Category: Religion / Religious / Theocracy

FL Pride Parade Canceled Over Impending Drag Law

FL Pride Parade Canceled Over Impending Drag Law

And the religious right gets their way using vague language in laws and wording in the laws that provides the public can sue with no costs and even if they lose the party sued still has to pay all the costs.  “The bill DOES NOT ban drag or pride. But it relies on vague language and harsh penalties to instill fear that inevitably leads to self-censorship– that was their goal.”  It is the bounty hunter scheme first started by Texas and used in Florida against schools to get the teachers ordered to remove books just in case a maga parent sued.    The goal of these laws are not to ban sex shows, not to police nudity or exaggerated genitalia but to remove any sign of men dressed as women from society and the public view.    What will the right manage to ban from public view next?  Jewish symbols?  Non-Christian religious symbols?   Women in pants?  Men with long hair such as mine?   Hugs

From Treasure Coast Pride’s Facebook page:

As all of you know, the political climate that we are currently in has us all very concerned for our community. After multiple meetings with city officials, it is with a heavy heart that Pride Alliance of the Treasure Coast has to announce that this weekend’s Pridefest will now be a 21 and older event.

The city has decided that with the likelihood that the Governor will sign the latest bill into effect this evening, that we will need to be on the side of caution and has required us to make this necessary change.

We are obviously upset and dishearten that it has come to this. We also regret to announce that we will have to cancel our plans to bring back our beloved parade.

We hope that everyone understands that this is definitely not what we wanted at all and are working with the city to assure our safety as well as produce a positive event.

We have held off as long as we could in making this announcement as we were hoping it would not have to be made. We hope that everyone still supports out community and attends this event!

We will be making an announcement in the near future about a family friendly Party in the Park where our youth can celebrate who they are as well in conjunction with the Sanctuary of the Treasure Coast.

Port St. Lucie, population 200,000, is on the east coast about 90 minutes north of Fort Lauderdale.

Drag cancel

 

heleninedinburgh 2 days ago

This is, of course, exactly what the bill was designed to do.

S1AMER  heleninedinburgh2 days ago

Yeah. The absolute last thing we should be doing is caving to bullies.

Ross  S1AMER2 days ago

Agreed.

Caving to bullies only makes them worse.

OldGuy  Ross2 days ago

Unfortunately, these days the bullies are carrying assault weapons!

nocadrummer  OldGuy2 days ago

AND they have the right to shoot and kill if they feel “threatened”. Which could mean just seeing anything they don’t like – gays, blacks, women, “non-Christians”, Catholics, …

mikeiver  S1AMER2 days ago

In this case they should have simply canceled it wholly and completely. The community would suffer but so would the area as a whole as well. It should be made clear that their loss comes from acceptance of deathsantis and his supporters. No matter what, this fucking sucks and is total bullshit. But it will take not just the community suffering but the cities and towns that benefit from these parades and gatherings suffering and feeling it in their bottom lines before people stand up and fight against hate.

Ross2 days ago

Fascism can only take root when good people comply.

DO NOT COMPLY.

another_steve  Ross2 days ago

Similar thought here, Ross.

We’re at war. We cannot surrender.

We need to fight back.

BeccaM2 days ago

We need resistance, not compliance.

Ross2 days ago

They should change the name from:

Pridefest

To:

Americafest

See, no more gay.

Then put on the exact same parade. But shout AMERICA a lot.

DO NOT COMPLY WITH FASCISM.

JoeMyGod Mod2 days ago edited

I suppose the big test will come with Wilton Manors Pride. The town is entirely gay run: mayor, city council, police, fire, etc. Just last month Wilton Manors had a huge turnout for their pro-drag protest march. Their parade is scheduled for June 17th and draws tens of thousands.

https://www.stonewallpride….

