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Just when you thought David French's favorite new theologian couldn't get any worse. 😂 I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity. WHAT A QUOTE! Here's the longer quote: I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right? And I always get drawn back into it because nowhere else, in no other political philosophy, in no other economic theory, do I find anything as truly radical or revolutionary as the teachings of that barefoot Rabbi. I'm sure Talarico, who is running against Republican Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate seat in TEXAS, will try...

When the Afghan man, who lives in a taxpayer-funded asylum center, was finally arrested, he was caught with his pants down raping a goat A 19-year-old Afghan man, Massoud S., was tried Monday at the Aix-en-Provence court for sexual assault against six goats, one of which died, and a 6-month-old lamb at an educational farm. He has been convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison and a ban from French territory. Afghan migrant Massoud S. was initially charged with “serious abuse or act of cruelty against a domestic, tame, or captive animal.” He continued to deny the rapes in...

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., that the San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps will not face discipline and acknowledged that the league's warning to the players came before MLB learned the team had failed to clearly inform the pitchers they could opt out of wearing the special caps."The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be," Manfred wrote in a letter released by Hawley on June 22.Hawley posted the letter on X, saying MLB had "admit[ted] they were wrong to threaten the Giants players...

* Iran and Egypt have both criticised the branding of their World Cup group-stage meeting as a "Pride Match" * Egyptian football officials formally lodged objections with FIFA over LGBTQ+ themed activities surrounding the fixture * The June 26 match in Seattle was designated by local organisers as part of Pride Month celebrations Iran and Egypt have expressed opposition to branding of their upcoming World Cup meeting as a "Pride Match," with both football federations raising concerns ahead of the Group G fixture in Seattle. The two nations were drawn together for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after the tournament...

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Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had a forceful rebuke of Democrat U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico’s radical claims about Biblical doctrine, warning that the far-left candidate is putting himself in danger of “going to Hell.” Democrats initially framed Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and current Texas state representative, as a mainstream figure and rising political talent capable of appealing across partisan lines due in part to his ostensible faith background, which was swiftly quashed not only by his strident left-wing stances on abortion, sexuality, and more, but by claiming Christianity endorses them. The Christian Post reports that, while addressing the...

The Dem Party has many problems, too many to count. But one biggie is their obsession with identity politics. Race, gender, sexuality, and gender-confused status, AKA “transgender,” matter more than competence, judgment, character, or basic common sense. Honestly, this is just another offshoot of the DEI nonsense that’s destroying this nation. And sadly, that screwed up and dangerous mentality is how you end up with situations like this one we’re about to share with you. Does the name Stacie Marie Laughton ring a bell? Stacie, whose actual name is Barry, was once a rising star in New Hampshire politics. But...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Catholic nuns who provide free hospice care to dying cancer patients, challenging a New York law they say would require them to use “preferred pronouns” and assign rooms based on “gender identity.”Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said the law forces religious institutions to choose between their faith and their ability to continue serving those in need. Dhillon suggested in a June 18 DOJ press release that the suit has implications for states nationwide, which “should take notice that they...

CONTENT NOTICE: This article contains disturbing details regarding the sexual abuse and sexualization of very young children. Reader discretion is appreciated. A male politician credited as being the first openly transgender person elected to a state legislature has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for child sexual exploitation. Stacie Marie Laughton, born Barry Charles Laughton Jr., requested and received child sexual abuse material from a former romantic partner who worked at a Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, daycare. Laughton was first charged in 2023 after the police department in Nashua, New Hampshire, received a report that he had sent child sexual abuse...

Just about everyone seems to be weighing in on the polarizing Pride Night at Oracle Park last week. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is the latest public figure to criticize the four Giants pitchers who protested the team’s annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. Ryan Walker, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Sam Hentges have sparked an outcry among San Franciscans as well as other Pride Night supporters. Walker chose to wear the standard Giants hat rather than the special hat for the event, which has a rainbow-colored team logo. The latter three added a Bible verse on their Pride Night...

