Tag Archives: Christianists

The Austin Statesman reports: A state lawmaker is calling on the Legislature to “completely” defund the University of Texas if it doesn’t shutter its Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department and LGBTQ studies program, which he has decried as liberal indoctrination that taxpayers should not fund. The demand by Rep. Brian Harrison on Wednesday comes after a barrage of posts …

“What’s most offensive about Meghan Markle’s podcast is it sounds so artificial. ‘We love girl power. We’re gonna learn from these female business leaders. There are women in business.’ Statistically, 100% of people who have succeeded in business have been men, including today. So it’s not about business insight. It’s about pushing this ideology of feminism, which is false. “And …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge on Tuesday blocked enforcement of Iowa’s state law that removes books that have LGBTQ themes with references to sexual acts from school libraries. U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher, a Joe Biden appointee, took back the case after an Eighth Circuit panel reversed a preliminary injunction he issued in December 2023. The earlier injunction blocked …

Posted by hate group leader Monica Cole: One Million Moms has been made aware of the insinuated profanity in the new ad campaign from Fresh Step. The commercial features the company’s cat litter, but that is not all. Foul language (or implication of it) is unnecessary in this or any advertisement. Yet, that is apparently what Fresh Step intended. An …

The Daily Dot reports: Christian nationalist Andrew Torba, founder and CEO of the alternative social media platform Gab, insinuated on Tuesday that Jews are sabotaging his website. In a post to his profile, Torba alleged that a recent report from the World Jewish Congress, which described Gab as a proliferator of “virulent antisemitic rhetoric and content,” has led to an …

Louisville’s NPR affiliate reports: More than 90 faith leaders are asking Governor Beshear to veto a House joint resolution that would move a 10 Commandments monument from a Fraternal Order of Eagles post in Hopkinsville to the grounds of the state capitol. Zina Merkin is with Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass, which has members from nearly a dozen religious faiths …

“Now this prophetic word, this was from Saturday. This was from March 22. This was the first one — I heard two that day. This was the first one on March 22. It’s called the deep state is being eradicated from this nation. [JMG: Everything that follows is quoting God.] For I, the Lord, this day am telling my children, …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: On the most recent episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast, radical Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon and his co-hosts advocated for the government to literally seize control of churches that do not share their far-right theology. “Hear me out,” co-host Wesley Todd said. “The president, the sovereign, the magistrate, Barron Trump, he …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Disney’s live remake of Snow White launched this past weekend and the reviews are in. It’s a colossal failure, both in audience reactions and box office receipts. In fact, it is the biggest failure of this genre EVER. NOM’s important “Dump Disney” campaign played a significant role in ensuring the woke disaster …

“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 …

Via press release from the watchdog group FIRE: A federal judge today upheld the First Amendment rights of a Texas A&M student group by blocking an attempt by officials to prohibit the group’s upcoming drag show on the College Station campus. In her ruling, Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas held …

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 …

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. …

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 …

The Texas Newsroom reports: According to internal agency documents provided to The Texas Newsroom, employees with the Department of Public Safety recorded each time a driver requested to change the sex listed on their license. The employee scanned and saved the driver’s information, the records show, and sent it to an internal email account created for collecting these data. It’s …

“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 …