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Florida Politics reports: A “heartbeat” bill filed in the Senate could impose one of the strictest laws against abortion in the country. SB 300, filed by Fort Pierce Republican Sen. Erin Grall, would ban doctors from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the sixth week of gestation. This would represent a change from the current 15-week threshold, …

Via email from the Family Research Council: The political battle to defend natural marriage is far from over in the nation’s heartland, as Iowa legislators have introduced two bills that would expunge same-sex marriage from state law and declare a national law redefining marriage “null and void.” The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Brad Sherman (R) felt moved to introduce the bill …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Joe Biden has got to be stopped. The WHO is meeting this week with several more drafting meetings scheduled to finalize its shocking plan to consolidate global power. And Joe Biden is pushing hard to place America under the WHO. If Biden is not stopped, the director-general of the WHO will become …

Media Matters has the transcript: I hear from parents all the time, just these horror stories of, you know, I raised my kid, I did everything right. I even homeschooled. I did, whatever. And then one day my daughter at 16 comes home and declares that she’s a boy. And from that moment, it’s just she is devoured by this …

Pro Publica reports: In June 2020, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity was illegal, Alaska quickly moved to follow suit. But a year later, the Human Rights Commission quietly reversed that position. It deleted language from the state website promising equal protections for transgender and gay Alaskans …

Mediaite has the transcript: They’re using identity politics to tear us apart. They are fomenting anti-White racism and fanning the flames of divisiveness all for their own political gain. And what’s so disturbing about this is they are proud of it. This is not something happening behind the curtains. President Biden’s press secretary, I think you probably saw the other …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: I appreciate Governor Ron DeSantis’s strong stand, taking on the woke left—and the people of Florida love him for it. The public is tired of weak politicians who don’t have the guts or the backbone to do what’s right. And conservatives need to take note—you can’t just sit back and do nothing in this …

NBC News reports: Missouri lawmakers argued over a bill that would ban most LGBTQ education subjects for all grades in the state’s public schools. The Missouri bill debated in a state House committee hearing would ban K-12 public school staff from teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation. “Exposure to such topics is inappropriate for children, creating confusion which may …

The Hill reports: A new Texas House bill that provides property tax relief based on the size of a family excludes LGBTQ couples and divorced parents with children, among other parties, from getting the tax advantage. Texas House Bill 2889, introduced this week by state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R), would supply a homestead tax credit to “certain married couples” in …

Ars Technica reports:  The CDC on Friday issued a health alert for doctors and health officials to be on the lookout for measles cases after a person with a confirmed, contagious case attended a massive religious event in Kentucky last month, potentially exposing an estimated 20,000 people to one of the most infectious viruses on the planet. The event was …

“Do Christians run for school boards as much as the LGBT community does? No. As I said yesterday, which is groomers can’t reproduce, so instead they recruit. “So, they go serve on school boards. And they go do drag queens. And they do all this other sort of disgusting nauseating stuff. “I’ll be honest, it’s more important to go run …

CNN reports: An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board in control of Disney’s special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay. On Monday, the Republican governor appointed Ron Peri, an Orlando-based former pastor. “So why are there homosexuals today? There are any …

Myrtle Beach’s ABC affiliate reports: A new bill introduced in the South Carolina Statehouse could put the death penalty on the table for women who get an abortion. House Bill 3549 is an amendment to the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023 and would define “person” to include an unborn child at any stage of development. This would …

CNN reports: Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law that will restrict public drag show performances in Tennessee, making his state the first to do so this year. The state Senate passed the bill Thursday along party lines to limit “adult cabaret performances” on public property so as to shield them from the view of children. The bill, …

The Columbia State reports: A Greenville woman was arrested earlier this week and charged with performing or soliciting an abortion. In October 2021, the then-33-year-old woman sought medical help at St. Francis Hospital after having labor pains, according to a Greenville Police Department incident report. A warrant for her arrest was signed in 2022, Greenville Police Sgt. Johnathan Brown said. …

Via email from the Family Research Council: New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) sparked a firestorm of backlash for his comments about prayer at an interfaith prayer breakfast in Manhattan on Tuesday. “When we took prayers out of schools, he said, “guns came into schools.” In addition, he stated, “Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state.” …

Politico reports: The nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain confirmed Thursday that it will not dispense abortion pills in several states where they remain legal — acting out of an abundance of caution amid a shifting policy landscape, threats from state officials and pressure from anti-abortion activists. Walgreens told POLITICO that it has since responded to all the officials, assuring them that …

“They’re coming after family. They want to divide family. They don’t want any gender. They want one gender. They want to attack everything that we’ve done over the years and go by their ideology. “The left knows – especially the far left, the progressives, the crazies – they know that if they can get to our young kids, then it …

Vice News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked board of trustees voted to shutter New College’s diversity, equity, and inclusion office on Tuesday, the latest step in its hostile takeover of the school and a harbinger of what Florida’s entire university system could look like in a few months. The board, which has a majority of DeSantis appointees, voted 9 …

The Associated Press reports: Tennessee lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday that would severely limit where certain drag shows can take place, a proposal Republican Gov. Bill Lee has vowed to sign into law. No other state has acted as fast as Tennessee to ensure that drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children. And the move lines …