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NOM: Our Fight Against Marriage Bill Is “On The Ropes”

NOM: Our Fight Against Marriage Bill Is “On The Ropes”

Why has this man fought against rights for gay people all his adult life.   He has made it his quest to deny gay people the right to exist in society.   His crusade against same sex marriage is totally weird in that it is unreasonable the passion he has to destroy same sex marriage and gay rights.   He has traveled the world to try to stop this in other countries.   I don’t understand his hate for gay people, for the LGBTQ+.   But I do notice in each thing he says he begs for money.    Is it a scam, a grift, or a personal mission from his god.   He has 6 kids that I am aware of, statistically one or more of them are LGBTQ+.   How much he must be hurting them and how desperate they must be to hide it from him.    Hugs

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown:

Right now, there are as many as half a dozen Republican Senators working on a potential backroom deal to impose gay ‘marriage’ on the entire country by codifying it in federal law. NOM is leading the opposition to this scheme, but we are on the ropes and need your help.

Among the Republican Senators scheming to pass the gay ‘marriage’ legislation are Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Rob Portman and Thom Tillis. Their gambit is to include some fig leaf language “protecting” religious liberty in exchange for every state in the nation being forced to recognize homosexual ‘marriage.’

It is ironic that of these US Senate schemers, three come from states where voters enacted state constitutional amendments defining marriage solely as the union of one man and one woman – Utah, Ohio and North Carolina. So did voters in several dozen additional states.

Our only chance to prevent gay ‘marriage’ from being enshrined in federal law is to mobilize grassroots marriage supporters around the country. We have less than two weeks left before the midterm elections. After that, a lame duck Congress will return to Washington DC and the gay ‘marriage’ legislation will be taken up.

Please make an immediate donation to NOM to help us fight to stop the imposition of gay ‘marriage’ into federal statute. Your donation will be 100% matched thanks to a $100,000 matching fund that has been made available.

Chris Baker • 14 hours ago

I can’t wait till gay marriage is forced on everyone in the US. I have a few people picked out, but it’s hard to narrow it down just just one of them. So can we start working on polygamy now? That would solve a lot of my problems.

Boreal Outlaw Woman • 14 hours ago

Also Jesus hates divorce so it must be a til death do them part marriage.

Nic Peterson Chris Baker • 14 hours ago

We were promised polygamy. I have been quite patient waiting for it. I am not getting any younger, though. Tick tock muthafuckas!

rednekokie Chris Baker • 13 hours ago

That’s the whole problem — no one is trying to force “gay” marriage, or any other kind of marriage down any one’s throat. However, those who do want to participate in it resent highly those who don’t like it and want to bother others with their bigotry and stupidity.

James L. Greenlee rednekokie • 2 hours ago

How exactly do you get someone else’s marriage “shoved down your throat?” It has nothing to do with you. And what “bigotry and stupidity?”

Gigi • 14 hours ago

Most of Brian Brown’s adult life has been spent fighting to deny rights and marriage equality to the LGBTQ community. What a horrible person he is.

Randy503 Gigi • 13 hours ago

I remember one of his staffer defected when she went around the in the bus and saw the lack of interest. She realized that same sex marriage hurts no one, and there simply isn’t any reason to deny it.

Boreal • 14 hours ago

Their gambit is to include some fig leaf language “protecting” religious
liberty in exchange for every state in the nation being forced to
recognize homosexual ‘marriage.’

If your religion needs protecting from my marriage, you should be out shopping for a more powerful god right now.

Diogenes Onionpants Boreal • 13 hours ago

He knows damn well that religion is already protected; religious discrimination claims are subject to strict scrutiny, unlike sexual orientation. And yet, show up at a Catholic church and demand a Jewish wedding, and you won’t get it: the institution can refuse to perform a service outside its tradition.

So why does this lying sack of before-the-water-runs-clean anal-douche-extrusion think gays could sue for being refused?

He doesn’t. He’s lying because he’s a liar whose fortune rests on a throne of lies. (Also see above re: his soul being composed of anal douche water.)

ErnestMc • 14 hours ago

His wallet is “on the ropes” since the only place he was making a dime was in Russia and, for some reason, Russia ain’t so lucrative right now.