Darreth  JoeMyGoda day ago

Wilton Manors is about to go thru some things. I believe the gays there aren’t really fully aware of what’s about to happen to them. I’m literally on a cruise with a large number of Wilton Manors residents and they don’t seem to be aware of the depth of depravity that is DeSantis and the evangelicals who are backing him.

Halou  JoeMyGod2 days ago

I think it was a few days ago, a pride event that had always been given a permit unanimously by the city suddenly became newsworthy on account of “Is drag still legal?”.

All those who normally say they’re fine with it being are cowed by both the threat of legal action against them by the state, as well as the relentless beating of the “groomers” war drum.

Anastasia Beaverhousen2 days ago edited

Why 21. You’re an adult at 18.

(((GC))) – End the filibuster!  Anastasia Beaverhousen 2 days ago

Standard-issue hypocrisy. At 18 you’re considered old enough to fight and die for this country, old enough to be held legally and criminally responsible as an adult for just about everything… yet not old enough to handle a beer, and not old enough to handle certain “sexual” stuff…

I don’t have a good “why”, except that the bigots and haters want to make young adults fearful and self-censoring.

Franciscan  (((GC))) – End the filibuster! 2 days ago

And you can carry a concealed gun at any age, apparently.

Zorba  Franciscan2 days ago

Well, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem says her two-year-old has guns.
These people are nuts. Dangerous nuts.

Shapiro Calls For Criminalizing “Men Wearing Dresses”

Shapiro Calls For Criminalizing “Men Wearing Dresses”

This is Ben Shapiro.  The head of and the leader of the Daily Wire, one of the biggest right wing media outlets.   His hosts include people like Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Michael Knowles, Jordan Peterson, Dennis Prager all who have either called for the elimination, deportation, or making completely illegal the LGTBTQ+ community / people.   This is one of the most watched and quoted right wing media, and Shapiro is wrongly considered one of the right’s intellectual.  Several of these people spoke at the CPAC events calling for the extermination of gay and trans people, and all media about the LGBTQ+ community.

I was talking in the comments the other day about what the republicans / the right want to achieve with these drag bans, what their goal is.   It is not to regulate adult entertainment, burlesque, and strip shows with drag performers as those laws already exist.   This is not about normal obscenity such as showing genitals, as again those are already well regulated.   

What is being regulated out of existence, outlawed in public, is what Nan calls cross-dressing and what right means when they say drag.  They want to make it illegal for a man to dress as a woman, to wear a dress / skirt or a woman to wear clothing normally assigned stereotypically to males.   It is about enforcing stereotypes of what is a woman’s role and what is a man’s role even to what clothing each role typically wore then.   Remember the comedy shows in the 1970’s / 1980s where the laugh line was a man wearing an apron?   Well here is Shapiro just saying what the goal is.   Flat out removing trans people from society and public view.   Flat out trying to legislate what a gender can wear based on old stereotypes of gender roles.   The goal is to return to a time when females were in not in men’s jobs, doing men’s work, when women were home in time to make dinner for their husband and wait on him.   All to protect the children, remember?    

First they came for the trans people, but I was not trans … then they came for …  Hugs

“Should wearing dresses and skirts be illegal for men in public? If so, should wearing pants for women in public be illegal in public? Well, pants not so much because there is a female version of pants that is nearly indistinguishable in many cases from male pants. But men wearing traditional female clothing in public – I think that there is a case that local communities should be able to stop that. Sure, I mean, we have local laws about being naked or indecent exposure, at least we used to.” – Ben Shapiro.

https://www.mediamatters.org/media/4004152/embed/embed


 

thatotherjean a day ago

Ben, you’re an idiot–and a mob of Scotsmen would like a word with you.

Uncle Mark  thatotherjeana day ago

Now I’m definitely going to have to don my kilt when I go to the Renaissance Faire in my Renaissance drag

Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️a day ago

We’re all born naked. Everything else we wear is drag.

