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Tony Perkins Panics Over Pro-Marriage GOP Senators

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: As time has gone on, Republicans seem to have gotten increasingly comfortable letting the court decide an issue they argued was rightly theirs. That shock was driven home Tuesday when 47 House members walked away from the party’s principles and platform to cast a vote for same-sex marriage. The list included a …

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Christian School Chain Accused Of Bilking Vets Of $7M

The Christian Post reports: A nonprofit organization called the House of Prayer, a chain of schools that students branded as a cult, has been accused of recruiting veterans and active service members and then bilking them out of more than $7 million in GI Bill benefits and disability checks to pay for Bible classes that were not accredited. On June …

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Graham: Pray For Jesus To Stop The “Evil” Marriage Bill

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: This week the U.S. House of Representatives passed the deceptively named “Respect for Marriage Act” in a 267-157 vote. If this bill becomes law, it would formally repeal the  Defense of Marriage Act—a law that was passed in 1996 defining marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman. While …

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Miami QAnon Extremists Force Purge Of Sex Ed Books

The Miami New Times reports: On Wednesday, July 20, following heated comments from advocates and opponents, the School Board of Miami-Dade County rejected two textbooks that have been at the center of a local controversy regarding sex education. Back on April 13, the board voted to approve the use of Comprehensive Health Skills for Middle School and Comprehensive Health Skills …

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Walgreens Staffer Refused To Sell Condoms To Woman On Religious Grounds, Company Says That’s Allowed

NBC News reports: A pair of shoppers at a Walgreens in Wisconsin said an employee refused to sell condoms to them on religious grounds — something Walgreens said is permitted under its policies. Nathan Pentz tweeted earlier this month that his partner, Jess, went to buy condoms at a store in Hayward because she forgot her birth control. He said …

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Southern Baptist Pastor Charged With Child Rape

The Greenville News reports: A former pastor of an Easley church is facing criminal sexual conduct charges involving a 13-year-old child, according to arrest warrants and court records. The charges against Tracy Darin Turner, former pastor of Trinity Point Church, were made months before the Southern Baptist Convention released a list of abusers and suspected abusers in its affiliated churches. …

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Washington Youth Pastor Charged With Child Rape

The Everett Herald reports: An Arlington youth pastor has been charged with two counts of third-degree child rape for accusations he abused a girl he met in a youth group. Kendal Kippen, 27, of Stanwood, worked at Jake’s House Church in 2017 and 2018, according to charging papers filed this month in Snohomish County Superior Court. His father is the …

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LGBTQ Rights Under Attack In Six Texas Lawsuits

The Dallas Morning News reports: In the wake of the toppling of Roe v. Wade and with Justice Clarence Thomas urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit rulings on gay sex and marriage, Texas is the stage for several lawsuits dealing with LGBT rights. Right now, a half dozen cases on everything from insurance coverage for HIV prevention to employment …

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GOP Rep Claims Birth Control Causes More Abortions

“Rather than work with us, Democrats again are spreading fear and misinformation to score political points. That opens the door further to extreme abortion-on-demand and their agenda. H.R. 8373 is a Trojan Horse for more abortions. “It should be called the ‘Payouts for Planned Parenthood Act!’ It would send more taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood.” – GOP Rep. Rep. Cathy …

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195 GOP Reps Vote Against Right To Contraceptives

The Huffington Post reports: The House passed the Right to Contraception Act on Thursday ― a bill that codifies the right to birth control and other contraceptives amid fears that the Supreme Court may come for that aspect of reproductive health care next after the high court repealed Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion rights last month. The bill passed …

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Pastor Bad Wig: The Proud Boys Were Only At The Riot To Pick Up Trash, They Were Told To Clean Up Garbage

“They had an FBI agent embedded in the Proud Boys who delivered a 60-page report that is available to the January 6th committee, exonerating, the Proud Boys from any involvement with January 6th. “In fact, they actually deescalated part of the conflict with police and their orders were to clean up the garbage and get out of the Capitol. “In …

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Panicked Brian Brown Melts Down Over Marriage Vote

Just in via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: I’m writing with terrible news. The US House of Representatives has just passed emergency legislation that is intended to impose same-sex marriage nationwide. We must urgently act to prevent the passage of this legislation in the Senate – the disingenuous “Respect for Marriage” Act. Please sign our petition immediately opposing …

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Pro-Confederacy Extremist Wins Maryland AG Primary

The Washington Post reports: Anthony G. Brown (D), a three-term congressman and two-term lieutenant governor under Martin O’Malley, defeated former judge Katy Curran O’Malley in Maryland’s Democratic primary election for attorney general. Brown will take on Michael Peroutka who defeated Jim Shalleck in the Republican primary. Peroutka ran on a conservative platform that highlighted five key issues including opposing abortion …

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Two TN Pastors Indicted For “Child Abuse By Torture”

Memphis’s NBC News affiliate reports: Two pastors and a child’s mother were indicted on charges of child abuse years after it was reported. The alleged abuse was reported in October 2018. At the time, the then-8-year-old girl was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and examined. The results found severe bruising and swelling as well as scars and whip marks. …

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Anti-Gay Youth Pastor Gets 10 Years For Molesting Boys

Huntsville’s CBS affiliate reports: A former Florence pastor who admitted to having inappropriate relationships with young boys in a pulpit confession has been sentenced, according to the Lauderdale District Attorney’s Office. John Thomas Martin pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree sexual abuse on June 23, 2022. He was sentenced to serve 10 years in the Department of Corrections on …

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Walker Claims He Nearly Murdered Man In Road Rage Incident But Man’s Jesus Bumper Sticker Stopped Him

“I worked for law enforcement, y’all didn’t know that either? I spent time at Quantico at the FBI training school. Y’all didn’t know I was an agent?  “I grab my gun. I say, ‘I will kill him.’ Herschel Walker, won the Heisman Trophy. ‘I’m going to kill him.’ “I got in the David, one of my many, I took off …

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Hate Pastor Accused Of Embezzlement, Assaulting Wife

The Christian Post reports: Caleb Snodgrass, an elder at Fellowship Baptist Church who has been serving in that role for approximately four years, told The Christian Post in an interview Friday that the church was told on June 5 by Jordan Hall’s wife, Mandy, that he physically abused her and her son. After the incident, she reportedly kicked him out …

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Christian Extremist May Become Maryland AG Nominee

Vice News reports: Michael Peroutka thinks American leaders must “take a biblical worldview and apply it to civil law and government.” He’s a former board member of the neo-Confederate League of the South, has said he’s “still angry” that Maryland was blocked from seceding during the Civil War. He thinks public education is a communist plot, says laws protecting abortion …

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Betsy DeVos Calls For Abolishing Dept Of Education

The Florida Phoenix reports: Former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, appointed by former president Donald Trump, told conservative activists in Tampa Saturday that the federal Education Department should be abolished, leaving education decisions to state and local boards. “I personally think the Department of Education should not exist,” said DeVos, author of a recent book called “Hostages No More” …

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Fired Anti-Abortion Flight Attendant Awarded $5.1M

The Associated Press reports: A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was fired after sparring with her union president over abortion and other issues won a $5.1 million jury verdict against the airline and the union. If it stands, Charlene Carter could collect $4.15 million from Southwest and $950,000 from Local 556 of the Transport Workers Union, mostly in punitive …

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