It’s also hilarious that he’s talking about “gay marriage” being imposed on the country when marriage equality has been the law of the land for 7 years and it’s supported by a solid majority of Americans.

Sumner County (TN) adopts rules based on myth of ‘Judeo-Christian values’

https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/sumner-county-judeo-christian-values-tn-rules-myth/

Again another flat out attempt to use made up history to force their religion on everyone.  Notice the one guy said he serves his god first the county second.    Preaching and forcing Christian doctrines comes before the needs of the county.   The right has tried hard to destroy public schools and force their god into them.   This is the result of home schooling and church schools that took off in the 1980s and became the Christian thing to do.   I remember when James was growing up he was forced to attend religious schools.   They pushed this nonsense hard, the country was Christian, the Founding fathers were highly religious Christians, the US was meant by god to his special country of chosen people to lead the world into following the Christian god.   These people don’t quit, ever.  They are still trying to deny evolution, they worked for 50 years to end Roe, they are doing everything they can to end LGBTQ+ rights, end same sex marriage.   They are driven.  It is all about controlling others and what others are allowed to do.    It is not them worshiping the god they want, letting that religion guide them.  No it is about controlling you, because some how their god is sad and cries if not everyone adores him.    The secular community must keep fighting back against this.  

Sumner County (TN) adopts rules based on myth of 'Judeo-Christian values' | The addition of this phrase could lead to a lawsuit against Sumner County

On October 17, the Sumner County Commissioners in Tennessee voted to codify a new set of “Standing Rules and Procedures” to guide their meetings that references their allegiance to “Judeo-Christian values.”

The updated rules of conduct for a local government meeting wouldn’t be much interest to anyone outside the community—and arguably very little within the community—but one of the changes involved the addition of a preamble (on page 24). The paragraph is nothing more than hyped-up language promising that commissioners will do the job they were elected to do—which shouldn’t need to be stated at all—but the bigger problem is that it says their work must be “reflective of the Judeo-Christian values inherent in our nation’s founding.”

We, the Sumner County Board of Commissioners as the legislative branch of Sumner County, recognize that all powers are reserved by the citizens of this county. In order to perfect the operation of our County government, to ensure that it is just, orderly, efficient, cost-effective and most importantly reflective of the Judeo-Christian values inherent in our nation’s founding, as well as responsive and transparent to the people of Sumner County, our goal in serving the citizens of Sumner County is to exceed the requirements established in Tennessee state law and do hereby adopt these Standing Rules and Procedures.

Honoring supposed “Judeo-Christian values” isn’t just something they aspire to. It’s the most important thing they aspire to. And what are those values? Who knows. They don’t spell it out. But it certainly sends a clear message to non-Christians (and non-conservative Christians) that their needs will always be considered a lower priority.

Even at the meeting where these rules, including the preamble, were adopted 20-4, a few voices pointed out how this wording could be a problem:

Just minutes earlier, the county’s interim law director, Ben Allen, advised the group that the change could set the county up for costly discrimination lawsuits.

“I just believe that this would be a violation of the First Amendment establishment clause,” Allen told the commission. “The supreme court could change their mind on what ‘violation of the establishment clause’ means tomorrow. It’s very expensive to be the ones to find out if that’s the case.”

Nashville Attorney David Raybin says including language about Judeo-Christian values in the commission’s rules preamble is a clear violation of the first amendment’s ban against the government endorsing religion, and that it would be a “slam dunk” case in court.

…

“I think we need to be very careful we don’t cross over to something that ends up, taking more of our tax citizens’ dollars over the next coming years in litigation,” said Commissioner Danny Sullivan.

Allen, the interim law director, also said the phrasing could possibly be used in a complaint in case a county employee was ever fired. A hypothetical person could say she was let go because of her non-Christian faith, fairly or not, pointing to the wording as evidence the county discriminated against her.

The Christian nationalists on the Commission, including Matthew Shoaf, pushed back, saying they were just acknowledging history (which is false) and that they supported secularism. but shoving Christian references in places where they’re not needed is a hallmark of Project Blitz, the Christian nationalist playbook.

