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☆ Searching for your Irish ancestry? Guinness’ archives could help you reconnect with your roots
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“It’s, unfortunately, one of the biggest barriers to Irish family history research,” says Crista Cowan, corporate genealogist for Ancestry. The 1.6 million records come from what might sound like a surprising source: the archives of Ireland’s famed Guinness brewery. The Guinness brewery has a storied pastResearchers combing through the newly released files might stumble upon some celebrity connections, too. Courtesy Guinness Archive, Diegeo IrelandArthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a Dublin brewery in 1759. Courtesy Guinness Archive, Diageo IrelandWorkers generally entered the Guinness workforce at age 14, according to a description of the records on the company’s website.

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☆ Promises Donald Trump has made so far in his campaign for a second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Piper Hudspethblackburn | Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Trump also said in that campaign video that he would cut funding for schools that teach critical race theory and gender ideology. Health careLast November, Trump promised to replace the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare, in a series of posts on Truth Social. Trump also vowed in a June 2023 campaign video to reinstate his previous executive order so that the US government would pay the same price for pharmaceuticals as other developed countries. The former president added in a campaign video that he would stop lobbyists and government contractors from pushing senior military officials toward war. We will reverse almost all of them,” Trump said in a campaign video.

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☆ Opinion | Trumpism Is Devouring the Evangelical Movement
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Such qualms grew more vocal after voter revulsion toward MAGA candidates cost Republicans their prophesied red wave in 2022. He had too much of an edge sometimes.” Perkins was clearly rooting for Ron DeSantis, who represented the shining hope of a post-Trump religious right. But there’s not going to be a post-Trump religious right — at least, not anytime soon. Evangelical leaders who started their alliance with Trump on a transactional basis, then grew giddy with their proximity to power, have now seen MAGA devour their movement whole. But this year, according to FiveThirtyEight’s polling average, Trump leads his nearest Republican rivals by more than 30 points.

Persons: Tim Alberta’s, Donald Trump, Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Dallas —, ”, Trump boosterism —, “, —, MAGA, Mike Evans, ” Tony Perkins, Trump, Perkins, ” Perkins, Ron DeSantis, there’s, George W, Bush, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz Organizations: Christian, First Baptist, Texas, The Washington Post, Trump, Family Research, Evangelical, Republican Locations: American, The, Alberta, Iowa

☆ House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with disgraced reality TV Star Josh Duggar, one of several accused sex offenders connected to his 'mentor' Tony Perkins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Jacqueline Sweet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned with now-disgraced reality TV star Josh Duggar years ago in Louisiana. Johnson called Duggar, now in prison for child pornography, a "friend" when the two campaigned for now-U.S. According to the Washington Post, "Perkins goes way back with the Duggar family." According to the Washington Post, Perkins was close to Duggar's father Jim Bob Duggar , who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. Calls and emails to Perkins and Duggar family lawyers were not immediately returned.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Josh Duggar, Johnson, Tony Perkins, Bill Cassidy, —, Duggar, Perkins, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Sen, Santorum, Raj Shah, Shah, Josh, Duggar's, Jim Bob Duggar, InTouch, Jim Bob, Paul, Pressler's, Pressler, Wesley Goodman, Perkins acolyte, Goodman, Donald Trump, Paul Pressler Organizations: Family Research, Service, Louisiana Republican, Business, Washington Post, GOP, Pennsylvania Republican, Washington , D.C, FRC, InTouch, Paul Pressler School of Law, Louisiana College, Pressler, Southern Baptist Convention, Council for National Policy, The Washington Spectator Locations: Louisiana, U.S, Washington ,, Shreveport, Arkansas, Ohio

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn't exist. “The law school deal was really an anomaly. As dean of the proposed law school, Johnson embarked on a major fundraising campaign and described a big-dollar event in Houston with former Arkansas Gov. Bobby Jindal and Pressler, according to an account Johnson wrote in a 2011 alumni magazine. Meanwhile, the historic former federal courthouse in Shreveport that was selected as the law school’s campus required at least $20 million in renovations.

