As expected, the Washington Post went after MassResistance for taking a firm, successful stance against Drag Queen Story Hour programs across the United States.
Here's their hateful "report" going after us, and then playing defense and rescue with Drag Queen Story Hour proponents.
Pretty disgusting. They say "Democracy dies in darkness", but so does morality!
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| A participant dressed in drag displays a book during a Drag Queen Story Hour event in Monterrey, Mexico, last weekend. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters) |
June 11 at 10:38 PM
A public library in
Texas will be partially closed this weekend in anticipation of demonstrations
by political groups over a children’s story hour run by a drag queen that is
planned at the branch.
Texas will be partially closed this weekend in anticipation of demonstrations
by political groups over a children’s story hour run by a drag queen that is
planned at the branch.
The library should have never allowed the perverse program to come into the library in the first place!
The library in
Leander, a city of 56,000 about 30 miles north of Austin, is providing space
for Saturday’s drag queen story time event, which will be hosted by a local
church. But the rest of the facility will be closed.
Leander, a city of 56,000 about 30 miles north of Austin, is providing space
for Saturday’s drag queen story time event, which will be hosted by a local
church. But the rest of the facility will be closed.
This action is completely unethical, and more city councils are taking steps to make sure that public facilities are not used in such biased, slanted ways in the future.
Drag queen story
hours have made libraries the latest front in the United States’ wrenching national
dispute over gender roles and sexuality.
hours have made libraries the latest front in the United States’ wrenching national
dispute over gender roles and sexuality.
In Leander, city
officials first canceled the story hour, which was to be hosted by the library,
in late May before a progressive and LGBT-friendly church in the area, Open
Cathedral, stepped in to host it. The church will hold the event in a
conference room it booked at the library.
officials first canceled the story hour, which was to be hosted by the library,
in late May before a progressive and LGBT-friendly church in the area, Open
Cathedral, stepped in to host it. The church will hold the event in a
conference room it booked at the library.
“A
lot of people are upset we canceled, and a lot of people are upset we had it
planned,” Priscilla Donovan, the library’s director, told reporters at the time. “But it’s
starting to tip more toward people who are disappointed we canceled it.”
lot of people are upset we canceled, and a lot of people are upset we had it
planned,” Priscilla Donovan, the library’s director, told reporters at the time. “But it’s
starting to tip more toward people who are disappointed we canceled it.”
Now rumors are flying
about whether right-wing groups, including those that lean toward the extreme,
will be greeted by anti-fascist protesters in front of the library as people in
drag read stories to children inside.
about whether right-wing groups, including those that lean toward the extreme,
will be greeted by anti-fascist protesters in front of the library as people in
drag read stories to children inside.
At least one group,
MassResistance, a self-described “pro-family” organization that the Southern
Poverty Law Center characterizes as an anti-LGBT hate group, has targeted drag
queen story hours around the country. Its chapter in Texas has organized a
protest Saturday, when the event is supposed to be held, according to its
Facebook page. Christian groups and media companies have spotlighted the event
as well. And at least one liberal group, ATX Resistance Action, has organized a
counterprotest to support the event.
MassResistance, a self-described “pro-family” organization that the Southern
Poverty Law Center characterizes as an anti-LGBT hate group, has targeted drag
queen story hours around the country. Its chapter in Texas has organized a
protest Saturday, when the event is supposed to be held, according to its
Facebook page. Christian groups and media companies have spotlighted the event
as well. And at least one liberal group, ATX Resistance Action, has organized a
counterprotest to support the event.
When a newspaper has to quote a hate group like the Southern Poverty Law Center to call you a hate group, you know that you are winning!
Ryan Hart, 38, the
minister and founder of Open Cathedral, said in a telephone interview that the
church was surprised by the reaction to the event.
minister and founder of Open Cathedral, said in a telephone interview that the
church was surprised by the reaction to the event.
The bigger surprise is that any so-called church would host an event with drag queens and consider such perversity "holiness".