Houndentenor  Stuarta day ago

We’re all born naked, and the rest is just drag. — Ru Paul

I read a story once about westerners having trouble understanding that in Indian women wore something like pants while men worse robes. This was traditional gender-coded attire in their country. Gender roles differ across time and place. Only right wing Americans who don’t know that there was history before 1950 think that clothing or anything else has a universal meaning.

JCF  Houndentenor20 hours ago

In the 19th century, Blue was for girls (“like Mary’s mantle”), and Pink was for boys (“his boyish, ruddy cheeks!”).

juanjo54  JCF18 hours ago

That was pretty common right up until around WWII. It wasn’t until after the war that it switched around. It was just like the baby dresses they used for both sexes. There are still a few photos around from my dad and my uncle when they were babies and then pre-teens. The short pants are precious.

Melissia a day ago

Oh fuck that. Any actual feminist (meaning, people who aren’t TERFs/”Gender Criticals” aka conservative blowhards) knows that them criminalizing “men wearing dresses” will also inevitably mean criminalizing women wearing pants, which will mean using the violence of government to police womens’ modesty.

In other words, we’ll become Iran after Trump handed the theocrats and autocrats power by rejecting Obama’s deal that was getting them to open up.

 

Let’s talk about evil in a religious context….

“Tennessee’s A Drag” – a mini special from Drew Morgan about the DRAG QUEEN ban in Tennessee

This is both funny and informative.   Hugs

Never thought I’d have to fight it right here in the United States of America”

Drag Queens I remember from when the republicans thought they were funny also. This is what drag is. This is the villain of the right that they claim is sexualizing and grooming kids. Notice the last set with the maga king

Groovy History - Oh those hairy legs and the man with a plan! "M*A*S*H" cross-dressing 'Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger' (Jamie Farr) was always trying to get discharged. 1980 😙 | Facebook M*A*S*H': Why Did Jamie Farr Stop Gag of Wearing Women's Clothes

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From the Beverly Hillbillies, Jethro as his twin sister – Jethrine Bodine.

JETHRENE BODINE/JETHRO BODINE/ MAX BAER JR. | The beverly hillbillies, Classic tv, Jethro

Flip Wilson Geraldine on TV all the time

Flip Wilson Geraldine this is your life October 1973 - YouTube

The Flip Wilson Show Flip As Geraldine Jones 8x10 Glossy Photo | eBay

Caldara: Drama over drag queens plays into their manicured hands - Complete Colorado - Page Two

Geraldine Jones (character) - Wikipedia

geraldine and Jim Brown (Flip W) - YouTube

Papermoon Loves Lucy — LUCY AND FLIP GO LEGIT

Vintage NOLA Drag Queens. Tag the RPDR lookalikes. : r/rupaulsdragrace

The Evolution of Drag — Brownstone Lounge

The Last Queen of Greenwich Village | The New Yorker

Trump Stuck His Face in Rudy Guiliani’s Chest in 2000 Drag Comedy Skit

Trump Stuck His Face in Rudy Guiliani's Chest in 2000 Drag Comedy Skit

born miserable on Twitter: "Rudy Giuliani forgot about 9/11. He also forgot about Donald Trump motorboating him while he dressed up in drag. https://t.co/rPpdrNJELs" / Twitter

Remarks: Donald Trump in Parody Skit With Rudy Giuliani - March 11, 2000 - YouTube

History of Trump Hitting on Giuliani in Drag — Comedy History 101

This Country Just Made It Illegal To Be Gay

Unhinged Christian activist rants about oral sex in Lego store after seeing rainbow pin

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/unhinged-christian-activist-rants-about-oral-sex-in-lego-store-after-seeing-rainbow-pin/

Think of the irrationality of this.   This man started shouting obscenities and talking about oral sex in front of kids because he saw a rainbow pin.   How exactly is this either protecting kids or rational?  He took his self-righteous entitled anger out on store clerks, knowing they would lose their job to fight back against him.   Hugs

He shouted about how letting children see rainbows is a form of pedophilia, recording his rant and posting it online.
 