A few commissioners suggested this was a completely reckless and unnecessary move. If their legal director is warning them about the problem, and they’re opening the door to possible litigation, and all of it is is occurring by choice, what the hell are they thinking?

Those wise words were ignored.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has already written a warning letter to the Commission, letting them know this is both unconstitutional and ahistorical:

… It is erroneous to assert that our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values. The concept of “Judeo-Christian values” did not even exist until the mid 20th Century, let alone at the time the United States was founded. To the contrary, the United States was founded by Enlightenment-inspired thinkers who valued reason and skepticism.

…

By adopting a Preamble officially promoting Judeo-Christian values, the Board violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, disregards the wall of separation between state and church, and disrespects the diversity of Sumner County’s citizens. We request that the Board immediately correct this constitutional violation and remove any reference to Judeo-Christian values or other religious ideologies from the Preamble.

None of that means a lawsuit is forthcoming. But the groundwork has been laid. The bottom line is that these commissioners adopted Christian nationalist language despite the advice of their legal counsel. And the statements made at the meeting itself, beginning at the 3:07:01 mark here, make it abundantly clear that the goal is to promote the false belief that conservative Christianity is foundational to our nation’s history and that it must be the basis for the county’s future.

Just consider the comments from Commissioner Tim Jones, who said, “As a Christian, I cannot operate from a position of fear. I serve God first, this county second,” before adding that the county would continue failing because people were not “standing up for what every one of you know is right, that claim to be Christians.” Commissioner Jeremy Mansfield also made it clear that they live in a Christian-majority community, so there was no need to pay any lip service to Muslims, Hindus, or anyone else.

These people are angling for praise from right-wing propaganda outlets.

They don’t give a damn about the people they were elected to serve.

 

Unshocking Study: Right Wing Policies Cost US Lives

Unshocking Study: Right Wing Policies Cost US Lives

Need I say more.  We all knew this.    Why elect these people to office, their polices hurt the public, the working persons, the poor.    Hugs

Unshocking Study: Right Wing Policies Cost US Lives

October 26, 2022 Medicine, Science

 

From the study’s abstract:

The rise in working-age mortality rates in the United States in recent decades largely reflects stalled declines in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality alongside rising mortality from alcohol-induced causes, suicide, and drug poisoning; and it has been especially severe in some U.S. states.

Building on recent work, this study examined whether U.S. state policy contexts may be a central explanation. We modeled the associations between working-age mortality rates and state policies during 1999 to 2019.

We used annual data from the 1999–2019 National Vital Statistics System to calculate state-level age-adjusted mortality rates for deaths from all causes and from CVD, alcohol-induced causes, suicide, and drug poisoning among adults ages 25–64 years.

We merged that data with annual state-level data on eight policy domains, such as labor and taxes, where each domain was scored on a 0–1 conservative-to-liberal continuum. Results show that the policy domains were associated with working-age mortality

Especially strong associations were observed between certain domains and specific causes of death: between the gun safety domain and suicide mortality among men, between the labor domain and alcohol-induced mortality, and between both the economic tax and tobacco tax domains and CVD mortality.

Simulations indicate that changing all policy domains in all states to a fully liberal orientation might have saved 171,030 lives in 2019, while changing them to a fully conservative orientation might have cost 217,635 lives.

Read the full abstract.

 

Gebildet  2 hours ago

Case in point:

Serene Pumpkin  2 hours ago

Also unshocking: the safest 10 states in the US (except Utah) are all blue; the 10 least safe ones are all red.

https://www.thestreet.com/l…

Houndentenor  Ross  2 hours ago

Both their senators and all their Republican representatives in the House voted against aid for the last hurricane. They shouldn’t get any then. If they don’t like that, then they should vote for representatives who agree with them. They shouldn’t get to vote against funding, then take the funding, then brag about getting the funding for their constituents. I feel like I have walked through the looking glass. I can’t believe this is what our country is now and all of it aided and abetted by the media, even the “liberal” outlets.

