June may be over, but we’re certainly not done talking about the nefarious ripple effects of Pride Month.
Two summers ago, Alex Stein busted an event hosted by Mr. Misster, a gay bar in Dallas, Texas, for exposing children to sexually explicit content.
To say the video footage is disturbing is an understatement. Viewer discretion is advised.
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The footage captures several drag queens dancing erotically in front of a neon sign that reads, “It’s not gonna lick itself,” while taking money out of children’s hands. Some of the kids even got to strut the catwalk alongside the performers.
What’s even more disturbing is that several policemen were present at the event, and all of them were perfectly content to allow children to enter a bar where they would be exposed to sexually explicit content.
At least none of them got away without facing some of Alex’s infamous trolling. Check it out for yourself in the clip above.
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A town in Connecticut has come under fire after its council voted against raising the thin blue line flag to honor a state trooper killed in the line of duty.
On the afternoon of May 30, Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier, 34, conducted a routine traffic stop along eastbound I-84 in Southington, about 20 miles southwest of Hartford. While he was standing on the shoulder and addressing the driver whom he had just pulled over, a pickup truck suddenly swerved onto the shoulder, swiped Pelletier's police cruiser, and then struck Pelletier before speeding away.
'Our flag policy prohibits us from doing anything associated with hate.'
Pelletier was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a nine-year veteran of the force, a husband, and the father of two children. His K-9 partner, Roso, was in the police vehicle at the time of the crash but was not injured.
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Pelletier's funeral was scheduled for this past Wednesday, and Rich Bailey — a Republican member of the Wethersfield, Connecticut, town council and the son of a retired police officer — wanted his community to honor the fallen trooper. So on Monday, two days before Pelletier's funeral, Bailey proposed that the town hoist the American Blue Line flag at half-staff on Wednesday in Pelletier's memory.
"In my home, [the flag] means police, and they protect us, and they are our first line of defense," Bailey said. "They always are, and they’re always here, and they’re always for us."
His colleagues on the council disagreed, voting 5-3 against raising the police flag.
Democrat Councilman Miki Duric claimed he voted against the measure not because he has any animus against police but because municipal law requires 30 days' notice to raise a flag.
"This policy is being tested at the moment. It’s not a perfect policy," Duric said. "I think this is something we should look into. In case of emergency or things like this, we can have different approach. But that’s not what policy says at the moment."
Other Democrats on the council admitted that they view the thin blue line flag as a divisive symbol. Emily Zambrello even claimed that it represents "hate."
"It represents racism and antagonism to many, many people, and if you don’t personally believe that, and you fly at your own house and you think it means something to you, that is much more positive," she claimed. "It’s just not how many people feel about it, it’s not appropriate to raise it over our town hall, especially when our flag policy prohibits us from doing anything associated with hate."
Even Democrat Mayor Ken Lesser suggested that the police flag has been co-opted by evil-minded people. "It has now been used by white supremacist groups and other far-right types of groups," he claimed. "Even many police departments around the country and in the state of Connecticut say we don’t authorize or use that flag."
As a compromise, someone suggested flying a flag to honor all first responders, but Bailey rejected that idea, Mayor Lesser claimed.
"All we are doing is trying to respect a fallen police officer," Bailey insisted.
A prearranged Pride ceremony went on as scheduled this week but was limited in scope because of Pelletier's death. The American, POW, and Pride flags were all lowered to half-mast in his honor, according to video of the ceremony.
A suspect in the crash that killed Pelletier has been arrested. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 44, has been assessed several serious charges, including second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, evading responsibility resulting in death, driving under the influence, and failing to drive in the proper lane. He remains in custody on a $5 million bond.
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A man who has spent more than two decades with the Los Angeles County Fire Department is now suing the agency after its leadership allegedly tried to force him to raise an LGBTQ flag at his lifeguard stand at Will Rogers Beach in Pacific Palisades and then retaliated against him when he refused to comply.
In March 2023, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that requires all county-controlled buildings to fly a "Progress Pride Flag" during the month of June, sometimes referred to as Pride Month. Three months later, Jeffrey Little, an LACoFD captain lifeguard who has been with the agency for 22 years, requested an exemption from having to raise the flag at his lifeguard station because he is a Christian who holds traditional beliefs regarding gender, marriage, and the equality of all persons regardless of race, the Christian Post reported.
'Just have someone else raise the flag.'
According to a statement from the Thomas More Society, a legal nonprofit representing Little, the LACoFD initially complied with Little's request, assuring him that he would not have to hoist the flag personally or ensure that someone else raised it during the month of June in accordance with the county resolution.
That assurance was short-lived. On June 21, 2023, just two days after granting Little's request, the department rescinded its agreement.
The department then allegedly subjected Little to harassment and retaliation because of his beliefs. One day after the accommodation was revoked, Division Chief Fernando Boiteux issued Little a direct order to raise the flag, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Little's behalf late last month. "You are an LA County employee, that’s the only thing that matters," Boiteux reportedly told Little. "Your religious beliefs do not matter."
