All Things LGBTQ+ (11 Viewers)

[Farb]

Didn't really see a place for this so I thought I would start a thread about all things LGBTQ since this is a pretty hot topic in our culture right now

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/17/sup...y-that-refuses-to-work-with-lgbt-couples.html

• The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a unanimous defeat to LGBT couples in a high-profile case over whether Philadelphia could refuse to contract with a Roman Catholic adoption agency that says its religious beliefs prevent it from working with same-sex foster parents.
• Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion for a majority of the court that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment by refusing to contract with Catholic Social Services once it learned that the organization would not certify same-sex couples for adoption.

I will admit, I was hopeful for this decision by the SCOTUS but I was surprised by the unanimous decision.

While I don't think there is anything wrong, per se, with same sex couples adopting and raising children (I actually think it is a good thing as it not an abortion) but I also did not want to see the state force a religious institution to bend to a societal norm.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage

Lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted for the bill drafted by centre-right government despite church officials’ objections

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education celebrated the departure of a local elementary school principal who resigned recently after their school received hate-induced bomb threats.

The Western Heights School District board accepted the resignation of Shane Murnan, the former principal at John Glenn Elementary School, on Monday — a little over five months after beginning the position.

Shortly after starting his new role, the right-wing and anti-LGBT social media account "Libs of TikTok" posted evidence of Murnan performing outside of work as a drag queen, tagging Western Heights Public Schools Superintendent Brayden Savage in the process.

As NBC News reported, publicizing Murnan's hobby quickly led to Murnan and the school district receiving bomb threats, leading to Murnan's voluntary departure.

"I'm a very professional person — I've worked really hard," Murnan told NBC. "I've gone to school. I got my bachelor's, my master's, my doctorate — I have been devoted to education, trying to make it a better thing. But they've destroyed me, and I don't know where I'm going or what I'm doing now. This has been a nightmare."

Days after NBC News published its report on Murnan's resignation, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction who's been a strong advocate against anything related to the LGBT community in education, shared the story in apparent celebration on X.

"Drag queens do not belong in Oklahoma schools," Walters tweeted. "Zero tolerance."

Walters' celebratory tweet on Wednesday wasn't the first time he's weighed in online about Murnan's resignation. Earlier in February, he rejoiced after learning the principal was leaving their post.

"It's a great day for Oklahoma schools," he said in a video. "Big win today: The drag queen is out at Western Heights. I've demanded it from day one. This individual shouldn't be in a school. You should not be working with young kids.".............

The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education rejoices after a local elementary school principal resigned following hate-induced bomb threats

Ryan Walters, superintendent of public instruction, rejoiced when a principal resigned after receiving bomb threats tied to their drag performances.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[coldseat]

The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education celebrated the departure of a local elementary school principal who resigned recently after their school received hate-induced bomb threats.

The Western Heights School District board accepted the resignation of Shane Murnan, the former principal at John Glenn Elementary School, on Monday — a little over five months after beginning the position.

Shortly after starting his new role, the right-wing and anti-LGBT social media account "Libs of TikTok" posted evidence of Murnan performing outside of work as a drag queen, tagging Western Heights Public Schools Superintendent Brayden Savage in the process.

As NBC News reported, publicizing Murnan's hobby quickly led to Murnan and the school district receiving bomb threats, leading to Murnan's voluntary departure.

"I'm a very professional person — I've worked really hard," Murnan told NBC. "I've gone to school. I got my bachelor's, my master's, my doctorate — I have been devoted to education, trying to make it a better thing. But they've destroyed me, and I don't know where I'm going or what I'm doing now. This has been a nightmare."

Days after NBC News published its report on Murnan's resignation, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's superintendent of public instruction who's been a strong advocate against anything related to the LGBT community in education, shared the story in apparent celebration on X.

"Drag queens do not belong in Oklahoma schools," Walters tweeted. "Zero tolerance."