TnCTampa  HZ81  2 hours ago

Tell me where the evacuation will take place and what time and I will be there

Randy503  Todd20036  2 hours ago

I just read a report that proved that many people would rather die “free” than wear a mask. Many people would prefer go without health care and die than obtain universal health care “because I don’t want my tax dollars going to welfare queens and mexicans.” Many people would prefer dying early of a heart attack than not eat meat.

I was shocked/not shocked to read this. This shows a severe mental illness among people who believe their lives are worth less than their ideology and their imaginary notion of freedom.

another_steve  2 hours ago

Related: Donald Trump is, literally, a mass-murderer.

Medical experts have carefully studied the data and have concluded that had Trump, in 2020, urged people to take the Covid-prevention steps urged by the CDC and others, countless thousands of American lives could have been saved. Instead, the monster downplayed or ignored vaccinations, face masks and social distancing.

Donald Trump is a mass-murderer.

He must be brought to justice.

BensNewLogin  Buford  2 hours ago

I remember having a discussion online with a self proclaimed right to life Christian, who objected to any and all Covid restrictions. As far as he was concerned, if people would get sick and die, that was their look out, not his. He had money to make.

 

 

 

 

 

🚨 Dr. Oz SINKS his OWN campaign with misstep of the year on debate stage

Pete Buttigieg BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN on national TV

Ron DeSantis called “anti-business” in debate over his “Don’t Say Gay” war with Disney

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/ron-desantis-called-anti-business-debate-dont-say-gay-war-disney/

.@CharlieCrist won’t let Ron DeSantis forget that he revoked a contract with Disney because they stood up for LGBTQ rights.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)Photo: Shutterstock

On Monday night, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his Democratic opponent Charlie Crist went head to head in a debate, where Crist called DeSantis “the most anti-business governor I’ve ever seen” as a result of his battle to ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ issues.

“I’m pro-business I want to make sure we keep our businesses open. I’m not the governor who attacked Walt Disney World because they deigned to express their point of view.”

“I’m not the governor who attacked the cruise industry because they just wanted to make sure that their customers weren’t sick before they got on the boat. That’s you. You’re the most anti-business governor I’ve ever seen.”

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After Crist’s dig about Disney, the audience laughed. He was referring to DeSantis’s war on the company after it spoke out against Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill that prohibits K-3 teachers from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.

DeSantis not only continuously criticized the company in public, but he also oversaw the Florida legislature’s revocation of Disney’s decades-old special zoning agreement to punish them for speaking out for LGBTQ people by issuing a statement opposing the Don’t Say Gay law.

And last summer he battled with the cruise industry, banning them from requiring proof of vaccination from passengers. A federal court sided with a cruise line against DeSantis, saying that the state’s ban on vaccine passports violated the cruise line’s rights.

In July, he ordered his administration not to invest funds in “woke” corporations, prohibiting pension fund managers from using environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings when deciding which companies to invest government funds into.

Crist’s dig at DeSantis accuses him of doing the exact opposite of what the Republican party – the alleged pro-business party – claims to support.

During the debate, DeSantis also would not commit to serving another full four-year term as governor, presumably because he is planning a 2024 presidential run.

DeSantis avoided Crist’s questions about 2024 and declared, “I know that Charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and Joe Biden, but I just want to make things very, very clear: The only worn-out old donkey I’m looking to put out to pasture is Charlie Crist.”

Crist served one term as Florida’s Republican governor from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he ran for Senate as an independent, and in 2012, he registered as a Democrat. In addition to being governor of Florida, he has been a state senator, attorney general, and the state’s education commissioner (all as a Republican). Until a few months ago, he was serving in Congress but resigned to focus on the gubernatorial race.

In the debate, he also took aim at DeSantis’s anti-trans and anti-abortion views.

DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban that has no exceptions for rape and incest, and he has repeatedly spoken out against trans youth. During the debate, he called gender-affirming care the practice of “mutilating” children.

“You think you know better than any physician or any doctor or any woman,” Crist said. “You need to lead by uniting people, not dividing them.”

Trump is Concocting a Dangerous Plan to Contest the 2022 Elections—And Things Could Get UGLY

Trump and his cronies have devised legal and political strategies to contest elections that don’t go their way. They’re targeting multiple states, but Pennsylvania is their top priority, with plans to immediately contest the results if Dr. Oz loses to John Fetterman.

