Christianists

The New York Times reports: In late April, the Heritage Foundation dispatched a team to Israel to meet with power players in Israeli politics, including the country’s foreign and defense secretaries and the U.S. ambassador, Mike Huckabee. The conservative Washington-based think tank is best known for spearheading Project 2025, a proposed blueprint for President Trump’s second term that called for …

NBC News reports: More than two dozen Ohio lawmakers are supporting a bill that would designate the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day “Natural Family Month.” Though the bill, introduced by Republican state Reps. Josh Williams and Beth Lear [photo], doesn’t define “natural family” in its text, critics say it is intended to exclude LGBTQ families and promote marriage …

Oklahoma City’s NBC affiliate reports: Superintendent Ryan Walters called the media late Thursday for a Friday morning press conference after lawmakers rejected several of his budget requests. The agreed-upon budget from lawmakers this week had the Oklahoma State Department of Education realize they wouldn’t get $3 million for “Bibles in every classroom” and $500,000 for concealed carry training, among other …

RYAN WALTERS: “President Trump should have won the 2020 election. You know, you look at things like the ballot dumps. You look at the mail-in ballots. You look at the voter fraud. We want them [Oklahoma students] to look at data, look at statistics, and come to their own conclusion.” FOX HOST KEVIN CORKE: “Ah, come to their own conclusion. …

“We’re all grateful for a bunch of the stuff that the Trump administration has done and the balls that they’ve carried down the field. But there’s a bunch that they’ve just absolutely fumbled and are totally blowing. “At a practical level, there’s evangelicals in the Trump administration and the environment they’re in is one that wants to say, ‘Hey, we’re …

Truthout reports: Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — a far-right federal judge in the Northern District of Texas with a record of aligning with the GOP’s most extreme legal positions — has issued a ruling declaring that Title VII no longer protects LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination. The decision directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s landmark 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, …

The CBC reports: The Calgary pastor known for protesting at children’s library events is back in jail after he was arrested and accused of breaching the house arrest condition of his sentence. On April 10, Derek Reimer protested on the steps of the Calgary courthouse with supporters about 90 minutes before an appeal in one of his cases was set …

The Associated Press reports: Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest. The newly proposed constitutional amendment would go back to voters in November 2026, or sooner, if Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe calls …

The Christian Post reports: Jim Bakker, the controversial televangelist best known for his disgraced 1980s Christian media empire, is warning his supporters he could lose his ministry and his home if he doesn’t raise $1 million soon. The 85-year-old Bakker, joined by co-hosts Mondo De La Vega and Ricky Bakker, framed the plea within a discussion of biblical End Times …

“My opinion is that I think he was selected as a check to American power and to create division at home for the Trump administration, making it more difficult for him. Unlike – and you’ll know this reference – Pope John Paul, who worked very closely with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to really reshape the geopolitical order globally.” – …

Via press release from the ACLU: In an important win for free speech and the LGBTQ+ community, a federal court today granted a preliminary injunction in favor of Naples Pride, clearing the way for the organization to once again host a family-friendly drag performance on the mainstage of a public park during its annual Pridefest celebration. In a decisive 49-page …

The Associated Press reports: House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education. The proposal, part of a budget reconciliation bill released Monday, would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda of establishing “universal …

“This is a very easy one for my friend, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi. Very easy. They went after American patriots for peacefully walking into the United States Capitol building, nonviolently, while being invited, while doors were opened, and they stayed within the lanes, the little rope lines. “These are members of Congress that stormed into a federal ICE facility …

The Christian Post reports: A bill seeking to allow Texas public and charter schools to hold voluntary prayer and readings of religious texts has stalled after lawmakers failed to take action on the legislation. The House Committee on State Affairs grappled with Senate Bill 11, which would allow school boards to decide whether to carve out time for private prayer …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: One Million Moms has received numerous complaints regarding the new ad campaign from Arm & Hammer Laundry. The commercial features Meghan Trainor launching the new Power Sheets laundry detergent. Unfortunately, it also features a “Get Your Sheet Together” slogan. Foul language (or implication of it) is unnecessary in this or any advertisement. …

The Christian Post reports: “Every Easter, the Lord will take me to Hell. Not my choice. He wants to do it and I don’t like it. The Lord allowed me to sit in front of demons and ask them questions,” Vineyard Church’s Micah Turnbo claimed in a May 3 episode of his podcast. “I’m with God. You know, the Father, …

The Associated Press reports: An appeals court on Friday blocked a federal judge’s order that three attorneys for Southwest Airlines get religious liberty training from a conservative advocacy group, saying the judge likely exceeded his authority.  Three judges with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans put the training order on hold while appeals are pursued. The …

Just in via press release: U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act today to clarify the legal definition of “obscenity” for all states, making the transmission of obscene content across state lines more easily prosecuted. U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) is the bill’s co-lead in the House of Representatives. “Obscenity isn’t protected by the First Amendment, …

“I have very little optimism about about him being as pope. But I have no concern whatsoever that he’s going to change the character of the Catholic Church. 2000 years, you know, when you’ve had some of the worst scoundrels known to man as pope and they didn’t change and they didn’t corrupt the church, he’s not going to. “Nothing …

Florida Politics reports: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just sued Orlando-based Marriott Vacations Worldwide over allegations of religious discrimination. The federal agency said the timeshare business violated federal law when it denied a sales executive’s request not to work on Saturdays in observance of the Sabbath. The employee is a Seventh-Day Adventist. “Employers need to remember that religious …