Had to look him up, and wow, shocker, real estate mogul old white guy. Jokes about sexual assault. Negligent with firearms. Used the supposedly MAGA hated remote voting to skip town to get to CPAC. Hates student loan forgiveness, but got some $300k+ of PPP loans forgiven. Wanted Steve King back after his boot for white nationalist comments. Wants to impeach Biden.
Weird, he hits all the same marks as the MTGs and Boeberts and such, but I had absolutely no recollection of him. Wonder if he’ll join the GOP presidential clown car next…
I think the fines were deducted from their salaries. MTG once boasted that she’d racked up so many fines that she was working for “free.”
standing, schmanding! it’s 2023, you just have to invent a plaintiff out of thin air, then have enough billionaires lined up to pay your expenses for years until you win, easy peasy.
It amazes me that these decisions so blatantly favour the rich and privileged.
Striking down Affirmative Action can only harm the less privileged.
Student loans are used by those who need them and don’t have their own resources.
and the LGBT community can now be refused services by public commercial operations.
Nothing here for the poor or the minorities can take any comfort in.
It looks like the Supreme Court has found their own ‘protected class’ of wealthy privileged bourgeoisie.
carswell JackFknTwist4 days ago
The majority judges are members of the elite working in the interest of the elite.
And for them, elite is rich, white, male, Christian and corporate.
but of course!
“The outside firm never interviewed Paxton or key agency leaders….
does the report say “After thorough investigation, we determined that all is fine, move along, nothing to see here”?
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