When Little still refused, he was allegedly removed from a background investigation unit at the department and later allegedly threatened with termination. He and his daughters even received death threats after someone from the department leaked his accommodation request to an unauthorized person, the TMS statement said.
With the lawsuit, Little is seeking reinstatement with the department's investigation unit, compensation for lost wages and other damages, the removal of all negative statements on his permanent record in connection with the LGBTQ flag issue, and permanent assurance that he will never have to fly it.
TMS' Paul Jonna believes the case is fairly cut and dry. "For a devout Christian to ask for an accommodation not to have to personally raise the flag is such an easy accommodation, such a simple solution: just have someone else raise the flag," Jonna told the Christian Post. "Devout Christians need to have protections in place. There needs to be strong precedent in place protecting them, and the law already provides for that protection."
The fire department declined requests for comment from the Post and the National Desk.
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The mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, is refusing to back down in the face of criticism from LGBT advocates who are angry that his city banned the display of pride flags on public buildings.
In June, the Hamtramck city council — believed to the first all-Muslim city council in the country — unanimously voted to prohibit the display of "religious, ethnic, racial, political or sexual orientation group flags" on public property, leading to criticism from LGBT advocates.
Over the weekend, the Washington Post gave that criticism new life. The newspaper published a story airing the grievances of LGBT advocates who claim the city council passed the rule to target them specifically.
"The sole purpose was absolutely to go after the gay pride flag," said one local LGBT advocate. Another told the Post the flag rule "has always been about being anti-queer."
Mayor Amer Ghalib (D) says those critics are far from the truth.
"The city council decided to stay neutral on such controversial issues. Public spaces and city properties are shared spaces among all residents and should not be used by special interest groups to promote their agenda," Ghalib told Fox News. "We just specified which flags to be allowed to fly on city properties: U.S. flag, state, city, and POW flags are allowed. Everything else is not.
"No other group complained except the LGBT, because everyone believes it's fair and just decision," he explained. "The city treats and serves everyone equally, no discrimination or preferential treatment."
Not only did Ghalib defend the city council's decision, but he went on the offense. He said LGBT advocates are "acting as victims" because Hamtramck's leaders are Muslim.
"I, as a mayor, as well as the city council don't represent all American Muslims, we just act on the best interest of our city and our residents," he said. "Muslims are diverse and hold different views about these issues, so why generalizing! I disagree with some Muslim elected officials in the same district or in neighboring cities.
"Acting as victims of American Muslims is an exaggerating response," he continued. "We feel that we are being disrespected in the only Muslim-majority city, where some political groups try to enforce their values on us and are not willing to compromise."
Glaib said the rule is also about "trying to close the door for other groups that could be extremist or racist." He called the rule "legal and constitutional" and clarified that the "vast majority" of Hamtramck's residents approve of it.
"Showing support using city resources and properties to one group and ignoring the rest of the community is just going to create more problems to our city government," he said.
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At a hospital in Portland, Oregon, a city Rita Panahi calls “the looniest left city known to modern man,” a woman’s cancer treatment has been threatened because she dared to “[question] the need for a trans flag.”
This patient was “first bullied by those meant to be treating her” and then “asked to submit to re-education, and when she refused, she was told she can no longer receive cancer treatment at Oregon Health and Science University,” Rita tells Douglas Murray.
“You can just feel the love and tolerance,” she mocks.
“You wonder where the adults all went in a city like Portland that was quite a proud city, quite a successful city in the past,” says Douglas.
“How could you get your priorities so out of order that a woman with cancer is treated like this for this ridiculous, stupid, ugly flag about a total fad?” he rants.
Rita agrees, adding, “Their moral compass appears to be completely warped.”
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Manhunt underway as Florida man strikes again, vandalizes pride mural
The famous "Florida man" headline strikes again.
This time, it’s for a progressive Pride street mural that was supposedly vandalized with tire marks by two drivers. Now, St. Petersburg police are on the hunt for them.
The first driver made his mark on May 17 at 9:36 am, when he decided to channel his inner NASCAR and zoom through the mural at 2500 Central Ave in his truck. Not to be outdone, a blue two-door car showed up at 2:41 am on May 22, where he spun doughnuts.
The incidents were caught on camera and show the second car spinning in circles on the rainbow walkway.
The second joyride will cost the city about $1,100 to fix, which makes it an official criminal mischief felony.
One LGBTQ bartender who works at Ride’em Cowboy in St. Petersburg told reporters he was “shocked and devastated,” especially considering the action took place “so close to Pride.”
“I think we all need to be careful now. There’s people obviously out there to get us that are a part of the LGBTQ including myself,” he continued, adding, “I was very upset somebody would do this.”
Pat Gray can’t stop laughing.
“They act like these are sacred areas, like they’re Indian burial grounds or something,” Gray says.
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