No. It’s empty GOP “culture wars” demagoguery. GOP legislatures are falling over themselves passing laws to ban transgender youth from girls’ sports. But in Indiana, where a GOP governor vetoed such legislation, “at no point in the past 10 years had a trans girl sought [...]
Posts Tagged ‘homophobia’
April 11th, 2022 - 11:00 pm § in Politics
Trans families flee Texas
Texas is run by hateful people, and isn’t merely inhospitable, but unsafe for LGBQT people. Republican state elected officials are creating what they call “a climate of terror.” Their vicious campaign against LGBQT people is leaving trans kids, their parents, and LGBTQ exhausted. N[...]
March 24th, 2022 - 10:01 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Texas GOP expands its war against LGBQT kids
Texas AG Ken Paxton, a Republican homophobe, has ordered an Austin school district to stop observing Pride Week. Pride Week, he says, is “sex education” and therefore violates Texas law. That’s nonsense. It’s like saying observing the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is “[...]
February 23rd, 2022 - 2:13 pm § in Politics
Texas GOP governor orders kids to drop their drawers
“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) wants the government to investigate children’s genitals,” Huffington Post reported on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (story here). He’s ordered the state child welfare agency to investigate sex change procedures on minors, just one day after Texas Attorn[...]
June 8th, 2015 - 1:31 am § in America, Christianity
Is A Black Man A Bigot?
Political correctness insists this must not be true. Judge for yourself. Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran’s was fired because of a book he wrote for a men’s Bible study group . The book made adversive statements about gay people. Should he be able to speak his personal opinions i[...]
April 9th, 2015 - 1:01 am § in America
Why Gay People Need to Use Christian Bakeries
Commentary by David Preston Non-Christians and straight people alike have a hard time understanding the gay wedding cake issue. Even gay-friendly straight folks don’t get it. They think it’s about non-discrimination, but it’s not really about that at all. It’s about acceptanc[...]
February 11th, 2015 - 1:48 pm § in Misc.
Liberal Hypocrisy: Why would a gay couple WANT a cake from these Christians?
Bakery risks large fine for anti-gay discrimination A Portland-area bakery discriminated against a same-sex couple who wanted to purchase a wedding cake, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries announced Monday. usatoday.com[...]
December 30th, 2014 - 4:45 pm § in Misc.
Bigot commits hate crime against door
Better than beating on people, I guess. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/29/1354565/-An-Absolutely-Fabulous-Response-By-A-Gay-Couple-After-A-Hate-Crime?detail=email[...]