Category: Religion / Religious / Theocracy
Let’s talk about Ted Cruz and marriage…
Christofascists Want to Overthrow U.S. Democracy to Install a Theocracy
Trump Judge Temporarily Blocks LGBTQ Protections
The New York Times reports:
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing directives that extended civil rights protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and workers. The ruling comes roughly one year after a group of 20 conservative state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against two federal agencies for their interpretation of the 1972 landmark civil rights statute known as Title IX.
The lawsuit filed by Herbert H. Slatery III, the attorney general of Tennessee, and joined by 19 other states contended that the government infringed on states’ powers to regulate their public workplaces and schools. The judge, Charles E. Atchley Jr. of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, an appointee of former President Donald J. Trump, sided with the plaintiffs.
Because cruelty is the point
It is just the beginning…
Inconsistent with Bostock..
Kelly Lape Houndentenor • 16 minutes ago
step by step, inch by inch… a single domino falls and the topple begins.
Another white conservative pushing the agenda of the minority.
Harm: the GQP’s sole policy.
My hubby and I live in Central Florida and we have already begun talking about moving to a much bluer state where we will be protected and welcomed.
I will never forget the word of a Justice Department Attorney telling me on the phone, that he wasn’t going to WASTE Tax dollars on holding those accountable for taking down our US mailbox to harass us. He also told me I had not Civil Rights. This was in the late 80’s
When are these fucks going to realize that every aspect of being a good citizen is expected of us, including paying for admission to a private club we can never enter. Like paying for groceries we can’t eat.
As they do it with such ease.
Hate is not a victimless crime
The feds did it because you wouldn’t. Basic human rights should never depend upon which side of the state line you’re on.
It’s fascinating to me that the same red states which demand the authority to self-govern without having to follow federal directives are the same states which prevent county and local governments from self-governing in ways which deviate from how the state officials want them to behave.
Red governors issued directives prohibiting cities from enacting COVID mask requirements. Red governors issued bans on local restroom ordinances which supported gender identifies. Red governors prevented cities from enacting local bans on fracking and drilling. Etc, etc.
David Gervais Buford • an hour ago
Note also that they have no problem taking federal money but object to the federal laws and financial oversight that come with the money.
I fear we’re going back 30 years on LGBT protections and marriage equality. I see 1/2 the country banning all forms of abortions and contraception, books, gays, women in the work place while of breeding age.
Just the start of our rights being taken away. We will see how our families and friends actually support us. Are they really allies? Watch how they vote. Mine family voted for the orange turd because of Clinton’s pro choice position.
Imagine TWENTY AG’s, so filled with hatred toward their lgbt residents, that they sue the government so they can discriminate and harm those residents! That’s sick!
Mother Tells Harrowing Story To Get Her Teenage Daughter An Abortion
Leftists Must Differentiate Between Christians And Christian Extremists When Talking About Religion
Lobbying Group Rebrands As A Church To Hide Their Corruption
Read more HERE: https://www.rawstory.com/family-resea…
“The Family Research Council’s multimillion-dollar headquarters sit on G Street in Washington, D.C., just steps from the U.S. Capitol and the White House, a spot ideally situated for its work as a right-wing policy think tank and political pressure group.
From its perch at the heart of the nation’s capital, the FRC has pushed for legislation banning gender-affirming surgery; filed amicus briefs supporting the overturning of Roe v. Wade; and advocated for religious exemptions to civil rights laws. Its longtime head, a former state lawmaker and ordained minister named Tony Perkins, claims credit for pushing the Republican platform rightward over the past two decades.
What is the FRC? Its website sums up the answer to this question in 63 words: “A nonprofit research and educational organization dedicated to articulating and advancing a family-centered philosophy of public life. In addition to providing policy research and analysis for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, FRC seeks to inform the news media, the academic community, business leaders, and the general public about family issues that affect the nation from a biblical worldview.”
In the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service, though, it is also a church, with Perkins as its religious leader.” ***
QAnon/GOP Senate Candidate Charged With Filing False Report Of Child Trafficking At Maryland Adult Bookstore
The republicans of today have no decency or sense of decorum. They don’t live in reality, they make stuff up and lie as well as they breath. They are gang thugs who think winning at any cost is the goal. If it harms those they don’t like that is a plus benefit for them. We can not let these people take over the government, we must vote Democrat in the midterm elections no matter what. We have to have a functioning government for the people, not an oligarchy that uses government to produce their profit at the expense of the public. Hugs
Baltimore’s CBS affiliate reports:
Ryan Dark White, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland under the name Jon McGreevey, has been arrested and charged with filing a false report after he allegedly told law enforcement an adult bookstore in Edgewood was forcing a young girl to perform sex acts on men, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said.