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The employee had enough of this unruly customer so he got security
The employee had enough of this unruly customer so he got securityPhoto: Screenshot

A man is getting roasted online after he had a temper tantrum at a Lego store because some of the employees were wearing rainbow flag pins and then posted it online.

John K. Amanchukwu Sr. – who calls himself a “faith contributor” to the far-right organization Turning Point USA (TP USA) – posted the video in which he asked an employee of a Lego store if “the Lego Group supports” LGBTQ+ people.

 

 

The employee called over another who said, “Yes.”

“But the question is,” Amanchukwu asked, “why are you all in here with those pins on? Do you think children care about what man sucks d**k at home? What girl eats vaginas at home?”

“It’s time to leave, man,” the employee responded, probably because there were children present at the store.

Amanchukwu insisted that he wanted an answer and the employee said, “I don’t think they think about that, personally.”

“They think about it when they see your pin!” Amanchukwu responded.

“No they don’t,” the employee said, who then told him to leave again while Amanchukwu said, “That’s called grooming!”

The employee said that he’ll call security and Amanchukwu threatened to tell security “that you’re in here wearing, uh, Pride flags.”

The video then cuts to when a security guard is present and Amanchukwu was still ranting about the pins.

“Most children don’t know!” Amanchukwu said, who then talked about his own kid. “He’s been educated by me. I think it’s grooming, it’s borderline pedophilia and child abuse for these weirdos to come in here and wear that and at the same time kids buy from this store!”

The security guard then told Amanchukwu to leave, and he said that he won’t spend any more money at the Lego store and started shouting to everyone at the store that “this store is intentionally promoting LGBTQ behavior on children!”

Charlie Kirk, the founder of TP USA, then posted the video to Twitter. It does not appear to be on Amanchukwu’s TikTok account anymore.

People mocked the conservative activists for thinking that shouting about genitalia and sex acts in a Lego store would protect children.

 

 

Homophobic vandals ruin elderly Christian couple’s work painting rainbow in front of church

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/vandals-defaced-a-churchs-rainbow-steps-but-the-church-quickly-stepped-up/

Just a strong reminder that not all religious people are hateful, nor are all Christians bigots.   We have some great religious people that visit here.    Hugs

They even recorded their vandalism, shouting, “This is an abomination!”
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Volunteers repaint the church’s steps.Photo: Screenshot

Vandals defaced the rainbow steps in front of the Pitt Street Uniting Church in Sydney, Australia during the city’s World Pride celebration. But the church’s community repainted the steps less than half a day later, refusing to let the hateful act deter them from their welcoming message.

On February 24, someone recorded and posted a video to social media of a man walking up to church volunteers who were painting the steps. He asked them, “Is this Christian? What are y’all doing here… Is God for this?”

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The woman in the video smiled and calmly answered, “Absolutely. God is for love, for welcome, for hospitality. God is very hospitable towards this.”

The man then asked where in the Bible God expresses support for same-sex marriage, adding, “God is love? Of course he is, but he’s holy too.”

The man continued, “You believe God is holy, you believe he’s got commandments, and do you believe we should obey them? Because God says, if you love me, keep my commandments. But love is not at the expense of truth, is it? This is an abomination to God. Do you read the Bible? Do you read your Bible?”

The woman repeated that God supports love and then said, “I don’t think these are Christian questions that you’re asking,” before saying that she needed to continue painting the steps.

The man literally growled and told viewers, loud enough for the woman to hear, “She’s disgusting.” He then told her, “You need to repent.”

The man continued, “A Christian is a Christ-follower. You’re not really following Christ. Without Christ, you’re going to a devil’s Hell. Did you know that? You’re being deceived, man, and I don’t want to be deceived. I’m worried for your soul.” He asked her repeatedly, “Do you know what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah?”

