Christianists

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: A recent fundraising letter from the political action arm of the Family Research Council openly describes its legislative attack on access to health care for transgender youth as a political strategy designed to secure conservative electoral victories in 2022. The letter and its accompanying “fact sheet” on the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) …

The La Crosse Tribune reports: The Diocese of La Crosse announced Friday that it was removing a controversial La Crosse priest from his role as pastor. Father James Altman will no longer serve as pastor of St. James the Less, a Catholic church on La Crosse’s north side, after he delivered a slew of political messaging and misinformation. In May, …

Fox News has the transcript: I’m glad that this is an issue, and I want to urge all the viewers to go out and buy “No Trespassing” signs at the local hardware store – “No solicitor” signs. Affix them to your front doors, put them right out by your front stoop, end of your driveway, because the government has zero …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Dear Joe — For years, we have warned that gay activists are intent on pushing their radical agenda on children at the earliest ages possible. The radicals always denied this, but we frequently and consistently exposed exactly what they were doing. Now there is a shocking and revolting admission by a gay …

Politico reports: A former GOP staffer and Republican National Committee aide pleaded guilty Friday to a child pornography charge and is facing 12 years or more in prison under a plea deal with prosecutors. Ruben Verastigui, 27, entered the guilty plea from jail during a video conference. Verastigui admitted to possession of 152 videos and 50 images of child pornography …

West Virginia Metro News reports: A West Virginia delegate who sponsored a bill forbidding the teaching of sexuality in public schools went viral on social media with a video of an explicit discussion of advice for women receiving oral sex. Delegate Joe Jeffries, R-Putnam, posted the video on Tiktok, a social media platform popular among youth that features short-form videos. …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: A Bible-themed attraction in Kentucky that features a 510-foot-long wooden Noah’s ark is planning to begin fundraising for an expansion. The Ark Encounter said Wednesday that it would take about three years to research, plan and build a “Tower of Babel” attraction on the park’s grounds in Northern Kentucky. A release from the Ark Encounter park …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: In a shocking announcement, Joe Biden is threatening to send federal agents door to door to coerce citizens into receiving a COVID shot. The teams deployed by the White House will be composed of officials from the CDC, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), and other federal health agencies. White House …

The Christian Post reports: A former employee of Liberty University has filed a lawsuit seeking over $8 million from the Lynchburg, Virginia-based evangelical Christian school, claiming racial discrimination. Kelvin Edwards, a former NFL player, filed a lawsuit against Liberty on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Edwards accused Liberty of violating Title VII of …

Michael Brown writes for the Christian Post: According to a headline on the popular gay atheist blogsite, Joe My God, “Hobby Lobby Goes Full Dominionist In July 4th Ad.” A viral tweet claimed, “Hobby lobby took out a full page ad in the Register-Guard this morning. Talking about how America should only be led by Christians. Absolutely frightening.” I do …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Hobby Lobby is being attacked for running some beautiful full-page newspaper ads on July 4. The ad was titled “One Nation Under God” and included the Bible verse, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12). These positive advertisements have outraged enemies of God’s Word such as the Freedom from Religion …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Gay Pride month has come to an end. BBC reported last week “Pride has gone mainstream.” This is an entire month set aside to celebrate a lifestyle that God defines as sin. It’s like setting a month aside to celebrate lying, adultery, or murder (which includes abortion), or anything else that God says is …

Snopes reports: On July 4, 2021, Hobby Lobby began to trend on Twitter after the company placed an ad in multiple newspapers across the country that promoted Christian ideals. The top of the ad read: “One Nation Under God.” The company uploaded a PDF of the ad to its website, tweeted about it, and posted it on the Hobby Lobby …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: It is so disappointing that our government would fall for this kind of absurdity. They are now going to add a third possible gender option for people applying for a passport who don’t want to identify as a man or a woman. This administration seems to have declared war on common sense, and they …

Fox News reports: The defendant in the Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington State case, along with her attorney, joined “Special Report” on Friday to react after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, in which floral artist Barronelle Stutzman was sued by Washington State Democratic Attorney Gen. Bob Ferguson and the ACLU after she refused services to a gay …

Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear an appeal by a florist fined by Washington state for refusing to make a flower arrangement for a same-sex wedding due to her Christian beliefs, sidestepping another major case pitting gay rights against religious liberty. After ruling in 2018 in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make …

Reuters reports: A pledge by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban LGBT conversion therapy has been delayed until at least September, after an attempt to recall the Senate over the summer to deal with the bill failed late on Tuesday. Canada’s Senate, or upper chamber, held special sittings earlier this week to deal with a raft of bills passed …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Dear Joe — Sometimes I feel like grabbing my head and pulling out my hair. That’s what I feel like right now as I watch all the challenges to our beliefs and values that are coming, one after the other. One, the deadly Equality Act legislation that would impose so much of …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: After just five months of the Biden-Harris administration, many concerned citizens are wondering: What will America look like after four full years of this mess? Your response right now — before FRC’s critical fiscal year deadline at midnight tonight — could determine the answer. Biden promised to unite America. Apparently, his guiding …

The New York Post reports: The Duggars are done. TLC, the network that aired the various iterations of “19 Kids and Counting” and the follow-up show “Counting On,” has dropped the Duggar family following Josh’s arrest on child porn charges. “TLC will not be producing additional seasons of ‘Counting On,’ ” the network said in a statement to The Post. …