Arizona Police Guard Drop Boxes From Armed Cultists – JMG

Arizona Police Guard Drop Boxes From Armed Cultists

Need I really remind people that democracy and a government of the people for the people requires that people get a vote as their say in who is elected to office.   These people “protecting” voting spots are really trying to keep people from voting via intimidation and fear.   They don’t want democracy they want to rule.  They want to force others to live as they a minority demand they do.    They cannot win with ideas, they way the want everyone to live is not popular or supported by the majority, so they threaten violence to stop some from voting and force everyone to do as they demand.    Hugs

Politico reports:

The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix said Monday he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election.

On Friday, deputies responded when two masked people carrying guns and wearing bulletproof vests showed up at a drop box in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb. People watching the boxes and voters showing up to vote have covered their license plates, according to photos shared on social media.

The secretary of state said her office has received six cases of potential voter intimidation to the state attorney general and the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as a threatening email sent to the state elections director.

Read the full article.

 

DevilDog • 3 hours ago • edited

Isn’t it illegal to cover a car’s license plates? And aren’t these masked vigilantes the same people who, during the worst part of Covid, screamed that wearing a face mask somehow impinged on their freedom?

TexasBoy DevilDog • 3 hours ago • edited

It’s OK if you’re a violent Trumpanzee intimidating voters.

Rex • 3 hours ago

How long until someone is shot to death casting a ballot?

Extremists Spark Violence At OR Drag Event [VIDEO]

Extremists Spark Violence At OR Drag Event [VIDEO]

What more to say.   US system at work, right wing domestic terrorist.   They did this same thing to shut down abortion centers and it worked for them, so they will try it again against legal events that the right has targeted.   Where is the police protection for citizens going to a legal event?   Dogs that love gravy, this is the 1960s race attacks, it is the 1970s / 1980s attacks on gay bars and night clubs.   This is Nazi thug enforcers for the hateful right wing party, supported by red state governors.   Where is the outrage from the left?  Why are the rights of normal people being trampled on with impunity?   Notice that some of the ones trying to force their regressive views on everyone else were members of a church.    I am so tired of the right / republicans / fundies churches targeting the LGBTQ+ because of their book written 2,500 years ago.  This is 2022 so get over it, live the way you want but let others do the same.   Again notice that the protestors equated drag which is simply dressing up in costume with trans people.    The performers normally are cis.     Hugs I agree with this comment I posted below.

Serene Pumpkin  16 hours ago

The next moral panic will be all drag shows.

Then all public LGBTQ events, especially Pride.

Then LGBTQ content in libraries (already happening), online, and on TV.

Then pro-LGBTQ policies in the private and public sectors.

Then LGBTQ health care.

The fascists want us invisible, broke, and sick.

We’re about to find out just how deep our allies’ support is.

 

The Daily Beast reports:

A drag-queen story hour starring an 11-year-old performer at an Oregon pub was targeted by Proud Boys and neo-Nazis, some of whom hurled heavy rocks and smoke bombs during fiery clashes outside the event.

Police in riot gear ultimately had to intervene to stop the mayhem at Old Nick’s Pub Drag Queen Story Time Brunch on Sunday.

The Eugene Police Department said in a statement that it was well aware ahead of time that the event had “drawn polarized attention” across the state.

The Torch reports:

Witnesses stated that at one point the detractors had attempted to enter the pub through a side door but were pushed back by supporters. These anti drag queen detractors were made aware of this event by Andy Ngo, a right wing journalist who considers himself an expert on Antifa and the “militant left”.

Ngo tweeted about the event on Oct. 17, calling attention to Vanellope personally by posting pictures of her. The supporters of Old Nick’s were local community members who brought snacks and water for the allies and protected families as they entered the pub.

Some of the protestors were identified as Proud Boys and members of Rose City Nationalists were present. David Loveall, Springfield’s new county commissioner was there protesting the drag show along with members of the Crossfire Christian Church.

 

Sam_Handwich • 16 hours ago

I’m so sick of this horseshit, as if drag is some exotic new phenomenon. Fuckin idiots.

