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Much is being written about the dangers of HR 5, the mislabeled Equality Act, which creates a new body of federally protected rights based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In the process, HR 5 scraps the long-standing basis of civil liberties in a way that hurts minorities, women, and religious freedom.
The Deepest Harm
Americans have heard about concerns of boys taking over girls’ sports and showering in girls’ locker rooms. But these issues, while serious, just scratch the surface of what is dangerous about HR 5. The deepest harm is the way it redefines personhood based on subjective sexual perceptions rather than objective, inherent rights.
I’m sure that HR 5’s sponsors mean well. They see that people who identify as LGBTQ are often picked on. Why not protect them under civil rights law as we do race, sex, and religion?
Here’s the problem: sexual orientation and gender identity are not objectively verifiable in the way that way that race, sex, and religion are. You wouldn’t know that a coworker is LGBTQ unless they told you that they perceive themselves in that way, or unless they act out certain stereotypes. HR 5 would enshrine self-perceptions and stereotypes into law.
The question is not whether LGBTQ people have a strong sense of their sexual self-perception that differs from the experience of most people. It is whether sexual orientation and gender identity ought to be codified into law as the basis of what qualifies a person for civil rights protection.
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker