Christianists

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: The San Francisco archbishop issued a notice Friday that he would no longer allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion, an escalation of his feud with the Catholic Democrat over abortion politics. In a public notification to Pelosi, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone wrote that he had warned Pelosi in April that she must either repudiate …

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump’s pick for a Michigan state Senate seat is promising to ban all birth control if she gets the chance. “I guess we have to ask ourselves, would that ever come to a vote in the Michigan state legislature? And if it should, I would have to side with it should not be legal,” Republican …

“The bible says they are to be put to death. That’s what’s being taught. So it’s your fault, Mr. ‘I’m gonna go down to the voting box and vote for every Republican because they’re Christians.’ “So it your fault. Let me ask you, pal. Let me ask you, Mr. Mocker. Mr. ‘I got a big ole Donald Trump flag out …

CBS News reports: A Los Angeles man is facing charges after he and a group of others allegedly “invaded a health care clinic and stalked a doctor who provides health care, including abortions, to women,” the San Francisco District Attorney’s office announced Thursday. Aaron Jonathan Hurley is a leader of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, an anti-abortion rights group. Hurley is charged …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Fisher-Price recently announced its launch of the Little People Collector RuPaul figure set which includes three dolls. These three-inch dolls resemble RuPaul from RuPaul’s Drag Race. The dolls promote cross dressing and glorify the drag queen lifestyle. Fisher-Price has actually created a toy that glorifies gender inclusivity and ignores one’s biological sex. …

From the Facebook page of Virginia Del. Tim Anderson: I am pleased to announce a major legal victory. Today, the Virginia Beach Circuit Court has found probable cause that the books Gender Queer and a Court of Mist and Fury are obscene to unrestricted viewing by minors. My client, Tommy Altman, has now directed my office to seek a restraining …

Salon reports: “In places like Washington D.C.,” fetuses are “burned to power the lights of the city’s homes and streets,” claimed Catherine Glenn Foster, who had, just minutes before, sworn not to lie under oath. The GOP-summoned witness let loose the wild and utterly false accusation that municipal electrical companies are powered by incinerated fetuses. “The next time you turn …

“The First Amendment right, which is our right to worship Jesus freely, that’s how we have a country. That’s how we have Georgia. That’s how we have – our founding fathers came over here and destroyed American Indians’ homes and their land. “They took it. Look at what they did to Native Americans for sacrifice. For us to have the …

The New York Times reports: The Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval on Thursday to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law. The bill is modeled on one that took effect in Texas in September, which has relied on civilian instead of criminal enforcement to work around court challenges. …

ABC News reports: One of the oldest Catholic dioceses in the United States announced a settlement agreement Tuesday to resolve a bankruptcy case in New Mexico that resulted from a clergy sex abuse scandal. The tentative deal totals $121.5 million and would involve about 375 claimants. “The church takes very seriously its responsibility to see the survivors of sexual abuse …

Reuters reports: A family counselor on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to strike down a Washington state law banning so-called conversion therapy for minors, a practice that seeks to change a patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity, arguing it violated his right to free speech. Roger Brooks of the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, representing counselor Brian Tingley …

The Washington Post today published a deep dive into the creepy Christian nationalism driving Pennsylvania’s leading Republican/QAnon candidates. An excerpt: “The forces of darkness are hitting us really hard right now,” [gubernatorial candidate Doug] Mastriano told a few hundred people last month at a church parking lot rally in Pennsburg. “We’re going to bring the state back to righteousness, this …

Religion News Service reports: A Montana Baptist pastor who has spent years warning that liberals were taking over the Southern Baptist Convention and evangelical churches, was arrested on DUI and weapons charges. Jordan Daniel “J.D.” Hall, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana, and publisher of the online Christian polemics site Protestia, was arrested on May 11 after a …

The Detroit Press reports: The mother of a west Michigan teenager is suing Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital for officials’ decision to require the girl be vaccinated before receiving a kidney transplant. The teen’s adoptive parents are arguing the hospital’s requirement violates their religious beliefs, although a medical expert said the transplant puts her at greater risk of death from infectious …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: I’m traveling overseas, but my heart breaks for the families who lost loved ones due to the wicked acts of violence that took place in Buffalo. Sociologists and politicians are at a loss as to what to do about all of the violence. This world has a disease problem—our hearts are diseased with …

Media Matters has the transcript: MATT WALSH (HOST): Because although this — I was going to call him a kid but he’s 18 years-old — this man’s ideology is a mess — he’s, again, a lunatic — all over the place, he does mention the so-called great replacement theory. And this is what they’re trying to hang around the neck …

Politico reports: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Sunday acknowledged concerns that his state’s strict new law on abortion could be circumvented on tribal lands within the state. Stitt was discussing that new law in the context of a 2020 Supreme Court ruling, McGirt v. Oklahoma, that held that crimes committed on tribal lands cannot be prosecuted by state or local …

From Christian Post columnist Larry Tomczak: Parents and pastors, beware! The eagerly anticipated Disney “Toy Story” spinoff debuting in theaters this June centers on kid-favorite Buzz Lightyear and his new space partner, Alicia, a lovable lesbian who “marries” her queer partner and greets her with a kiss on the lips as they start their family. Satan’s servants use euphemisms to …

“First of all, vote for Rachel Hamm. Second thing is, let’s pray. Let’s pray for several things. Let’s pray that if they steal votes in machines, the votes are flipped back. “Let’s pray that if they create fraudulent ballots, they’re incinerated. Let’s ask the angels to go burn then up. No fake ballots. “If people who are not American citizens …

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: A homework assignment given to several middle-schoolers at Christian Academy of Louisville encourages students to persuade an imaginary friend to reject homosexuality. The assignment, which was due Thursday, came to the light Friday, when JP Davis, a Kentucky-based business owner, posted screenshots of the assignment on social media. CAL officials confirmed the assignment late Friday afternoon. …