Christianists

The Meidas Touch reports: After getting smacked down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court yesterday after his attempt to fund a Catholic school using tax dollars, Schools Superintendent Ryan Walter announced today that from this day forward every public school in the state will be required to have a Bible in the classroom and teach from it. The white Christian nationalist …

“This fake Biden, you know, what’s he gonna be like when he shows up? If he shows up. I think it’s going to be more about what are the moderators going to do, how they’re going to set President Trump up, limit what he can say, mute his microphone, and really make it difficult for him. I think that’s going …

Via press release from hate group leader Monica Cole: Bounce Dryer Sheets’ commercials include a double entendre that is inappropriate and unnecessary. Foul language (or the implication of it) is not needed in this or any commercial, but that is obviously what Bounce intended with their play on words. The commercial mentions the insinuated but obvious profane “It’s the Sheet!” …

“What if, instead of us putting out all these fires in this library and in this school and in this county, what if we stopped it at the source? “What if we put together a bill that says, hey, guess what, if you’re involved in any kind of grooming … if you don’t tell mom and dad what Johnny and …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: President Joe Biden — who recently invoked commitments to a global governance organization as justification to foist abortion and the LGBTQ agenda on the developing world — has done “more damage to Christianity than anyone but the Devil,” a critic of the new policy told The Washington Stand. Biden recently took yet another …

Via press release from the Liberty Counsel: Reminiscent of proclamations to pray and fast by the Founders and past presidents during times of national concern, Governor Bill Lee has signed a resolution calling for 31 days of prayer and fasting in Tennessee beginning July 1, 2024. Tennessee House Joint Resolution 803 asks the state’s citizens to “seek God’s hand of …

The Colorado Sun reports: Conservative commentator and activist Jeff Crank, aided by $2.7 million in super PAC spending, overwhelmingly defeated Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams in the 5th District Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday. The El Paso County district is considered a Republican stronghold, so Crank is likely to win in November, too, replacing longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, …

The Guardian reports: Some prominent conservative lawmakers and commentators are advocating for ending no-fault divorce, laws that exist in all 50 US states and allow a person to end a marriage without having to prove a spouse did something wrong, like commit adultery or domestic violence. The socially conservative, and often religious, rightwing opponents of such divorce laws are arguing …

The Charleston Post & Courier reports: Sheri Biggs, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and Air National Guard Lt. Col., beat out Trump-endorsed pastor Mark Burns in South Carolina’s 3rd District Republican runoff June 25. Biggs narrowly beat Burns with 51 percent of the vote to his 49 percent, according to unofficial state election results that saw 55,173 votes cast. The runoff …

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court has closed the book on Josh Duggar’s child pornography case. The United States’ highest court denied the disgraced reality TV star’s appeal to his May 2022 sentencing, according to docket records viewed by USA TODAY. Duggar, who originally rose to fame on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” was arrested by the …

The New York Times reports: The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday what would have been the nation’s first religious charter school, delivering a setback to a conservative movement that has increasingly fought for public dollars to go toward religious education. The case is likely to be appealed, potentially pushing it toward the U.S. Supreme Court, whose conservative majority has …

The Christian Post reports: Former President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that he intended to reject a prominent evangelist’s request that he refrain from cursing during speeches. A clip of the speech shared on X shows the former president praising Franklin Graham as “a man I like,” adding that he admired him “so much” before recalling how “he …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: It’s been a long time since Americans could sit back and actually enjoy the month of June. It was always an insufferable four weeks, breathing in the rainbow-saturated air that fell heaviest across our favorite sports, stores, shows, and social media. But the most remarkable thing about this year’s Pride Month may be …

The Arizona Republic reports: Pastor Jeff Durbin of the Apologia Church in Mesa is the head of End Abortion Now, an organization he founded. He’s also preached election conspiracies and posted videos of himself outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 as well as commentary later sympathetic to those who eventually stormed the building. On Monday the Biden campaign …

The Associated Press reports: Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they contend is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of Louisiana public school children with various religious backgrounds, who are represented by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties …

NBC News reports: A Texas law that banned abortions in early pregnancy is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics found. Lawmakers passed Texas Senate Bill 8, or SB8, in September 2021. The state law banned abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early …

From the Family Research Council’s website: A proposed California state constitutional amendment’s attempt to broaden the definition of marriage to better align with LGBT ideology may lead to a landslide of disastrous consequences, experts say. Proposition 8 of the California Constitution defines marriage as something “between a man and a woman,” and the California court is currently considering a proposal …

“Abortion’s not healthcare. I find it really interesting, if not worse, that you wouldn’t support the change of the [Health and Human Services] department’s name to the Department of Life. I thought we were all in support of life. Why aren’t we talking about the people who are supporting legislation that abortion can happen until three days after the person’s …

The Guardian reports: Dan Patrick, Texas’s lieutenant governor, said on Friday he would pass Bill 1515 mandating the biblical stricture in all classrooms, in the next session of the state senate, the upper legislative chamber over which he presides. “SB 1515 will bring back this historical tradition of recognizing America’s heritage, and remind students all across Texas of the importance …

NBC News reports: Two decades before pastor Robert Morris publicly confessed last week to engaging in “sexual behavior” with a child and resigned from Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, his accuser had confronted him and sought compensation, according to copies of emails obtained by NBC News. Morris responded two weeks later. “Debbie and I really do care for you and …