Bruno Sam_Handwich • 16 hours ago

Drag hasn’t changed. These people are just emboldened by Dump and MAGAts.

David Brian Holt Sam_Handwich • 15 hours ago

All of these “Drag Queen Story Hours” were started very innocently by public librarians as a way to encourage children to read more. At its heart, it is a very wholesome endeavor.

JCF David Brian Holt • 15 hours ago

And drag queens, who wanted to give back, as a public service. To inspire closeted children among them? Yeah, sure. But that was never the PRIMARY point.

clay JCF • 5 hours ago

It was about the importance of imagining, particularly about one’s self.

JCF Lestat • 16 hours ago

Drag is just pantomime and has been around, WITH children, FOREVER.

CarterDK JCF • 15 hours ago

Well, female drag at least. You know what we call male drag? It’s women at the grocery store in a t-shirt and jeans. Because no one bats an eye today if a woman wears mens clothing.

Serene Pumpkin • 16 hours ago

The next moral panic will be all drag shows.

Then all public LGBTQ events, especially Pride.

Then LGBTQ content in libraries (already happening), online, and on TV.

Then pro-LGBTQ policies in the private and public sectors.

Then LGBTQ health care.

The fascists want us invisible, broke, and sick.

We’re about to find out just how deep our allies’ support is.

FL Drag Queen Story Hour Canceled Over Nazi Threats

FL Drag Queen Story Hour Canceled Over Nazi Threats

These are legal events being shut down through domestic terrorism by right wing thugs.   There is nothing sexual about dressing up to read to kids.  Look at the pictures from the events.  That doesn’t matter to the right maga crowd as they think anytime a guy is dressed in what they call “women’s” clothing the person is trans which they want erased from society.   These are self avowed Nazis.   They see that racist genocidal group as somehow be preferred and more moral than LGBTQ+.    Where was the local law enforcement to protect a legal event from attack and violence by gang thugs?   Not there, because the police agree with the gang thugs and many are members of groups like the Proud Boys.    The law means nothing compared to having their demands met to live in lock step with the right wing regressive views.   This is scary how much the right maga cult wants fascism and an end to democracy.   And right wing media like Fox incites this and inspires even worse attacks.  Plus what about the rights of parents to approve of their children going to these events which are fun and inclusive.    They don’t get a say because only right wing maga cult parents count it appears.   BTW in my news feed this morning were three youth ministers / pastors charged with sex abuse of both boys and girls while no drag queen has yet to be charged with molesting a kid while doing a public reading.     Hugs

Florida Politics reports:

Threats from neo-Nazi groups prompted the cancellation of a drag queen story hour in Orlando. The LGBT+ Center Orlando announced it would nix the event, scheduled for Oct. 29, out of caution. “Due to several threats from hate groups aimed at The Center and to those participating in Drag Queen Story Hour, we have decided to cancel the event for this Saturday’s Halloween Edition scheduled for 2PM,” reads a Facebook post from the Center.

The event, which had been supported with a grant from the City of Orlando, was to feature Bridgette Galore. Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Democrat and one of three openly gay lawmakers in the Florida Legislature, said it’s a shame hate can shut down a community event. “I’m sad and angry that threats like these continue to happen against the LGBTQ community,” he said. “Neo-Nazis organizing in Florida against Drag Queen Story Time? This is really dangerous and scary.”

The Orlando Sentinel reports:

Seventy-five children and their parents bought tickets to the “Drag Queen Story Hour” event with Bridgette Galore Oct. 29 at the Center off Mills Avenue, said George Wallace, the center’s executive director. “It was sold out,” Wallace said. “But again, safety is first in mind. We don’t want to put anyone in harm’s way, especially kids. They don’t need to be subjected to yelling and seeing that type of behavior.”

Wallace said local public officials and the Anti-Defamation League alerted him to online posts where extremist groups planned for 40 to 50 protesters at the event. “We have a church group that protests the center and the local Proud Boys came and were yelling ‘pedophile’ and terrible things at the parents that were bringing their kids in,” he said. “They were at arm’s length, but this Twitter thread that we saw — they’re violent.”