As he left, his camera scanned the stairs as he said, “This is not Christian. This is an abomination, and God is going to judge those people. It’s wrong. It’s wrong.”

Later that night, two unknown vandals recorded their visit to the church. One poured grey paint onto the steps and spread it with a paint roller. One vandal said, “F**k the LGBT.”

Soon after, Charlie Bakhos, a man who runs the Facebook page Christian Lives Matter, reposted the video. His post said the vandals were “superheroes” who were “adding their artistic touches to the church steps.”

Though the Sydney City Police Area Command is investigating the people behind the two videos, Facebook has previously removed content from the Christian Lives Matter Facebook group for violating the social network’s hate speech policies, The Guardian reported. The group also promoted an anti-LGBTQ+ speech late last month where a large mob physically assaulted a small group of pro-LGBTQ+ protestors. The mob shouted “Leave our kids alone!” and accused police of “protecting the pedophiles,” as the protestors fled by taxi.

The morning after the vandalism, February 25, the church quickly repainted the steps and then posted photos of them on Twitter. Church members then marched in the World Pride parade later that day, under a banner that said, “Rainbow Christians Together.”

‘Hate is never acceptable,” Uniting Church President Rev. Sharon Hollis said in a Facebook statement.

“A place of worship is a sacred space where all people should feel welcome and safe. I stand against these acts of vandalism and verbal attacks on Church members. We send our prayers and solidarity to Pitt Street Uniting Church in Sydney and to all LGBTIQA+ people of faith and their allies.”

Pitt Street Uniting Church’s Rev. Dr. Josephine Inkpin told Insights, “Such an attack is sad but not surprising and part of a range of harassments Pitt Street Uniting Church and fellow affirming Christians are enduring.”

“Pitt Street Uniting Church has met such opposition for years on our stand for various aspects of justice and the quick renewal of the rainbow is part of our strength and determination,” she continued. “We pray however that others may now see the need for more active affirmation in both church and world.”

An estimated 500,000 people participated in the World Pride events, and nearly 300 Pride attendees attended the church’s February 21 pancake breakfast event. The church also regularly holds interfaith events and intercultural events for trans people and people of color.

Watching Sunday morning shows and catching up on days of Joe.My.God news stories I have not been able to get to. I think some of the formatting dropped out on me so … the post is what it is. Hugs

GOP Works To Make It Harder For Students To Vote

TN Lawmakers Approve Snitch Line For Professors

 

Of course there is no racism in slavery based on race / skin color.   

TX Senate Approves Ban On “Harmful” Library Books

 

Yalma Cuder-Zicci  Sam_Handwich2 days ago

It’s Biblical. God didn’t want Adam and Eve to know anything and forbade them from “eating from the Tree of Knowledge”.

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SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad2 days ago

community values** are reflected in each school library catalog in the district

**Some exclusions apply

Gay, trans, Black, Muslim, non-Christian community member’s values will not be reflected – or even acknowledged.

Also, Missouri has out-uglied Texas.

In Missouri, the Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a budget that completely defunds public libraries. The move came in response to an ACLU lawsuit filed by the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association, challenging a recent law that bans certain books. The measure has led to the removal of over 300 books from school libraries — many with LGBTQ characters and social justice topics. Missouri Democrats have denounced GOP censorship

Gigi2 days ago

Do Texas lawmakers know about the Internet? Any books they say are “harmful” can be read or purchased online. Prohibitions don’t work.

Tell a kid they can’t do something and they’ll want to do it even more. My parents told me I couldn’t be gay. Look how that turned out.

 

Missouri AG Limits Gender-Affirming Care For Adults

For adults.   This is not about protecting children, it is about wiping out a group of people that the religious right doesn’t like.   It doesn’t fit their view of the world created by their god.  So the right doesn’t just live and let live, these religious right groups force everyone to live by their church doctrines.   Hugs

Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to restrict health care for transgender people weeks ago, when protesters rallied at the Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass a law banning puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for children. But the discussion was focused on minors, not adults.