Walters' celebratory tweet on Wednesday wasn't the first time he's weighed in online about Murnan's resignation. Earlier in February, he rejoiced after learning the principal was leaving their post.

"It's a great day for Oklahoma schools," he said in a video. "Big win today: The drag queen is out at Western Heights. I've demanded it from day one. This individual shouldn't be in a school. You should not be working with young kids.".............

The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education rejoices after a local elementary school principal resigned following hate-induced bomb threats

Ryan Walters, superintendent of public instruction, rejoiced when a principal resigned after receiving bomb threats tied to their drag performances.

www.businessinsider.com

Bigots need to run out of education entirely. They don't belong in schools and they certainly shouldn't be the head of the Board of Education.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

RWNJ try hard to pass bills that restrict as much LGBTQ as they can. try to ban as many public events as possible. Buyt yet they make no attempt to restict ANYTHING Nazi and white supremists. More minds are destroyed by these types of people daily than ever in the hostory of LGBTQ..
Drag Queen read a book to kids? BAN!!!
NAZIs do what ever they want? ITS FREE SPEECH!!!
RWNJ love hate speech. its what they strive on. It used to be taboo, now they promote it.

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[LA - L.A.]

RWNJ try hard to pass bills that restrict as much LGBTQ as they can. try to ban as many public events as possible. Buyt yet they make no attempt to restict ANYTHING Nazi and white supremists. More minds are destroyed by these types of people daily than ever in the hostory of LGBTQ..
Drag Queen read a book to kids? BAN!!!
NAZIs do what ever they want? ITS FREE SPEECH!!!
RWNJ love hate speech. its what they strive on. It used to be taboo, now they promote it.

MSN

www.msn.com

And the Nazi and white supremacists are the real groomers.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

And the Nazi and white supremacists are the real groomers.

100% FACT

 

[Optimus Prime]

A Georgia Republican elected official started to have a conversation with a little girl and vowed to protect her until he found out that she was transgender. Then he ran away.

A group of families went to the Georgia State Capitol earlier this month to discuss transgender issues with state lawmakers. A girl named Aleix – age eight – started talking to state Sen. Carden Summers (R), the lead sponsor of S.B. 438, a bill that would ban transgender students from using the facilities associated with their gender and from participating in school sports as their gender. Georgia already has a law banning trans students from participating in school sports.

Summers said hello to Aleix, according to her mother, Lena Kotler, who talked to journalist Erin Reed for the LA Blade. Her mother told Summers they were there to “talk to legislators about keeping her kids safe.”

Summers knelt down in front of Aleix and told her, “Well, you know, we’re working on that, and I’m going to protect kids like you,” according to Kotler. She said that Aleix was holding an LGBTQ+ rights sign that Summers didn’t seem to notice.

“Yeah, Aleix is trans, and she wants to be safe at school, she wants to go to the bathroom and be safe,” Kotler said.

She said that Summers immediately stood up and got nervous. “I mean, yeah, I’m going to make sure she’s safe by going to the right bathroom,” he said, according to Kotler.

She asked if her daughter would have to use the boys’ restroom and he backed away and said, “You’re attacking me.” He then turned around and walked off.

S.B. 438 is just one of eight anti-LGBTQ+ bills that the Georgia legislature is considering this year. Another bill is H.B. 1128, the so-called “Georgia Women’s Bill of Rights,” which contains no rights for women and only restricts rights for transgender people............

MSN

 

[SFIDC3]

And the Nazi and white supremacists are the real groomers.

I would throw in a healthy (unfortunately) dose of fake Christian churches.....

 

[Optimus Prime]

Whenever Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict was bullied at school for being transgender, their mother Sue Benedict would encourage the 16-year-old to rise above their tormentors.

“I said ‘you’ve got to be strong and look the other way, because these people don’t know who you are’,” Ms Benedict told The Independent in a phone interview.

“I didn’t know how bad it had gotten.”