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☆ Poll: Majority of Republicans find Trump to be 'a person of faith'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new poll finds that a majority of Republican voters view Trump as "a person of faith." AdvertisementAdvertisementA majority of Republican voters view former President Donald Trump as a person of faith, more than just about every other 2024 primary foe, according to a new poll. A Deseret News/Harris X poll found that 53% of registered Republican voters said they found Trump to be a man of faith. AdvertisementAdvertisementMany on the evangelical right and other faith voters have embraced Trump due to his policies and judicial appointments. It has a =/- 5.5 percentage point margin of error for its smaller sub-sample of registered Republican voters.

Persons: Trump, Harris, Joe Biden's, —, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Pence, Stormy Daniel's, Tony Perkins, Frank Luntz, Trump's, Wade, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Israel, Joe Biden, Biden, Kamala Harris, Sen, Mitt Romney, Romney Organizations: Republican, Deseret, GOP, Service, Florida Gov, Family Research, CNN, Republican Party . Locations: New York, Iowa

☆ When is the second Republican debate and will Trump attend?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 26 - Seven Republican candidates will take part in the second 2024 Republican presidential debate on Wednesday in California. FEWER CANDIDATES - AND NO TRUMP AGAINThe qualifying rules for the second debate are more stringent than the first last month, when eight candidates were on stage in Milwaukee. As he did in August, Trump will hold a rival event at the same time as the debate. Once the clear second-place candidate behind Trump, DeSantis' campaign has floundered as some other candidates closed the gap with him in recent polls. After Ramaswamy's pugnacious performance in the August debate, expect to see more attacks on him and his lack of experience, especially by Haley and Pence, both of whom had strong outings last month.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Jonathan Ernst, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Milwaukee . Long, Asa Hutchinson, Trump, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott of, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, DESANTIS, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, RAMASWAMY, Ramaswamy's, Haley, Pence, Scott, TRUMP, BIDEN, Christie, Biden, Hunter Biden, Tim Reid, Costas Pitas, Ross Colvin, Jonathan Oatis, Christian Schmollinger, Susan Heavey Organizations: Florida Governor, Republican, Family Research, REUTERS, Foundation & Institute, Republican National Committee, Fox Business Network, Univision, United Auto Workers, UAW, Trump, South Carolina, New, North Dakota, DeSantis, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, California, Detroit, autoworkers, Wisconsin, Simi Valley , California, Los Angeles, U.S, Milwaukee ., Arkansas, Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina, New Jersey, North, Arizona, Nevada

☆ Republican candidate DeSantis to debate California's Newsom on Nov 30 - Fox
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis addresses the Pray Vote Stand Summit, organized by the Family Research Council in Washington, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential contender and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will debate California counterpart Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, for 90 minutes on Nov. 30 on Fox News Channel, the network said in a statement on Monday. Newsom, 55, described the 45-year-old DeSantis as a "small, pathetic man" and called for criminal and civil investigations. Fox News billed the Nov. 30 event as a debate between so-called red and blue states, referring to Republicans and Democrats respectively. A Reuters/Ipsos poll last month showed DeSantis trailing front-runner Donald Trump by nearly 40 percentage points in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Jonathan Ernst, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, DeSantis, Sean Hannity, Donald Trump, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Florida Governor, Republican, Family Research, REUTERS, Florida, Democrat, Fox News Channel, Fox News, Republicans, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, California, Florida

