Some people were outraged when at a Boston, Massachusetts, Episcopal church hosting an Easter vigil emceed by a drag queen, the Episcopal bishop of the church jokingly <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/25/us-news/boston-episcopal-bishop-alan-gates-rips-collar-off-female-cleric-during-easter-vigil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removed the collar</a> of a female reverend who forgot where she was during the eucharistic prayer.
Bishop Alan M. Gates removed the collar from the neck of Rev. Tamara Tucker, the priest for The Crossing, which <a href="https://www.thecrossingboston.org/">states</a> it is a ministry “providing a welcoming worship space for LGBTQIA+ folks” at The Cathedral Church of St. Paul on March 30.
“Very simply, we’re going to allow somebody to take their own piece of bread, the small piece of bread, and you will say to the person taking the bread,” Tucker said, then paused before continuing, “Wait, what is it, I’ve been gone for a while,” as the congregation laughed.
“The Body of Christ,” she continued. “It’s very simple, the Body of Christ, that’s it, that’s all you got to do. And then when they take the cup, you’ll pass it to them the Love of Christ, or the Blood of Christ, whichever is more comfortable to you. Can we do that? If I can do that after three months, I think we can. We got this.”
At that point, Gates walked over and removed the white, plastic insert as the congregation laughed. After a moment, he quipped, “Just kidding,” and handed her back the collar.
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Some people were offended; “It was just really sad that an occasion that is supposed to be joyous had to be marked by the specter of long-term misogyny that is pretty essential to Christianity, even in a church that feels like it has advanced past that,” Rev. Rita Powell, the chaplain for the Harvard Episcopal Community, <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/24/metro/episcopal-bishop-apology-female-clergy-collar/?event=event12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Boston Globe</a>.
&#8220;I know Bishop Gates didn’t think of it that way in his intention,” Powell added.
Gates ultimately released an <a href="https://www.diomass.org/news/diocesan-news/statement-apology-bishop-gates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apology</a>, writing:
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Dear colleagues and siblings in Christ,
I write to share my remorse and deep apology for an action by which I have caused deep pain and hurt. &#8230; In an instant of altogether misguided mischief, I reached out and removed Rev. Tamra’s clerical collar. It was a devastating and demeaning act, which I regret with all my heart.
The Rev. Tamra Tucker is a valued colleague and fine priest whose leadership it has been my honor to affirm. It was not and would never be my intent to humiliate Rev. Tamra; however, that was precisely the impact of my action. Furthermore, that hurt has extended to The Crossing community, whose pastor I disrespected, as well as others who were present or have subsequently learned of this incident and its impact. By my action I misused my authority, failed to extend episcopal grace, and transgressed personal space and boundaries. I am deeply sorry.
I extend my remorse and apology to the Rev. Tamra Tucker; to the Crossing community; to the Cathedral community; to other communities present; to ecumenical companions who had joined us at the Vigil; and to those in the wider church and community whom I have hurt.
In our baptismal covenant we pledge to “respect the dignity of every human being.” I seek forgiveness for my failure to keep this pledge, and God’s grace to renew that commitment.
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Former &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; contestant and actor &#8220;Shangela&#8221; has reportedly been accused of multiple sexual assaults after recently settling a civil lawsuit accusing the star of rape. 
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/shangela-rupaul-drag-race-sexual-assault-1234974148/">Rolling Stone</a> detailed the accusations against 42-year-old Darius Jeremy Pierce from five individuals, including allegations that the drag performer attempted to get them inebriated beyond the ability to give consent.
The sexual assaults allegedly occurred between 2012 and 2018 in California, Texas, Louisiana, and the United Kingdom.
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Drag Queen “Shangela,” who has now been accused of multiple sexual assaults, gave the welcome speech to Vice President Kamala Harris’ Pride event hosted at the VPs home in 2022. <a href="https://t.co/hVW3IUYoDQ">pic.twitter.com/hVW3IUYoDQ</a>
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1769815052482220152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
One person reportedly filed a police report for an alleged assault he said happened in Los Angeles in 2017 when he was 20 years old. According to the police report, he recalled &#8220;waking up completely naked on a bed and believed to be at Pierce&#8217;s residence&#8221; after the two met for dinner and Pierce bought him a drink.  He said when he woke up, Pierce told him that they had had sex. 
Another man reportedly said he met Pierce in 2018 in Texas when he was 21. He accused Pierce of shoving him on the floor in a bathroom closet and trying to penetrate him.  
The other three accusations were similar, including claims that Pierce supplied drinks to men who passed out and awoke in a dazed state after they were allegedly sexually assaulted. In some of the cases, the men claim that there was another person in the room with them.