 

Lefty • 16 hours ago

Remind me again how many drag queens have been arrested for molestation?
I’ll wait.
Fuck you asswipes.

let freeedumb splain’eth Lefty • 15 hours ago

childless nazzis are so much better parents than actual parents

doncha know

Gigi • 16 hours ago

But no Nazi protests outside churches where children ARE actually being molested.

crewman • 16 hours ago

It’s not that they don’t want to take their own children to this event. They want to control (stop) the ability for anyone else to do so. They love cancel culture and big government when it stifles people they disapprove of.

Ščŏŧŧ Ċ – 🇺🇦 🕊 crewman • 16 hours ago

They’re based in cancel culture. Not allowed to say, sing, write, read, teach, or do anything they don’t like.

Teedofftaxpayer • 16 hours ago

Unfortunately hate wins again. Threats from the Desantis Republican Party. Call it whatever you want, but it’s his party.

Joeonhold Teedofftaxpayer • 10 hours ago

You are correct. DeSantis should be making it safe for this event to take place, instead he sits back and smiles with a sheepish grin that he’s getting to them. And he loves it. Sick, sick, sick. That’s not a governor, that’s a tyrant.

Tor • 16 hours ago

So Florida (DeSantos, etc.) keep harping on parental rights. What about the rights of the parents who bought tickets and want their children to attend drag queen stories? It seems that only some people actually get “rights.”

Bert_Bauer Tor • 15 hours ago

Would like the “liberal” media to ask Dictator DeSantis to comment on the conservative terrorist threats and whether he thinks his anti-LGBTQ agenda and rhetoric emboldened them … but the cowards won’t.

shivadog • 16 hours ago

So we just give in to terrorists? Expect to see a lot more of this kind of shit since it works so well and there are no consequences for the terrorists.

heleninedinburgh shivadog • 16 hours ago

Happening in the UK as well. And no consequence for the terrorists here either.

Tor shivadog • 16 hours ago

I don’t believe in giving in to terrorists, but children should not have to witness that kind of nazi ugliness, or have to worry about their safety.

BJORN’S ALTERNATE REALITY • 16 hours ago

Let’s see, one group would scream hateful, violent rhetoric at a room full of children, the other would rather cancel for the sake of the children to protect them from a negative, at worst traumatic, experience.

Christians vs drag queens, mmmm….

AyJayDee • 15 hours ago

I don’t mean to scare people, but this kind of shit was the missing link between hate propaganda and seemingly isolated or low-level terrorism against minorities during the Weimar Republic and early Third Reich and full-scale organized, government-sanctioned persecution and genocide later on.

Ed Meiller • 16 hours ago

Drag Queens NO! Nazis YES! What’s wrong with this picture?

Bruno • 16 hours ago

If we’re just going to end up caving in and cancelling the events, why bother scheduling them anymore?

Ann Kah Bruno • 16 hours ago

Keep scheduling them until law enforcement finally starts taking the fascist threat seriously.

AliveInReality • 15 hours ago

Number of drag queens arrested for molestation: 0
Number of transgender women arrested for molestation in bathrooms: 0
Number of Republican Congressmen arrested for public restroom misbehavior: 3
Number of priests, youth pastors & clergy arrested for molestation: TENS OF THOUSANDS

JCF Hank: NO MORE WoW!!! • 16 hours ago • edited

I understand the importance of protecting kids—I just don’t see why law enforcement doesn’t.

…but as far as adults go: Yes, we queer adults need to be BOLD. Put our bodies on the line. They did it: why can’t we?

Hank: NO MORE WoW!!! JCF • 15 hours ago

The police and National Guard protected kids during integration in the South, decades ago. They should be doing the same TODAY!!!
We are dealing with the SAME RACISTS!!!

David Walker Hank: NO MORE WoW!!! • 14 hours ago

I agree with you, and at some point standing up to the bullies will happen. It’s happened all our lives It’s happened in other situations. A healthy helping of their own medicine is called for.

BensNewLogin • 16 hours ago • edited

If it were me, I would be issuing public demands for InSantis to investigate threats to peaceful events. Following up with the DOJ.