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Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's church includes porn in its library: critics
Just The News ^ | May 30, 2026 | Greg Piper

Posted on 05/30/2026 3:13:05 PM PDT by Red Badger

"Anyone who checked out [This Book Is Gay] from this church should have their hard drive checked immediately," critic says. Talarico's church defends its "banned books" but doesn't name or describe them in detail.

The more Texans hear that their Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, James Talarico, is aiming to reclaim Christianity for the progressive left, the more they're likely to learn what his home church believes and practices.

The Daily Wire reviewed the books accessible to children in the library at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, where Talarico's sermons as a seminary student included calls for "abortion care" for gender-confused women.

It found materials with "illustrations of oral sex and masturbation," discussions of "anal rape and incest" and graphic explanations of "gay sex." Other books reflect Talarico's theology that "God is queer" and promote gender confusion in children, including political activism for "trans kids" and LGBTQ Presbyterians.

The church defends its inclusion of what it calls "banned books" while only vaguely describing their content, "from picture books to young adult novels. [...] Children, teens, young adults, and older adults can find affirmation in the books they read."

It invites website visitors to "browse our collection of banned books and see what you notice...common themes…particular experiences and identities being censored," but none is named on the site.

The Babylon Bee's real-news counterpart Not the Bee branded the church's books "pornographic material" and said "anyone who checked out [This Book Is Gay] from this church should have their hard drive checked immediately."

Incase anyone isnt aware of how disgusting "This Book is Gay" is here is a quick summary. pic.twitter.com/aQXd7wJmNX— Steve (@Steve113875651) May 27, 2026

Talarico kicked off his general election campaign this week after Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican primary, telling around 1,000 supporters at a Houston dance club that Paxton is "the most corrupt politician in America."

The Associated Press deemed that "a stark pivot from the more sunny, spiritual theme of Talarico's Democratic primary campaign."


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: blasphemy; fakechurch; fakepreacher; heretic; jamestalarico; senate; talafreako; talarico; texas

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1 posted on 05/30/2026 3:13:05 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
reclaim Christianity for the progressive left

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2 posted on 05/30/2026 3:16:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger

This guy gives off Jim Jones vibes. He would pass out Kool-Aid, and the people supporting him would drink it.


3 posted on 05/30/2026 3:18:45 PM PDT by fredmann
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I was shocked to see that he’s a Presbyterian!...........


4 posted on 05/30/2026 3:20:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: fredmann

I don’t see this giving off any charisma vibes. The vibes he gives off to me is “Look at me I’m pathetic!”.


5 posted on 05/30/2026 3:20:56 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Red Badger

They will all gladly tell you that the word “pornography” is not in the bible, so Jesus must approve...


6 posted on 05/30/2026 3:23:34 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like something Fr.James Joseph Martin Jr. an American Jesuit priest would be interested in.


7 posted on 05/30/2026 3:35:50 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Red Badger
Y'all know, that's a FAKE AI IPCTURE, right?

"PERFECTY LGBTO"? C'mon.

8 posted on 05/30/2026 3:39:18 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: dayglored

Yes, I noticed...........


9 posted on 05/30/2026 3:40:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger
He's PCUSA, they fell off the wagon decades ago. Congregations are leaving the PCUSA as fast as they are leaving the UMC for pretty much the same reasons. Search for The Confessing Church Movement. Lots of information there
10 posted on 05/30/2026 3:41:13 PM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: dayglored; Red Badger

I’m not defending this pervert blasphemer in any way, shape, or form.

Just saying, there are “AI screw-ups” all over that image.


11 posted on 05/30/2026 3:41:19 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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Yes...but the fact these x-rated books are in his church is not fake.


12 posted on 05/30/2026 3:47:53 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Red Badger

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13 posted on 05/30/2026 3:49:55 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Red Badger
In that picture, why is he wearing a Roman clerical collar? He's playing dress-up.

I'm telling you, this guy is as gay as a French trombone.

14 posted on 05/30/2026 3:57:30 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: dayglored

AI image editors often mess up letters, to the AI a letter isn’t text it’s just part of latent space.


15 posted on 05/30/2026 4:08:48 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: fredmann

I was thinking more like Charles Manson.


16 posted on 05/30/2026 4:14:01 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Red Badger

That boy ain’t right.


17 posted on 05/30/2026 4:33:40 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: dayglored

Yes, I saw them......


18 posted on 05/30/2026 5:33:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

It’s AI created, that’s why it’s screwy in places......


19 posted on 05/30/2026 5:40:24 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Republican Wildcat
> Yes...but the fact these x-rated books are in his church is not fake.

If that's true, then there ought to be real photos of those books and other materials sitting in the library. Surely somebody could get in there with a camera.

At the present time, no such real photos are known to exist. IMO, if we want to avoid looking like fools being led around by AI hallucinations, somebody ought to get some real pics.

It's a shame to weaken the argument against this guy by using obvious, lousy, AI hallucinated fakes. It's a lost opportunity, and ammo to the opposition.

Just sayin'...

20 posted on 05/30/2026 6:05:29 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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