☆ Trump denies wrongdoing after report he wrote to-do lists on classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Donald Trump has denied wrongdoing after a report on Monday said that one of the former president's long-time assistants told federal investigators he repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents from the White House marked classified. Michael became Trump's executive assistant in the White House in 2018 and continued to work for him when he left office. She resigned last year, in the wake of Trump's alleged refusal to comply with federal requests, ABC News said. A Trump spokesperson dismissed the report as "illegal leaks" and denied wrongdoing. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has been charged along with two aides with illegally storing troves of classified documents at his personal residence and lying to federal investigators who sought to retrieve them.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jonathan Ernst, Molly Michael, Trump, Michael, Trump's, Joe Biden, Kanishka Singh, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: U.S, Republican, Family Research, REUTERS, Rights, Trump, ABC, House, ABC News, Washington , D.C, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Washington ,, Georgia, New York, Washington

The pressure was all on DeSantis, who trails Trump in the Republican presidential primary by nearly 40 percentage points in most opinion polls, including among evangelical voters. Both candidates spoke at a pair of national summits convened by the Concerned Women of America and the Family Research Council, evangelical advocacy groups that support laws restricting abortion among other issues. At the Family Research Council event, DeSantis defended allowing churches to remain open in Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing cheers from the ballroom crowd. DeSantis also talked up Florida's law that bans abortion at six weeks, one of the most restrictive in the nation. Goss said he could be persuaded to vote for Trump again, but "he's got to get past all the legal things.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Trump, Tony Perkins, Trump's, Leah Millis, Rights Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Roe, Wade, Robert Goss, Goss, he's, Hannah Brusven, Brusven, John F, Kennedy, Gram Slattery, James Oliphant, Jason Lange, Colleen Jenkins, Howard Goller, Kim Coghill, Tom Hogue Organizations: Former U.S, Florida, Trump, Republican, Family Research, Florida Governor, Women, America, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, U.S, Supreme, JFK, Democratic, Coalition, Iowa Faith, Thomson Locations: Former, Washington, America, Florida, Washington , U.S, Locust Dale , Virginia, Idaho, Iowa, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Des Moines

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some of Donald Trump 's top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination will address a gathering of influential Iowa evangelical Christians on Saturday night, hoping to woo them away from the former president at an event he is skipping. Former Vice President Mike Pence planned to attend the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual banquet and town hall in Des Moines along with Florida Gov. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz used strong appeals to evangelical Republicans to win the GOP's 2016 caucuses. Biden has also proposed federal rules to prohibit schools from categorically banning transgender athletes in school sports. His proposal would allow schools to institute limits designed to ensure fairness or prevent sports-related injuries.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Sen, Tim Scott of, Asa Hutchinson, Will Hurd, Kim Reynolds, Iowa's, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, Trump, Roe, Wade, “, ” Trump, ” DeSantis, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: DES, Republican, Iowa Faith, Florida Gov, United Nations, Arkansas Gov, Texas Rep, Iowa Gov, Texas, Republicans, GOP, U.S, Supreme, Coalition, Family Research, Democrat Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Des Moines, South Carolina, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Arkansas, Washington

☆ Trump, DeSantis go head-to-head at key conservative group summits in DC
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, September 8, 2023. Ron DeSantis, is also scheduled to speak at the two summits hosted by the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee and the Family Research Council. Casey DeSantis is also taking a lead role in "Mamas for DeSantis," a campaign initiative aimed at mothers. And yet, national polls of the Republican primary field give Trump a commanding lead among both men and women. Just 14% of women in the same group picked DeSantis, while 5% chose former United Nations Amb.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jonathan Ernst, Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tommy Tuberville, Mike Pence, Sen, Tim Scott of, Vivek Ramaswamy —, Pence, Ramaswamy, Trump, Jean Carroll, defaming Carroll, Melania Trump, Casey DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, Biden, Roe, Wade, Penny Nance, Trump's Organizations: U.S, Republican, South, South Dakota Republican, Washington , D.C, Florida Gov, Women, America Legislative, Family Research, Research, CWA, GOP, Trump, Quinnipiac University, United Nations, Democratic Locations: South Dakota, Rapid City , South Dakota, Washington ,, Sens, Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida, Alabama, Tim Scott of South Carolina, U.S

