News Briefs, Altar-Cations, and Rant June 18, 2023

Pride, like June, is busting out all over – and that is pissing some people off in this week’s News Briefs.

Fox News reported that the White House was decorated this week in what some people call a flag that represents a cult of pedophilia!

As you can see,

the flag in question is what is called the “Progress Pride Flag.”  Fox reported that someone from a group known as Gays Against Groomers said, "The flag represents to us an ideology, a political statement of indoctrinating kids and trans kids and pushing kids to sterilize and mutilate themselves,"

They also quoted someone on TikTok saying, “This goes into what’s called minor-attracted person or youth-attracted person. Pedophile flag.”

But, it seems that Fox themselves have no problems with the flag, as you can see

they used it as part of their corporate social responsibility annual report.

In other Pride Flag related news, Representative and soon to be a grandmother at the age of 36, Lauren “Family Values” Boebert, got bent all out of shape when the United States Air Force tweeted this…

She replied…

We salute one flag and one flag only in the United States of America.  It isn’t the “Pride” flag.

As you can see

The silhouette isn’t saluting a flag.  But why should facts get in the way of anything she has to say.

And finally…

Roger Marshall, a United States Senator from Kansas has introduced a bill aimed at preventing government buildings from flying any flag other than the American flag.

The bill, known as the One Flag for All Act, will make it illegal to fly, drape or display any flag other than the American flag on federal buildings or properties, with limited exceptions.

His bill is a response to the Biden administration’s decision to fly the Pride Flag over the weekend during a gay pride celebration at the White House.

I wonder if he objected to these flags

that were flying on Capital grounds on January 6.

Or this one inside the building.

Maybe those would fall under his “limited exceptions” amendment.

And that’s this week’s News Briefs.

Altar-cations is our weekly report in response to those who say it’s the drag queens grooming

and molesting children. Who is really putting children in danger?

Well, in Norman, Oklahoma, it was 45-year-old Christopher Fourcade who was arrested on four complaints of lewd acts with a child and two complaints of possession of child pornography.

Fourcade was listed on the First Christian Church of Norman website as its Director of Children’s Ministries.  Police say there are multiple victims.

In Pennsylvania, it was Brandon Dasilva

who was recently charged for the second time with possessing child pornography.  He is a former youth pastor of Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community Church

Police say Dasilva  failed to register his Twitch account and email address with Pennsylvania State Police, which was a condition of a prior conviction.

He is charged with possession of child pornography, criminal use of a communication facility and failure to comply with registration requirements.

Meanwhile from Canada, a minister of a Kingston Ontario church,

Timothy Milley, was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for using the internet to entice a 15-year-old Detroit girl to engage in illegal sexual activity.

After months of grooming, Milley traveled to the United States from Canada, and he convinced the minor to meet with him in front of her school in the Detroit area, where he picked her up.

He took her to a hotel and had sexual intercourse with her there, before returning her to her school and abandoning her in front of the building.

Shameful.

And yet, if you look at the comments that people leave on our YouTube videos, it is me and the other drag queens who are the groomers.

And now it’s time for this week’s Rant.

This man…

John Howald was sentenced this week to 18 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for shooting into a residence and attempting to shoot others with the intent of ridding a town of LGBTQI+ residents.

In March of 2020, just as the lockdown was starting, Howald went on a self-described mission to rid the town of Basin, Montana, of its lesbian, queer and gay community.

Howald was armed with two assault rifles, a hunting rifle, two pistols and multiple high-capacity magazines that were taped together to speed reloading. Howald walked to the first victim’s residence and fired multiple rounds from an AK-style rifle into her property and home, all because of his belief regarding her sexual orientation.

Hoping he had killed her, Howald set off toward other houses occupied by people who identify as lesbian, queer or gay.

Local residents happened to be leaving church, and stalled him long enough for a Sheriff’s deputy to respond.

When the deputy arrived, Howald pointed the AK-style rifle at the officer, nearly starting a shootout in downtown Basin, and then fled into the hills, firing at least one round as he went.  He was arrested the next day.

ATF Director Steve Dettlebach said

“Motivated by hatred of the LGBTQI+ community and armed with multiple firemarms and high-capacity magazines, this defendant sought to intimidate – even terrorize – an entire community by shooting into the victim’s home trying to kill her for no reason other than her sexual orientation.”

How frightening it is to think if he had succeeded in killing those people.  What motivation would that have given the rest of the John Howald’s of our country to rid their own hometowns of their gay neighbors?

It’s such a shame that during this Pride season, while we’re attending the parades, dancing in the clubs, or attending religious services we have to keep one eye out for the John Howalds of the world.

Happy Pride – but be safe.

That’s this week’s rant.