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In a letter from Pierce&#8217;s attorney to Rolling Stone magazine, Pierce denied the sexual assault accusations, calling them &#8220;false and unsupported by any evidence or reliable witness testimony.&#8221; 
All five of the people said they came forward after a civil lawsuit, filed by Daniel McGarrigle, a production assistant on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;We&#8217;re Here,&#8221; was dismissed. McGarrigle accused Pierce, who hosted the show, of drugging and raping him after a 2020 wrap party. The case was recently settled. The terms were not revealed.
In 2022, Pierce was invited to the White House by President Joe Biden for the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act, The <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/new-drag-queen-invited-to-white-house-by-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-accused-of-sexual-assaults">Post Millennial</a> reported. That same year, the drag queen was invited by Vice President Kamala Harris to her residence for a Pride event.

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&#8220;The View&#8221; co-host Sara Haines said she thinks &#8220;everyone belongs at a drag show&#8221; while speaking with drag queen RuPaul.
During the <a href="https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/1765059783923560557?s=20">ABC talk show</a> on Tuesday, Haines asked RuPaul Charles about legislation in multiple states targeting drag performances, like in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-district-attorney-blocked-from-enforcing-state-law-shielding-kids-from-explicit-performances">Tennessee</a>, that outlaws adult cabaret male or female impersonators from performing &#8220;nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence or sadomasochistic abuse&#8221; on public property.
Throughout the segment, none of the co-hosts said the bans are intended to protect children, and such performances could still occur in age-restricted venues under the law.
&#8220;This is all happening while simultaneously we&#8217;re watching some places in this country ban drag shows,&#8221; Haines said. &#8220;Now I want to know your thoughts because to me one of the things that appeals about a drag show and often the community is this is a community that took time to find clarity.&#8221;
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Even kids? 
Speaking with RuPaul, The View&#8217;s Sara Haines proclaims &#8220;Everyone belongs at a drag show.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/eOTEs7iIGA">pic.twitter.com/eOTEs7iIGA</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1765059783923560557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;To see themselves, to be authentic when it wasn&#8217;t one of the actors on the stage,&#8221; she added. &#8220;They had to pave their own way. So, I have always found that everyone belongs at a drag show.&#8221;
&#8220;What do you think of this?&#8221; Haines continued, as she turned the question to RuPaul, who replied, &#8220;You&#8217;re born naked and the rest is drag.&#8221;
&#8220;Everybody is playing a role, everyone one,&#8221; the host of RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1765060856335696112">said</a>. &#8220;You know it. When you get out of the shower you put on your in drag, right?&#8221;
&#8220;So here’s the thing, art doesn&#8217;t have to explain itself,&#8221; RuPaul added. &#8220;Drag is art. Drag pokes fun at that stage play. It&#8217;s there to remind you not to take yourself too seriously…And the people who want to go up against all that are afraid of our light…That is the anecdote to all of this negativity.&#8221;
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Co-host Joy Behar interjected and suggested the reason she thought there was a call to ban drag shows was because &#8220;they are jealous&#8221; because they &#8220;see you having so much fun,&#8221; without explaining who &#8220;they&#8221; were.
Whoopi Goldberg, another co-host, added, &#8220;You can ban the drag shows but you aren&#8217;t coming to my house and turning the TV off now are you?&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/notre-dame-president-defends-school-sponsored-drag-show-on-grounds-of-academic-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Notre Dame President Defends School-Sponsored Drag Show On Grounds Of &#8216;Academic Freedom&#8217;</a>

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An NBC News article buries the mention of child pornography charges against an Oklahoma school principal who moonlighted as a drag queen and resigned when the charges came to light.
Last month, Shane Murnan, a 52-year-old man who <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2023/09/12/western-heights-public-schools-oklahoma-libsoftiktok-drag-show-principal/70832065007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">performs</a> in drag as Shantel Mandalay, resigned as head principal at John Glenn Elementary in Oklahoma City. The Western Heights school board voted Monday to accept Murnan’s resignation.
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An Oklahoma principal with a side gig as a drag queen says he was forced to resign under pressure from state Superintendent Ryan Walters and others. <a href="https://t.co/bLg3U8gnfJ">https://t.co/bLg3U8gnfJ</a>
&mdash; NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1757249528892162292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In the months leading up to his resignation, a substack called V1SUT <a href="https://v1sut.substack.com/p/oklahoma-school-district-hires-drag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> about Murnan&#8217;s previous arrest on child pornography charges, putting pressure on the school district to reexamine its hire.
Murnan was <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/02/15/prosecutors-appeal-ruling-on-evidence/62106535007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> in 2001 after police found four images of children engaged in sex acts on his computer, court documents say. However, the charges were ultimately dropped when a judge ruled that prosecutors had not proven that the people in the photos were underage.
At the time, Murnan was a 30-year-old fifth-grade teacher at a different elementary school in the Oklahoma City area.
