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ABC News reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom that matches their gender identity, the first of several states expected to enact such bans this year amid a flood of bills nationwide targeting the trans community. The bill signed by the Republican governor makes Arkansas the …

“If the person is struggling with some of those behaviors and desires, we want to insert government and say to the counselor or therapist, you cannot try to tell him that what he’s doing isn’t right. You must reinforce his behavior. “To a certain degree, you almost believe you know that these minors are being groomed for pedophilia. In other …

Posted yesterday to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: We need to pray for our country and where it is headed. The left in Washington and across the country just can’t get their fill of attacking Donald Trump. They are so paranoid of him. The onslaught against him is continual. There’s no question, the media and the left manipulated the last election, …

Fox News reports: Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a new bill into law allowing a pro-life monument to be installed near the state Capitol to remember the lives lost to abortion. The privately-funded “monument to the unborn” would mark the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, a …

The Houston Chronicle reports: A Houston area doctor and prominent GOP activist was kicked out of a Texas State Senate session on Thursday after he insisted upon calling all transgender people and their supporters ‘pedophiles.’ Video captured an escalating exchange between Democratic Sen. José Menéndez and Houston M.D. and Republican backer Steven Hotze. “Doctor Hotze, I know you’re a medical …

The New York Times reports: Wyoming on Friday night became the first state to ban the use of abortion pills, adding momentum to a growing push by conservative states and anti-abortion groups to target medication abortion, the method now used in a majority of pregnancy terminations in the United States. Medication abortion is already outlawed in states that have total …

Via email from the Family Research Council: This week, 17 Senate Democrats released a series of letters harassing major pharmaceutical chains about their plans to sell chemical abortion drugs. In one letter, the senators applied pressure to Walgreens, criticizing the corporation for doing “the disservice of adding to” what they call “great confusion about abortion access.” The letter critiques Walgreens …

Little Rock’s NPR affiliate reports: A bill to create a monument to “unborn children aborted” on the State Capitol grounds will now be signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders after it returned to the Senate for final approval. Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, became emotional when she explained her reasons for supporting the bill. “It was a holocaust in …

The Associated Press reports: A proposed six-week abortion ban received overwhelming approval from a Florida House committee Thursday as even Democrats acknowledged there’s nothing they can do to stop it from eventually becoming law. The proposal is moving along while a 15-week abortion ban signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year is still being challenged. The new …

Posted today to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Governor Ron DeSantis doesn’t mess around. He’s revoking the liquor license of a major Miami hotel because they hosted a drag queen show with children present, even after being warned. The Governor’s office stated “Sexually explicit content is not appropriate to display to children and doing so violates Florida law. Governor DeSantis stands …

The Fort Worth Weekly reports: Kara Cunningham says that, “ironically,” she “just didn’t want to get him fired.” The 34-year-old mother of two is talking about Everett Trost. The man she claims impregnated her last winter served as her direct supervisor at Patriot Mobile, the multi-million-dollar Grapevine cell phone company and PAC aligned with far-right causes. Patriot Mobile asserted its …

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: The Sumner County Library Board voted 4-3 on Wednesday to terminate Hendersonville Public Library director Allan Morales. Morales lost his job because of viral accusations by actor and author Kirk Cameron, former swimmer Riley Gaines and “Duck Dynasty” personality Missy Robertson. Cameron held a children’s reading event last month at the Hendersonville Library and publicly accused …

The New York Times reports: In Florida, textbooks have become hot politics, part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign against what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools, particularly when it comes to race and gender. Last year, his administration made a splash when it rejected dozens of math textbooks, citing “prohibited topics.” Now, the state is reviewing curriculum in …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Carter’s, Inc., the national children’s clothing brand, is now selling gay pride clothing and accessories for infants and toddlers, furtively advocating for the LGBTQ lifestyle. Carter’s rainbow themed T-shirts and pajamas for toddlers and onesies for babies are part of its gay pride marketing campaign. The toddler T-shirt designs include “Happy Pride,” …

The New Republic reports: A just society would not allow teachers to hit disabled kids at school. Sounds reasonable enough, right? Well, Oklahoma Republicans disagree. On Tuesday, the Oklahoma House, in which Republicans have a supermajority, voted against House Bill 1028, which would have outlawed school district personnel from “using corporal punishment on any student identified with a disability in …

The Washington Post reports: The federal judge who could upend access to a widely used abortion medication pressed government lawyers in a hearing Wednesday about the safety and approval process for the drug, which has been on the market in the U.S. for more than two decades. While the antiabortion group challenging the drug acknowledged there is no precedent for …

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: HB 470 would forbid Kentucky schools from discussing sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression – a key component of “Don’t Say Gay” bills popping up across the country. Schools also would not be allowed to offer instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases before sixth grade. Senate Bill 150, the sole “parents’ rights”-style bill …

The Associated Press reports: The state’s Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board barred conversion therapy in December. A month later, the Legislature’s Republican-controlled rules committee voted to temporarily suspend the ban. Republicans brought a bill to the Assembly floor Tuesday that would prohibit the board from enacting any future conversion therapy bans. The GOP opted …

“You can build your life on sand and be woke, it will fall. You can build your church on woke, it’s gonna fall. Or you can build it on the rock, which is the kingdom of God. “And it will stand no matter what happens – winds, floods, rain, egg prices, inflation, a fake administration – 46 that does not …

The Washington Post reports: The Texas judge who could undo government approval of a key abortion drug has scheduled the first hearing in the case for Wednesday but took unusual steps to keep it from being publicized, according to people familiar with the plans. The hearing will be an opportunity for lawyers for the Justice Department, the company that makes …