☆ Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis Converge on U.S. Capital to Court Evangelical Vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"They want you to believe that a man can get pregnant," DeSantis said of Democrats. DeSantis faces a challenge wooing enough religious conservatives to build a viable coalition. Trump is ahead in every major Republican demographic, with a roughly 35 percentage-point lead over DeSantis and Ramaswamy among evangelical Christians, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. On Thursday, DeSantis unveiled a "Faith and Family Coalition" of more than 70 faith leaders backing him in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. On Saturday, DeSantis and several other Republican primary contenders are due to speak at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's fall banquet in Des Moines, another major gathering of religious conservatives.

Persons: Gram Slattery, James Oliphant WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Joe Biden, Trump, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Roe, Wade, Hannah Bruce, Bruce, John F, Kennedy, James Oliphant, Jason Lange, Colleen Jenkins, Howard Goller Organizations: Former U.S, Florida, Republicans, Trump, Christian, America, Democratic, Women, Reuters, U.S, Supreme, Coalition, Iowa Faith, JFK Locations: Former, Washington, Iowa, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Des Moines, Idaho

[1/2] Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis arrives to address the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee’s (CWALAC) 2023 Leadership Summit in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2023. "They want you to believe that a man can get pregnant," DeSantis said of Democrats. Former Vice President Mike Pence and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both Republican hopefuls, also were speaking at the latter event. Trump is ahead in every major Republican demographic, with a roughly 35 percentage-point lead over DeSantis and Ramaswamy among evangelical Christians, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. He could have been a new JFK," Bruce said, referring to popular Democratic President John F. Kennedy during the 1960s.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Leah Millis, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Joe Biden, Trump, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Roe, Wade, Hannah Bruce, Bruce, John F, Kennedy, Gram Slattery, James Oliphant, Jason Lange, Colleen Jenkins, Howard Goller Organizations: Florida Governor, Republican, Women, America, REUTERS, Rights, Former U.S, Florida, Republicans, Trump, Christian, Democratic, Reuters, U.S, Supreme, Coalition, Iowa Faith, JFK, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Former, Washington, Iowa, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Des Moines, Idaho

“His response to me was, ‘I’ve given you leverage now to make a better deal,’” recalled DeMastus, who supports some form of a federal ban but isn't ruling out backing Trump even if he doesn't. 2 in part because of his credibility with social conservatives, has declared that every Republican running for president should endorse, at a minimum, a federal abortion ban 15 weeks into pregnancy. Ron DeSantis, who often answers questions about a federal ban by saying his state recently passed a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Trump maintains that even some anti-abortion activists believe the six-week ban — before many women even know they’re pregnant — is too harsh. The country’s leading anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, wants GOP presidential candidates to advocate for a 15-week federal ban.

Persons: — Donald Trump, he's, Roe, Wade, Trump, Mike Pence, He's, ”, Steve Scheffler, “, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, who’s, MAGA, Ammar Moussa, Tudor Dixon, Dixon, Gretchen Whitmer, Mike DeMastus, ‘, ’ ”, DeMastus, Pence, Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, —, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Marjorie Dannenfelser, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Trump's, aren't, Kim Lehman, Lehman, Timmaraju, they’ll, ” Timmaraju, Marlys, Jill Colvin, Sara Burnett Organizations: DES, Republican, White, GOP, Iowa Faith, Freedom Coalition, Republican National Committee, Family Research Council, America's Leadership, Coalition, Voters, MAGA Republicans, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Gov, Trump, Florida Gov, America, RNC, NARAL, Associated Press Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, U.S, lockstep, Washington, Des Moines, South Dakota, Kansas, Ohio, York, Carolina, New York, Chicago

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:Aug. 31The Washington Post on sexism in the U.S. militaryNearly eight years ago, the United States opened up all military combat roles to women, clearing a pathway for female service members to join the most elite military forces. Women at multiple military bases reported that other soldiers would bang on their doors in the middle of the night. Even a program that once represented the highest ideals of the United States — its compassion, its expertise and its resources — is becoming a casualty of the country’s most destructive and divisive forces. Lack of adequate cooling during hot summers has plagued Southern states for decades, but climate change has now made it a problem in Northern states as well — Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Indiana. Ukraine received the first batch of uranium munitions from the United Kingdom in March to use in its UK-made Challenger 2 tanks.