Back in June when Murnan was hired at John Glenn, the school district <a href="https://www.facebook.com/whisd/posts/1142532123364984?ref=embed_post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> that it was aware of the old charges. Nevertheless, the district said Murnan came &#8220;highly recommended&#8221; and said they were &#8220;very excited about his vision&#8221; for the school.
Soon after he was hired, however, the former charges against the teacher went viral. The popular X account Libs of TikTok posted about Murnan, and State Superintendent Ryan Walters called for him to be fired.
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Meet Shane Murnan- elementary principal at <a href="https://twitter.com/wh_isd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wh_isd</a>.
Shane is a drag queen who performs for children and reads books about gender to kids while dressed in drag.
Shane was also previously arrested on child porn charges.
Would you want this person in charge of your kid’s school? <a href="https://t.co/yNuZyt3HRK">pic.twitter.com/yNuZyt3HRK</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1696906000660308341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“I’ve heard from parents all over the state,” Walters <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2023/09/12/western-heights-public-schools-oklahoma-libsoftiktok-drag-show-principal/70832065007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in September. “They want this principal out of the school, and I’m going to do everything in my power to ensure that that happens.”
Finally last month, Murnan said that Superintendent Brayden Savage told him that if he didn’t resign, the district would fire him because of the cost of increased security due to threats the school was receiving.
NBC&#8217;s Monday article focused on Murnan&#8217;s drag persona rather than the &#8220;decades-old criminal charges against Murnan that were dropped,&#8221; which it first mentions were related to child pornography way down in the 13th paragraph.
&#8220;He never had a problem with his dual identities, he said, until last year,&#8221; NBC&#8217;s article says.
“I’m a very professional person — I’ve worked really hard,” NBC quoted Murnan as saying. “I’ve gone to school. I got my bachelor’s, my master’s, my doctorate — I have been devoted to education, trying to make it a better thing. But they’ve destroyed me, and I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m doing now. This has been a nightmare.”
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The article also says Murnan is the &#8220;latest example of an educator singled out by Walters over ideological disagreements.&#8221;
The piece finishes with a quote from Murnan, who laments that &#8220;right now, it’s not about the kids in Oklahoma&#8221; but &#8220;all about politics.&#8221;

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First Lady Jill Biden and the White House were blasted for what&#8217;s been called a &#8220;bizarre,&#8221; &#8220;freaky,&#8221; and &#8220;cringey&#8221; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0z1oNluTbT/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Christmas Video</a> — which many have compared to something one might see coming out of the Capitol District in the &#8220;Hunger Games&#8221; movies.
The first lady started trending on <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/14/news/jill-biden-christmas-video-mocked-for-clockwork-orange-look/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> on Thursday after she released the video — which featured a dance group tapping wildly all throughout the White House and wearing strange, over-the-top costumes.  She captioned her post, &#8220;A bit of magic, wonder, and joy brought to you by the talented tappers of Dorrance Dance, performing their playful interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite. Enjoy!&#8221;
According to the <a href="https://www.dorrancedance.com/anti-racism-action-for-justice-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a>-based dance group&#8217;s website, they encourage support of groups like Black Lives Matter and push support for a group called &#8220;Showing Up For Racial Justice&#8221; that &#8220;moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-lady-jill-biden-blasted-bizarre-white-house-christmas-video-united-states-bananas?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Social media users</a> were quick to call out the video as  &#8220;absolute garbage,&#8221; &#8220;like something out of hell,&#8221; and more.
&#8220;This should&#8217;ve come with a sensitivity label,&#8221; Libs of Tiktok wrote. &#8220;This is [horrendous].&#8221;
Another added, &#8220;It&#8217;s a mentally ill Christmas at the Biden White House.&#8221;
While another person wrote, &#8220;You are so strange. Bizarre. Freaky.&#8221;
Others included side-by-side clips of the strange video against former First Lady Melania Trump&#8217;s Christmas video from 2020 during her time in the White House with former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;Jill Biden&#8217;s Psycho Christmas White House or Melania Trump&#8217;s Peaceful Christmas White House?&#8221; one person <a href="https://x.com/dailycallout/status/1735323126790246548?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
Another added, &#8220;How utterly tacky, tasteless and ANTI Christmas. Melania&#8217;s was tasteful, seasonal, appealed to everyone and was absolutely breathtaking and gorgeous.&#8221;
While a third wrote, &#8220;This is &#8216;Dr&#8217; Jill Biden&#8217;s cringey Christmas video. Of course it&#8217;s all blacks/gays/theys/thems. Not a single reference to the birth of Christ &#8230;&#8221;
In comparison, the video former First Lady Melania Trump released in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AClZ1-byZdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020</a> featured lots of beautiful Christmas trees, messages on packages that read, &#8220;faith&#8221; and &#8220;love,&#8221; and a toy train bearing the words &#8220;America the beautiful.&#8221;
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Notre Dame University President has defended the school&#8217;s decision to sponsor a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag queen</a> show stating in an automated response that the event will happen on the grounds of &#8220;academic freedom&#8221; and &#8220;freedom of expression.&#8221;
The university&#8217;s school paper &#8220;The Irish Rover&#8221; recently reported that the Film, Television, and Theater (FTT) Department will host a school-sponsored drag show on the campus on November 3.