Uncle Mark 2 days ago edited

Note how effortlessly the goalpost has shifted from saving harming minors to harming adults? Of course, as we here have always known, it was never about “protecting children.”

 

another_steve  Uncle Mark2 days ago

They’re testing the waters. Trans people are easy targets for the theofascists. I guarantee you that 80-90% of Americans know absolutely nothing about trans people, their lives and their challenges.

The theofascists’ ultimate target is the LGB community.

They see what other nations like Russia and Hungary are doing, and are envious.

IamSmartypants  Uncle Mark2 days ago

This is exactly what happened in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. Creeping restrictions on civil rights and criminalizing the existence of ‘suspect’ groups of people. We have to fight back and beat this before it spreads to other states.

TnCTampa 2 days ago

The federal government is going to have to intervene. They did it in the civil rights movement for black people and they are going to have to find their will and courage to do it again. These people mean us harm and will not stop

AyJayDee2 2 days ago

This has always been the goal – not “protecting children,” but eliminating trans people from society, with an eye toward eliminating gays, lesbians and bisexuals too. Trans people are just the easiest target, and going after them makes for an effective divide and conquer strategy if you can get homocons and TERFs on board.

Octoberfurst 2 days ago

Anyone with a working brain knew this was going to happen. Like other people have said, this whole “think of the children” BS was just a cover! Now they are coming after trans adults. After that they will come after gay rights! I guarantee it! I’m sure interracial marriage will be on the chopping block too. These fascists will stop at nothing to get the right wing theocracy they crave. We must fight these asshats tooth and nail!

Florida Rep: “Damn Right, We Ought To Erase” LGBTQs

Ross2 days ago

6,000 minors were killed or injured by guns in 2022.

Guns are the leading cause of death for minors.

Minors killed or injured by drag queens? ZERO.

And the GOP?

DRAG QUEENS ARE A DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Tory Rep: “All White Men Should Have Black Slaves”

The push for racism and white supremacy is making a worldwide comeback due to wealthy racist donors pushing such garbage.  Hugs

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SD Gov: I Gave My Toddler Granddaughter A Shotgun

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Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️2 days ago

Gov, Noem, on celebrating the diversity of the NRA.
“It’s not just a bunch of old white guys…”

(as the camera pans the audience applauding her statement)

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TnCTampa  Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️2 days ago

wonder where the big money going to the NRA is coming from

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DeSantis: Florida Had No “State Pride” Until I Was Gov

DeathSantis has made the state of Florida racist bigoted white supremacist religious right conservative maga paradise.   He has made minority rule of pushing hate and intolerance against anyone not following the maga Christian talking points.  It is not enough for these people to publicly live their maga Christian right hateful lives they demand they get to use those Christian maga conservative views against others, they feel entitled to attack those they feel are not following their church doctrines and they attack those that allow or are tolerant of others.  They feel that every one around them must act according to their regressive, backwards beliefs.    Hugs 

Harveyrabbit 🐱16 hours ago

Really? Looks like it’s been at least 20 years.

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Florida pride. https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.e… 

Many elected leaders like U.S. Sen. Rick Scott denounced the Nazi salutes, anti-Jewish slurs and Nazi regalia. On Monday, the governor did not condemn the demonstrators. Instead, he criticized Democrats.

Meanwhile, bomb threats forced the temporary closure of historically Black colleges and universities. Also, on the first day of Black History Month, DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court whether Black congressman Al Lawson’s district was unconstitutional. Lawson responded that the governor is race-baiting to build political points with his base.

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State Job Applications Demand Praise For Aunt Lydia

Aunt Lydia Axes Demand For Praise From Job Seekers

Boebert’s Teen Son Blows Off Car Accident Court Date

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WaPo: Thomas Reported Big Income From Defunct Firm

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Pro-KKK Former GOP Rep/Pastor Guilty Of Felony Theft