Persons: Soldiers, “, ”, George W, Bush, Anthony Fauci, Mark Dybul, PEPFAR, Henry Hyde, Dave Weldon, H.I.V, Hyde, Weldon, Biden, MAGA, Biden’s, Mr, Chris Smith of, Smith, Roe, Wade, Tommy Tuberville, Susan B, Anthony Pro, ” Nyserda, Don’t, Louisianans, it’s, commissaries, Joe Arpaio, let’s, perceptibly Organizations: Washington, Green, Ranger Regiment, Green Berets, Army Rangers, Special Operations, Army Special Operations Command, Special Forces, Army, Command, New York Times, Democrats, Republicans, Catholic Church, Republican Party, AIDS Relief, Republican, Heritage Foundation, Biden, Mr, PEPFAR, America, Family Research, United, New York State Energy Research, Development Authority, Alliance, Clean Energy, Alliance for Clean Energy, Developers, Micron Technology, Los Angeles Times, Staff, Prisons, US State Department, US Locations: United States, U.S, Afghanistan, Africa, Illinois, Florida, Chris Smith of New Jersey, Alabama, New York, Ukraine, California , Connecticut, Hawaii , Indiana , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts, Michigan , New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Louisiana, Angola, Texas, Southern, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota , Indiana, Maricopa County, Ariz, Los Angeles, California, Corcoran, Tulare Lake, China, Russia, United Kingdom, Moscow, Belarus, Washington, Europe, Asia, Brazil, Indonesia

☆ The ground has shifted on gay marriage for conservative Christians.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, opposition to same-sex marriage was a marquee issue for the religious right in the United States. Activists like Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson characterized homosexuality as a threat to traditional family life. Public opinion on same-sex marriage has turned rapidly toward acceptance this century. In the early 2000s, about 60 percent of Americans opposed it, according to the Pew Research Center. Another poll by Pew found that almost half of white evangelicals born after 1964 favored same-sex marriage in 2017, compared to about a quarter of older white evangelicals.

Persons: Anita Bryant, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Hodges, Tony Perkins, ”, Franklin Graham, Pew Organizations: Family Research, Christianity Today, Pew Research Center Locations: United States, Obergefell

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, June 24 (Reuters) - On May 12, the library coordinator for Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District sent an email to colleagues that some conservative parents and Christian advocacy groups had long prayed to see. Liberal groups say the effort amounts to censorship and even bigotry, with disproportionate harm to LGBT students and those in other minority groups. Dana Hunter, a Republican and the chair of the school board, said she sought advice from Jeremy Samek, senior counsel at the Independence Law Center and the Pennsylvania Family Institute. "There are things that everybody would agree, including the ACLU, that you shouldn't be giving to kids," said Samek, who does not live in the school district. Dell'Angelo, one of the board's Democrats, said it was wrong to involve groups that oppose LGBT rights in public school policy, and unethical to do so in secret.

Persons: Maia Kobabe, Juno Dawson, curriculums, Tabitha Dell'Angelo, Dana Hunter, Jeremy Samek, Hunter, Dell'Angelo, Samek, Hannah Beier, Leo Burchell, Shannon Harris, Harris, Jonathan Allen, Paul Thomasch, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District, Republican, Liberal, Family Research Council, Independence Law Center, Pennsylvania Family Institute, Reuters, Republicans, American Association of School Librarians, Liberty, Museum, American, REUTERS, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, U.S . Department of Education's, Civil Rights, U.S, ACLU, Pennsylvania Family, Family Research, Thomson Locations: DOYLESTOWN , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S, Central Bucks