“We thought this
would be 10 kids and three moms,” he said. But 2,000 people flooded the website
to express interest in the event, which is RSVP only, he said. He expects about
150 people to attend.
would be 10 kids and three moms,” he said. But 2,000 people flooded the website
to express interest in the event, which is RSVP only, he said. He expects about
150 people to attend.
“It’s about a
community that’s looking to say out loud that we love our kids,” Hart said of
the positive response. “It’s about a community that has more diversity than
politicians realize. And it’s about a world that’s changing and people who want
to be more loving than people saying, ‘Be quiet and sit down.’ . . .
We’re honored to be called into the middle
of that.”
community that’s looking to say out loud that we love our kids,” Hart said of
the positive response. “It’s about a community that has more diversity than
politicians realize. And it’s about a world that’s changing and people who want
to be more loving than people saying, ‘Be quiet and sit down.’ . . .
We’re honored to be called into the middle
of that.”
No mother or father can claim to love their children when taking them to see creepy sexualized entertainers who dress as self-parodies of women. That is not love. That is child abuse.
The organization Drag
Queen Story Hour started in late 2015 in San Francisco just as the country’s
reinvigorated right wing was coming into form. But it has found many fans with
chapters in areas outside traditionally liberal cities; it now has outposts in
places like Milwaukee; New Orleans; Charlotte; Mobile, Ala.; and San Marcos,
Tex.
Queen Story Hour started in late 2015 in San Francisco just as the country’s
reinvigorated right wing was coming into form. But it has found many fans with
chapters in areas outside traditionally liberal cities; it now has outposts in
places like Milwaukee; New Orleans; Charlotte; Mobile, Ala.; and San Marcos,
Tex.
"Reinvigorated right wingers" are to blame for Drag Queen Story Hour, Washington Post? Really? Does anyone take this newspaper seriously anymore? Anyone?
Its founders have
described it as a reaction to the harsh political landscape of the past few
years, in which painful debates about issues like identity, sexuality and race
have animated the country’s politics.
described it as a reaction to the harsh political landscape of the past few
years, in which painful debates about issues like identity, sexuality and race
have animated the country’s politics.
Why are there debates about identity and sexuality in the first place? This is all crazy.
“I think it is partly
a reaction to the political landscape of the U.S. right now and a need for more
queer programming for children,” co-founder Jonathan Hamilt told the BBC about
the organization’s popularity in more conservative areas.
a reaction to the political landscape of the U.S. right now and a need for more
queer programming for children,” co-founder Jonathan Hamilt told the BBC about
the organization’s popularity in more conservative areas.
And it has inspired
dozens of other libraries and groups across the country to host their own
events, as Travor Bach reported for The Washington Post.
dozens of other libraries and groups across the country to host their own
events, as Travor Bach reported for The Washington Post.
In
recent months, the events have sparked opposition in places like Simpsonville, S.C.Binghamton, N.Y.Spokane, Washcanceled the long-running event after
a lawsuit, the disclosure that one of the former readers was a registered sex
offender and the arrest of a protester who was carrying a licensed gun and
refused to leave the event.
recent months, the events have sparked opposition in places like Simpsonville, S.C.Binghamton, N.Y.Spokane, Washcanceled the long-running event after
a lawsuit, the disclosure that one of the former readers was a registered sex
offender and the arrest of a protester who was carrying a licensed gun and
refused to leave the event.
MassResistance was instrumental in many of those protests, by the way. We were successful in shutting down Drag Queen Story Hour in Georgia, Ohio, and New Hampshire.
The
debate about the story hours has also entered the op-ed pages, including
a polemic written by New York Post
op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari for the religious journal First Things and a
rebuttal from New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg.
debate about the story hours has also entered the op-ed pages, including
a polemic written by New York Post
op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari for the religious journal First Things and a
rebuttal from New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg.
It's a really sad commentary on our culture when the towering intellects of our chattering class have been reduced to arguing about drag queens reading to children. Why this is a thing in itself should be a cause for alarm.
