Christianists

“I believe that when you honor God on Passover starting on April 12th at sundown through Good Friday on the 18th and concluding on Easter Sunday, you can receive these seven supernatural blessings. “For you and your house, according to Exodus 23, God will assign an angel to you, he’ll be an enemy to your enemies. He’ll give you prosperity, …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Republicans in the Legislature filed more than 80 bills that would affect LGBTQ Texans, including many focused on public schools that would impact students, teachers and staff. Republican lawmakers filed a range of bills to ban teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity, limit the ability of teachers and students to discuss sex and gender …

Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: Ken Paxton has announced the end of a foster care rule intended to protect children who identify as LGBTQ. On Friday, Texas Attorney General Paxton’s office announced that his office had defeated a rule requiring agencies to ensure foster care families support their child’s identity. “This is a tremendous victory for Texas families, parental rights, and …

Newsweek reports: Republican lawmakers in Arkansas have introduced a bill that would allow lawsuits against anyone who facilitates a minor’s social transition — including hairdressers and barbers who give gender-nonconforming haircuts, teachers who use a student’s chosen name that is different from their birth name and nonprofit organizations that offer support. House Bill 1668, known as the “Vulnerable Youth Protection …

Scamvangelist Jim Garlow writes: The White House Faith Office invited 14 of us to a private meeting for a discussion of some of our greatest national and international concerns. Following this, we were invited into the Oval Office by President Trump. This was not my first time to meet him. During the 2016 election, I had the high honor to …

The Dallas Observer reports: A freshly filed bill brings the topic of furries in Texas schools to the House. The bill, Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education Act, pet-named the F.U.R.R.I.E.S Act, would ban students from observing “non-human behaviors,” which include, but are not limited to, meowing, barking and hissing; wearing a tail, collar, or ears; and licking oneself …

“America is not a nation ‘built by immigrants.’ America was built by settlers. There’s a difference. Settlers ventured out into the wilderness to build a civilization from scratch. The modern immigrant comes to a place that is already built. Settlers planted the trees. The modern immigrant comes to eat the fruits. If you cannot see the difference, I don’t know …

Via press release from the Liberty Counsel: The Honorable Byron Donalds will be the keynote speaker at Liberty Counsel’s Annual Gala, A New Birth of Freedom, on Saturday, April 5 at 6 p.m. at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando. Erika Donalds, a former elected member of the Collier County School Board and advocate for high-quality school choice, will introduce her husband. …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued leaders of the Coppell Independent School District for allegedly flouting state restrictions on teaching “critical race theory” in public schools, based on an undercover video published by a conservative activist group. The school district has about 13,000 students, according to state data, most of whom are Asian and Hispanic. …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: In a particular teaser trailer for the forthcoming movie Shrek 5, the d-word is blatantly used without being bleeped. Universal Pictures apparently did not think bleeping out the profane d-word was necessary. Why would Universal or any film studio include foul language in a trailer for a children’s movie? At the very …

Courthouse News reports: A bill requiring the Ten Commandments be placed in every public school classroom passed the Texas Senate Wednesday by a 20-11 vote, setting the stage for debates in the state House and the courts over the use of Christian teachings and symbols in public education. With the highly motivated Christian elements of the Republican Party ascendant across …

RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST): “The left-wing media strikes again. This time, Vanity Fair accuses Donald Trump’s administration of being as anti-woman as Nazi Germany. Imagine being called anti-woman by the same people who want to call mothers inseminated persons. “And that’s not all: why do they consider Trump a Nazi? Because he wants to protect women and because he has a …

The Columbus Dispatch reports: Columbus City school board amended its religious release policy, preventing religious organizations like LifeWise Academy from distributing candy and other items to students and requiring them to complete background checks on religious instructors. Religious release time allows students to leave during the day for religious instruction, typically during an elective or lunch. LifeWise is one of …

“So you have the president as the commander-in-chief. You have the voters who elected him to set these policies and then some unelected random federal judge can just come along and say, ‘Nope. Sorry. You can’t do any of that. You know why you can’t do it? Because I personally don’t like it. I’m a judge. I personally think that …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Texas Senate on Tuesday advanced bills that would require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and allow districts to provide students with time to pray during school hours. Senators gave final approval to Senate Bill 11, the school prayer bill, on a 23-7 vote. It now heads to the Texas House for consideration. …

“I don’t love the Statue of Liberty. Can I say that? I like liberty. I like true liberty. I love America. I have a cigar company called Mayflower Cigars, which is, you know, about the founding of America. What does the Statue Of Liberty symbolize? What was it intended to symbolize? The Statue Of Liberty is a liberal enlightenment symbol. …

The Tennessee Lookout reports: The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to take up Senate Bill 936 Tuesday, a measure declaring it is state policy that only biological males and females exist in Tennessee, despite the presence of multiple transgender residents at legislative meetings. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Paul Rose of Covington, the bill contains a broad amendment requiring local governments …

Florida Politics reports: Municipal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are one step closer to elimination after the Senate Community Affairs committee moved Sen. Clay Yarborough’s legislation (SB 420) forward along party lines. The Jacksonville Republican’s bill would block local governments from passing DEI initiatives and make ones already in law illegal. It would also create a cause of action for …

The Associated Press reports: Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have passed a measure to protect conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths as part of a bill that also would outlaw the use of Medicaid funds to pay for gender-affirming health care for transgender Kentucky residents. Conversion therapy is the scientifically discredited practice of using therapy to “convert” LGBTQ+ people to heterosexuality or traditional …

The Associated Press reports: A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is expected to turn himself into Oklahoma authorities Monday on child sexual abuse charges. Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, his attorney, Mack Martin, told …