☆ A Texas bill could ban trans athletes from playing college sports
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Sarah Al-Arshani | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Greg Abbott is expected to pass a bill that would ban trans athletes from college games. The bill would only allow athletes to play on teams corresponding to their sex at birth. Greg Abbott is poised to sign a bill that would ban trans athletes from playing in college sports on the team that aligns with their gender identity, the HuffPost reported. 15 is yet another invasive, impractical measure mandated by the Texas legislature to 'fix' a problem that does not exist," Melodía Gutiérrez, Texas director for the Human Rights Campaign said, according to the Texas Tribune. The Tribune reported that Abbott has already said he would sign the bill when it lands on his desk.

☆ Do No Harm, a group of 'medical professionals' fighting 'woke healthcare,' is behind many anti-trans laws
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The AP analyzed 130 bills across 40 states, finding common language attributable to a group called Do No Harm. Do No Harm is one of several right-wing organizations advocating against trans inclusion in healthcare. Do No Harm is much newer, launching last year in an effort to shield "patients and physicians from woke healthcare." "We know that woke medical education and research are already impacting healthcare providers, and now federal and state policymakers are forcing woke policies into medicine," Kristina Rasmussen, executive director of Do No Harm, said in an April 2022 press release. Several other medical groups have joined calls to stop anti-trans policies from taking hold across the nation — like the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and the National Education Association, to name a few.

Trump won 76% of the white evangelical vote in 2020, down from 80% in 2016, according to Edison Research exit polls. In a March poll, Trump edged DeSantis among evangelicals in a two-way matchup 51% to 42%, a nine-point improvement for Trump from the month before. The gathering is traditionally an important stop for Republican presidential candidates, although this year DeSantis, who was invited, will not be going. Vander Plaats said evangelicals will consider whether Trump can prevail next year after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. “I don’t think President Trump is a principled man -- I think he was a great president,” Ascol said.

☆ US House passes a bill to protect same-sex marriage for the second time, this time with less Republican support
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The House passed a bill to protect same-sex marriage for the second time after senators amended it. Less Republicans voted for it this time than in July, despite amendments made by GOP senators. 39 House Republicans voted for the bill, less than the 47 who voted for the original version of the bill in July. Dozens of House Republicans, representing a broad and diverse swath of the conference, supported the bill when it first passed the chamber in July. Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, was also among the dozens of House Republicans who voted for the bill in July.

☆ Being LGBTQ in Colorado Springs wasn’t always easy. Now, some feel more exposed than ever.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Matt-Lavietes-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Matt Lavietes | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Then just days later, a gunman entered the city’s sole LGBTQ dance club, killing five people and injuring 19 others. Colorado Springs has long been considered a stronghold of evangelism, an identity of Christianity that has a history of opposing LGBTQ equality. The city has very few spaces where its LGBTQ people say they feel a sense of freedom and acceptance. Christopher Aaby, 39, moved to Colorado Springs when he was about 6. Jimmy Gomez-Beisch, 40, a gay burlesque dancer who was born and raised in Colorado Springs, struck a more hopeful tone for the community’s future.

☆ Live updates: Suspect in Colorado Springs LGBTQ club shooting charged with 5 counts of first-degree murder
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( David K. Li | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Colorado Springs, a mostly conservative city of about half a million people, sits about 70 miles south from the more progressive Denver. Poet James Davis "proudly named [the book] after a gay bar in Colorado Springs," according to his website. In the poem entitled "Club Q," Davis describes the emotion and the feeling of finally belonging in a place. “Club Q is in shock, and in deep mourning, with the family and friends who had loved ones senselessly taken from them. Mother identifies son as Club Q shooting victim: 'It's just a nightmare’ Nov. 21, 2022 00:54 Aston, a transgender man who worked at Club Q as a bartender, was one of the five people killed at the venue on Saturday.

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