The bullying had started in earnest at the beginning of the 2023 school year, a few months after Oklahoma governor Kevin Stittsigned a bill that required public school students to use bathrooms that matched the sex listed on their birth certificates.

A few weeks ago, on 7 February, the bullying allegedly erupted in violence when Nex suffered severe head injuries during a “physical altercation” at Owasso High School, according to the Owasso Police Department.

Sue Benedict told The Independent she was called to the school that day to find Nex badly beaten with bruises over their face and eyes, and with scratches on the back of their head.

Nex told her that they and another transgender student at Owasso High School had been in a fight with three older girls in a girls bathroom. Nex was knocked to the ground during the fight and hit their head on the floor, according to their mother.

Ms Benedict said she was furious that the school had failed to call an ambulance or the police. She said the school then informed her Nex was being suspended for two weeks.

She took Nex to the Bailey Medical Center in Owasso for treatment. They spoke to a police school resource officer at the medical facility and were discharged.

That night, Nex went to bed with a sore head and eventually fell asleep while listening to music, Ms Benedict said.

On 8 February, Nex was getting ready to go to Tulsa with Ms Benedict for an appointment when they collapsed in the family living room.

Ms Benedict called an ambulance, and EMT officers arrived to find Nex had stopped breathing. Nex was declared dead that evening in hospital.……

Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead

Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they were

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MT15]

From what I read, she didn’t just fall and hit her head. One of the older girls banged her head repeatedly on the bathroom floor. I hope the police will get to the truth, but I have my doubts in that state.

 

[LA - L.A.]

I would throw in a healthy (unfortunately) dose of fake Christian churches.....

It's not just fake Christian churches, it's every religion on the planet going all the way back to the very first religions.

I don't have contempt for religion in general. It's just not for me.

It is an objective fact that every religion in the world grooms and indoctrinates children into their religion through the children's parents. Children aren't given a choice about religion, they are groomed and indoctrinated into their parents religious beliefs, most parents were also groomed and indoctrinated by their parents and so on.

I was groomed and indoctrinated into Catholicism. I've moved on from it, but don't look back on it as abusive or sinister by my parents or the local parish. It's just one of the many ways that people choose to bind themselves to tradition.

 

[SFIDC3]

I was groomed and indoctrinated into Catholicism. I've moved on from it, but don't look back on it as abusive or sinister by my parents or the local parish. It's just one of the many ways that people choose to bind themselves to tradition.

Consider yourself fortunate, I have more than one friend that wasn't so lucky.....

I was raised Methodist but other than my mom occasionally nagging me to go to church (after about age 12), there was little pressure to do so.....my Dad hardly ever went.....

I don't believe in organized religion, it does way more harm than good.....that said, I do believe there are churches and churchgoers that do good and for the right reasons.....but the bad far outweigh them.....

 

[Optimus Prime]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito complained about the impact of legalizing same-sex marriage on “society” in a statement about a case that does not have anything to do with same-sex marriage on Tuesday.

The underlying case was an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a lesbian prison guard — which she won. On Tuesday, in orders, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by the Missouri Department of Corrections over part of the jury selection process.

The outspoken conservative justice begrudgingly agreed with the court denying the petition for writ of certiorari — citing technical grounds that complicated the case — but took the opportunity to offer his views on how LGBTQ rights intersect with religious beliefs.

“In this case, the court below reasoned that a person who still holds traditional religious views on questions of sexual morality is presumptively unfit to serve on a jury in a case involving a party who is a lesbian,” Alito wrote — offering a generalized summary of the case.

The upshot of the case, Alito argues, is that he now sees himself as having correctly predicted anti-religious fallout from the landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage...........

Alito complains about impact of same-sex marriage ruling in case where lesbian sued employer

"Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be 'labeled as bigots and treated as such' by the government," Alito said.

lawandcrime.com

 

[coldseat]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito complained about the impact of legalizing same-sex marriage on “society” in a statement about a case that does not have anything to do with same-sex marriage on Tuesday.

