Joe.My.God. LGBT News

The Christian Post reports: The United Methodist Church General Conference voted to drop a ban on funding LGBT advocacy groups and removed a required punishment for pastors who officiate gay weddings after thousands of theologically conservative congregations left the mainline Protestant denomination in the last two years. The change was among the bulk of legislation approved by a vote of …

The Hill reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) brushed off Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) sharpened threat to force a vote to oust him from his post, in an interview set to air in full Wednesday on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” “I don’t think she is proving to be, no,” Johnson said in a preview of the interview, which was taped Tuesday …

“Everybody knows you’re going to wipe things down with Clorox before mold takes over your home. As soon as a protester goes to being a perpetrator, that needs to be shut down, it is time to shut it down and when they go to court and when they see a judge, a judge needs to say you will not go …

Jacksonville’s NBC affiliate reports: The University of North Florida’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion shut down Wednesday, along with several campus programs, to comply with a new state law. The Florida law bans universities from spending money on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs. Four different centers on campus that were all under the umbrella of the Office of Diversity and …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday morning triggered her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the top leader of the House, announcing she wants an imminent floor vote on the speaker’s future. Her chances of success, however, are in doubt because House Democratic leadership has pledged to rescue Johnson from the congresswoman’s “motion …

The New York Post reports: Lying ex-Rep. George Santos donned a long wig, red lipstick, fake lashes and a feather boa as he brought back “Kitara Ravache,” his former drag persona that he previously denied existed, in a video posted online. The disgraced Long Island GOP congressman revived his drag queen past for the first time Tuesday in an appearance …

“I’m watching Jewish politicians abandon Israel. And I have seen it and you have seen it. Where is Schumer? Why isn’t Schumer speaking up? He was always out there in front. Because he’s looking at votes, I guess. “And I guess he’s looking at maybe more votes than represent Israel, but that has nothing to do with it. You have …

Playbook reports: Michael Whatley, the newly installed RNC co-chair, delivered his pointed message to her personally: Don’t move against Johnson. “He said, one, this is not helpful, and two, we want to expand and grow the majority in the House,” said a person familiar with Whatley’s message to Greene. “He was clear that any disruption to the conference on these …

Fox News reports: The Commission on Presidential Debates will proceed with its original schedule despite requests from former President Trump’s campaign for earlier events. The commission released its schedule last November, but Trump’s camp has urged organizers to offer earlier and more frequent debates in a bid to outshine President Biden onstage. “The CPD’s criteria […] will be applied in …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) expressed shocking indifference about who wields the gavel in the House of Representatives. The fate of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) could soon be put to a vote after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate the chair and is now threatening to force that vote. “We are passing the Democrat agenda …