The sheriff’s office now says the story was made up. “It is shameful that a candidate for public office would make up such a story and use it to further his own political agenda,” said Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler.
In April, a tipster provided information to detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office that a man and a young girl between, 10-12 years old, entered an adult bookstore in the 3000 block of Pulaski Highway and the child was forced to perform sex acts on male customers, police said.
Law & Crime reports:
Sheriff Gahler added, “It is even more appalling that another individual, who is running for a law enforcement position, would embrace such an obviously false narrative in an effort to gain political traction – nothing more.” This swipe is apparently aimed at Andy Kuhl, who is running for Baltimore County sheriff as a Republican.
Kuhl told Law&Crime in an email that in his opinion, this was as political smear campaign against White–whom he called McGreevey–ahead of the upcoming primary.
In a statement, he called him a credible informant, told Law&Crime he showed up to the July 7 interview unannounced on White’s behalf, and accused detectives of strange behavior, such as messages about there being good news in the case. He told Law&Crime on the phone that he did not respond to those messages.
White/McGreevey reportedly told police that he was working at the bookstore as part of an undercover drug sting. That’s him with Kuhl in the video below.
“It is shameful that a candidate for public office would make up such a story and use it to further his own political agenda,” said Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler.
Welcome to the New Republican Party.
Todd20036 K Elmquist • 12 hours ago
It’s not new, just the hoods are off
teeveedub K Elmquist • 11 hours ago
Making up stories to further their political agenda is all the Republicon party has. It’s their brand. This scumbag is just aligning himself with the party’s core values.
Soooo, he was caught at the bookstore and made up this crazy story to make himself look like a kristjun?
“White/McGreevey reportedly told police that he was working at the bookstore as part of an undercover drug sting.”
Cops and politicians are always hassling that bookstore. (Or so I’ve been told)
It is okay for Republicans to go around with two names, the one they have on official records and one they chose for themselves, a nickname or whatever they’re more comfortable using.
A trans person choosing a name for themselves?
Oh, no that can’t be allowed. It would be “confusing”. It goes against someone else’s religious beliefs. I’ve even seen it said that trans people changing their names snarls up the legal system, somehow making it impossible to conduct a complete criminal background check if or when necessary to do so..
MTG: Non-Biological Parents Are “Fake Mom And Dad”
“So let’s talk about children. Children are in the greatest danger in America today because traditional family values are being destroyed.
“The idea that mom and dad together – not fake mom and fake dad, but biological mom and biological dad – can raise their children together and do what’s right for their children.
“Raising them to be confident in who they are and in their identity. Their identity that they’re a child by God.” – Marjorie Taylor Greene, speaking to far-right troll Alex Stein.
Stein first appeared on JMG in March 2022 for a deranged “assassinate Putin” rap before a Texas city council.
This week he made headlines for sexually harassing AOC on the steps of the Capitol. Since then he’s been rewarded with appearances on many right wing shows and podcasts. Like Greene, Stein is a COVID denialist.
I’m adopted. They made it clear to me as soon as I was able to understand that I was adopted.
Not like it wasn’t obvious… I’m brown, they were very white.
They were not Fake in any way.
Phil in Colorado KaneHau • 7 hours ago
I had a well-meaning co-worker who knew that I was married to a guy and had just adopted a baby who was mixed race. She asked if we were going to tell him he was adopted. I just looked at her until the light bulb came on. 🙂
cheakamus KaneHau • 5 hours ago
And above all, they chose you!
Caitlyn Haiku KaneHau • 4 hours ago
Actual family is based on who you care about and who cares about you, not who you might be biologically related to.
Wait, don’t these wackos insist that outlawing abortion is fine because women can just give up said babies for adoption?
This!!! It’s like they don’t even listen to their own damn arguments. Christ they piss me off!!
amy cuscuriae Sarah • 7 hours ago
But those children created in sin must bear that for the rest of their lives: bastards. /s
That’s what they say. What they really want is to punish both the mother and the child for the mother’s sinful act.
Mark Cross • 7 hours ago • edited
So…stepparents, foster parents, and adoptive parents are fakes.
And of course, that makes the Virgin Mary’s Joseph a fake dad too.
When I think of fake dads, I’m more inclined to think of a Herschel Walker kind of dad that plays no role in their child’s life.
I’m sure there are parents–re-married widows and widowers, divorced and re-married, parents of adopted children, and a dozen other combinations of parents who are not biological–who would be happy to disagree with you, Marge. This is why you sound like such an idiot when you speak, dear.
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