The underlying case was an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a lesbian prison guard — which she won. On Tuesday, in orders, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by the Missouri Department of Corrections over part of the jury selection process.

The outspoken conservative justice begrudgingly agreed with the court denying the petition for writ of certiorari — citing technical grounds that complicated the case — but took the opportunity to offer his views on how LGBTQ rights intersect with religious beliefs.

“In this case, the court below reasoned that a person who still holds traditional religious views on questions of sexual morality is presumptively unfit to serve on a jury in a case involving a party who is a lesbian,” Alito wrote — offering a generalized summary of the case.

The upshot of the case, Alito argues, is that he now sees himself as having correctly predicted anti-religious fallout from the landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage...........

Alito complains about impact of same-sex marriage ruling in case where lesbian sued employer

"Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be 'labeled as bigots and treated as such' by the government," Alito said.

lawandcrime.com

Way to exemplify being a bigot by complaining about being correctly called a bigot.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito complained about the impact of legalizing same-sex marriage on “society” in a statement about a case that does not have anything to do with same-sex marriage on Tuesday.

The underlying case was an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by a lesbian prison guard — which she won. On Tuesday, in orders, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by the Missouri Department of Corrections over part of the jury selection process.

The outspoken conservative justice begrudgingly agreed with the court denying the petition for writ of certiorari — citing technical grounds that complicated the case — but took the opportunity to offer his views on how LGBTQ rights intersect with religious beliefs.

“In this case, the court below reasoned that a person who still holds traditional religious views on questions of sexual morality is presumptively unfit to serve on a jury in a case involving a party who is a lesbian,” Alito wrote — offering a generalized summary of the case.

The upshot of the case, Alito argues, is that he now sees himself as having correctly predicted anti-religious fallout from the landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage...........

Alito complains about impact of same-sex marriage ruling in case where lesbian sued employer

"Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be 'labeled as bigots and treated as such' by the government," Alito said.

lawandcrime.com

Justice Alito with the keen observation that... um... checks notes... people involved in the judicial process should have their legal arguments ignored because someone on the jury doesn't agree with their existence.

 

[LA - L.A.]

Consider yourself fortunate, I have more than one friend that wasn't so lucky.....

I was raised Methodist but other than my mom occasionally nagging me to go to church (after about age 12), there was little pressure to do so.....my Dad hardly ever went.....

I don't believe in organized religion, it does way more harm than good.....that said, I do believe there are churches and churchgoers that do good and for the right reasons.....but the bad far outweigh them.....

I meant that not having a choice about being Catholic was itself not abusive. I also didn't suffer and other abuses either.

I think humanity would be better off without organized religion, but only if it was voluntarily. Trying to forbid religion is oppressive, like trying to force religion on someone is.

 

[SFIDC3]

I meant that not having a choice about being Catholic was itself not abusive. I also didn't suffer and other abuses either.

I think humanity would be better off without organized religion, but only if it was voluntarily. Trying to forbid religion is oppressive, like trying to force religion on someone is.

Understood....I agree....folks should be able to believe what they want....OTOH, tax exempt status for churches is absolutely ridiculous.....

 

[LA - L.A.]

Understood....I agree....folks should be able to believe what they want....OTOH, tax exempt status for churches is absolutely ridiculous.....

I go back and forth on the issue of taxing churches. I always end up slightly in favor of not taxing them. The deciding factor is always this: with taxation comes the right to government representation and I don't want any religion to have the right to government representation.

Any religious organization that gets directly involved in political representation, like publicly endorsing a candidate, should lose their tax exempt status as the law says they should. That needs to be more stringently enforced than it currently is, though I understand why the government takes a softer approach. I don't want the government to be overly aggressive about it, because that could lead to legitimate religious oppression.

Like almost everything in life, it's a delicate balancing act.