YORK, Pa. — The York Revolution announced it has canceled its scheduled Thursday game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs after several players refused to wear the team's planned Pride Night jerseys. In a statement issued late Wednesday, the club said the decision was made with “great disappointment” and that tickets for the June 18 game will be treated as a rainout and may be redeemed for any future 2026 regular-season home game, subject to availability. "Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey and the club decided that hosting the event is more...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted a preliminary injunction blocking a California law that banned schools from disclosing to parents a child’s “gender identity.” The injunction blocks California’s AB 1955, a law that prohibits schools from disclosing information to parents about a child’s sexual orientation, “gender identity,” or gender expression, unless the child consents.The city of Huntington Beach had sued California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the law. The ruling says in part: “As the Court explained, the substantive due process right of parents 'to direct the upbringing and education of their children’ ‘includes the right...

A former transgender New Hampshire state legislator who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children last year was sentenced to 33 years in prison. Stacie Laughton (biological male), a Democrat who was elected to the New Hampshire House three times and resigned twice over legal problems, was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in connection to child sex crimes on Thursday.

Last night, the York Revolution forfeited their minor league "Pride Night" game after their players refused to wear jerseys that had rainbow logos stitched on the sleeves. The organization placed the entire blame on its players in a statement posted on its website. It is with great disappointment that the York Revolution have issued important changes to our 11th Annual Pride Night on Thursday, June 18th. Most significantly, the scheduled game between York and Southern Maryland will not be played and Pride will still be hosted as a free admission event. Everyone’s tickets for the game on Thursday will be...

Canada’s House rejected a final attempt to stop Bill C-9, which threatens to criminalize quoting the Bible, including on homosexuality.OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A final attempt to stop Bill C-9 was defeated, meaning that the bill, which threatens to criminalize quoting parts of the Bible, including on homosexuality, has officially passed Canada’s Parliament and will soon become law.On Wednesday, June 17, a majority of MPs voted down an attempt by Conservative MP Andrew Lawton to stop Bill C-9 “once and for all.”“The Liberals and Bloc Québécois voted down my motion to withdraw the divisive and toxic Bill C-9 to stand...

Late last week, the San Francisco Giants hosted their "Pride Night," with the team wearing hats with a rainbow-colored Giants logo. Several Giants pitchers, in a statement of their faith, wrote Bible verse designations on their hats. One, starting pitcher Landen Roupp, addressed his reasoning after the game, saying that the verse is about representing "God's covenant." "It's just about God's covenant and a promise that he makes to us that, you know, his faithfulness and his mercy," Roupp said to reporters. "That's just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that, and I'm thankful we...

Yesterday was Easter. It was also Trans Day of Visibility & the Hunky Jesus & Foxy Mary contest in Dolores Park with @SFSisters. The more the merrier! Yet instead of just minding their own business, right wing extremists came unglued.

What do you get when you combine woke, DEI, special subsidies, and technocrats?A bureaucratic standard for "gayness." An actual, legal process to determine the sexual preferences of contractors. Lots of paperwork involved in order to be certified as gay in California. pic.twitter.com/TwaAKAlhZJ— City Journal (@CityJournal) June 16, 2026It all stems from an already absurd program to force utilities to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to be awarded to contractors that the state certifies as "gay."No, this is not a parody. This is real life. Now, let's leave aside the fact that gay men earn the highest income of...

The Pride Night backlash isn’t going away anytime soon for the San Francisco Giants. The Giants held their annual celebration of San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community on Friday night, with the team wearing special hats with a rainbow-colored “SF” logo as part of the evening. But four of the five pitchers the Giants used in Friday’s loss to the Cubs protested the commemoration, with three pitchers — Landon Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker — writing a Bible verse on their Pride Night hats, while Sam Hentges elected to not wear the rainbow-logo hat at all.

A trans-identified male has lost an employment discrimination case after alleging that he had been wrongfully fired from his job at a childcare center in Letterkenny. The Workplace Relations Commission found that Aleena Starshine had been terminated not due to his gender identity, but as a result of repeat parental complaints and concerns about child safeguarding. . . The first complaint pertained to a “safari game” Starshine had organized with the children, during which he offered an 11-year-old child “a free kiss from me” or a “big kiss” as a prize. The child reported this to a parent, who then...