“There
are times where the rights of religious believers and those of a pluralistic
society conflict: when, for example, conservative Christian bakers are asked to
make wedding cakes for gay couples, or some ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents are
ordered, against their own convictions, to vaccinate their kids,” Goldberg wrote. “The existence of Drag
Queen Story Hour is not one of those times. Conservatives are not being
subjugated because they can’t stop other people from holding a public event
that offends them. It’s telling that some of them think they are.”
are times where the rights of religious believers and those of a pluralistic
society conflict: when, for example, conservative Christian bakers are asked to
make wedding cakes for gay couples, or some ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents are
ordered, against their own convictions, to vaccinate their kids,” Goldberg wrote. “The existence of Drag
Queen Story Hour is not one of those times. Conservatives are not being
subjugated because they can’t stop other people from holding a public event
that offends them. It’s telling that some of them think they are.”
In
Leander, the event drew harsh words from the city’s mayor, Troy Hill, who castigated the library’s staff for
choosing “to wade into social issues water without approval from City Staff.”
Leander, the event drew harsh words from the city’s mayor, Troy Hill, who castigated the library’s staff for
choosing “to wade into social issues water without approval from City Staff.”
“Since
then it has led to the predictable outrage and divisiveness that is the reason
to avoid these issues,” he told television station KVUE.
then it has led to the predictable outrage and divisiveness that is the reason
to avoid these issues,” he told television station KVUE.
Drag Queen Story Hour is all about grooming children to accept sexual perversion as normal and natural. Every parent has a right and responsibility to take a stand against such filth. Elected officials have a stern responsibility to put a stop to such madness, as well, since governments are instituted among men to protect our rights, certainly, but also to restrain evil. It's very difficult to restrain evil, however, when elected leaders dismiss its concrete existence in the first place.
Mike Neu, a spokesman
for the city of Leander, said officials expected that many of the demonstrators
Saturday would be coming from outside the city or even the state.
for the city of Leander, said officials expected that many of the demonstrators
Saturday would be coming from outside the city or even the state.
“We don’t know if it
will be one group or several groups,” he said.
will be one group or several groups,” he said.
The
library’s closure was reported by the Austin American-Statesman.
library’s closure was reported by the Austin American-Statesman.
Open
Cathedral is a member of the United Church of Christ, which has a history of
activism on issues such as abolition, women’s rights and LGBT rights, Hart
said. One Christian news organization called it an “apostate Texas
‘Church.’”
Cathedral is a member of the United Church of Christ, which has a history of
activism on issues such as abolition, women’s rights and LGBT rights, Hart
said. One Christian news organization called it an “apostate Texas
‘Church.’”
Any church which promotes sexual perversion has nothing to do with Christ. It is crystal clear, since the church is rejecting the truth of God's Word, including the blessed fact that "Male and female he created them", this building is not a church.
Hart said he didn’t
think it was a coincidence that the culture war had found its way to the staid
and respectful world of libraries.
think it was a coincidence that the culture war had found its way to the staid
and respectful world of libraries.
Libraries have not been very respectful places for a long time. It's unfortunate, but this happened over time as the American Library Association became more partisan, progressive, and ultimately perverse. Libraries are trained by the ALA on how to promote Drag Queen Story Hour without the parents' knowing about it, and the librarians are also trained how to respond to objects and criticisms of the movement, too.
“I realized that
revolutions always start with books and libraries,” he said. “People feel so
deeply isolated in our society — that’s true of a lot of groups, whether it’s
straight white men, people of color or immigrants. And I believe that people
want to be included no matter what, and that’s what we’re trying to do with the
kids of this community.”
revolutions always start with books and libraries,” he said. “People feel so
deeply isolated in our society — that’s true of a lot of groups, whether it’s
straight white men, people of color or immigrants. And I believe that people
want to be included no matter what, and that’s what we’re trying to do with the
kids of this community.”
People are not isolated, as much as they have become numb and uninterested in what is happening in their local governments, and the agencies which they are responsible for.
Final Reflection
Yes, MassResistance played an important role in shutting down Drag Queen Story Hour programs across the United States. We are very proud of this effort, and we take great pride when even corrupted rags like the Washington Post report on our efforts!