News about the event has drawn criticism from students of the Catholic University who wrote an email to the school&#8217;s administration stating that the invite needs to &#8220;be rescinded [and that] the University offer an apology, especially to her women, for ever considering such a degrading portrayal of femininity, and direct its funds to events that support authentic femininity and the dignity of the human person,&#8221; the <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/26/notre-dame-admin-defends-university-sponsored-drag-show-under-the-guise-of-academic-freedom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federalist</a> reported.
In the automated response from the University President John Jenkins, those upset about the event were told that it&#8217;s a matter of &#8220;academic freedom.&#8221;
&#8220;We defend this freedom even when the content of the presentation is objectionable to some or even many,&#8221; the letter read. &#8220;The event you reference is part of a one-credit course in Film, Television and Theater on the history of drag, and the principle of academic freedom applies.&#8221;
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The response also stated that &#8220;the right of free expression does not, of course, extend to speech that threatens violence or constitutes harassment against an individual or a group. Such expressions violate University policies and will not be tolerated.&#8221;
The event-which is billed as featuring several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayer-funded-lgbtq-center-teaches-kids-as-young-as-11-fundamentals-of-drag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag performers</a>&#8211; is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters Initiative on Race and Resilience, the Departments of Music and American Studies, and the Gender Studies Program, the Federalist noted.
The Rover&#8217;s editor-in-chief Nico Schmitz wrote a plea to &#8220;Students, faculty, and staff who care about preserving Notre Dame as an authentically Catholic institution [to] make their voices heard on the matter.&#8221;
In his <a href="https://irishrover.net/2023/10/no-place-for-drag-at-our-ladys-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column</a>, he wrote that by the university &#8220;supporting lies about the human person — lies that say men can be women and that a minstrel show of femininity is a legitimate art form — the university is not only actively working against her mission, but permitting irreparable damage to its community and image.&#8221;
More than 400 people have emailed the university in opposition and if the event does happen, students who are upset have planned to host a rosary rally outside of the performance in November, the outlet noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-christians-need-to-be-a-lot-less-welcoming-and-tolerant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Christians Need To Be A Lot Less Welcoming And Tolerant</a>

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As you may or may not have heard, something called the Dove Awards were held here in Nashville this week. Broadcast on TBN, the Dove Awards are an annual awards show, held by the Gospel Music Association, designed to celebrate and recognize achievements in Christian music. Except this year, the headlines around the event had nothing to do with Christian music, or Christianity in general. Instead the attention went to a man named Derek Webb, who gained prominence in the Christian music space as the longtime lead singer of a popular Christian rock band. Several years ago, Webb had an affair, left his wife, and then became an apostate. He’s now re-married to the lead singer of another Christian rock band, while he continues to put out albums with titles like “The Jesus Hypothesis,” which should give you a good idea of where he stands.
But this year, after winning several Dove awards in the past, Webb decided to attend the ceremony dressed in drag, alongside his drag queen friend who goes by the stage name &#8220;Flamy Grant.&#8221; You may recall that we talked about Flamy Grant a few months ago when one of his “Christian” songs briefly made it to the top of the Christian song charts. Webb and Grant have made music together in the past, including a song called “Boys Will Be Girls.” And they put those lyrics into practice, or tried, this week at the Dove Awards. Webb tweeted out a picture of himself dressed in his drag outfit, along with the caption “54th annual dove awards, here we come.” <a href="https://twitter.com/derekwebb/status/1714407492241748352?ref_src=twsrc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As you can see</a>, Flamy Grant, is dressed in the customary Drag Queen uniform that makes him look like a character from a 90’s Tim Burton film, while Webb looks like he’s playing dress up with clothes he found in the clearance bin of the women’s section at Goodwill.  They both look utterly ridiculous and aggressively hideous.
After the event, Webb posted a video with the caption “Why did i wear a dress to the dove awards?” I can easily answer that question, and I will, but first let’s hear Webb’s version:
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why did i wear a dress to the dove awards? <a href="https://t.co/KdjYXHFuUa">pic.twitter.com/KdjYXHFuUa</a>
&mdash; Derek Webb (@derekwebb) <a href="https://twitter.com/derekwebb/status/1715073827837788557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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First of all, it’s hard to take him seriously when he starts the video with fake news, calling himself a straight man. If that doesn’t deserve a community note on Twitter, I don’t know what does. Aside from that, Webb claims that he showed up to a Christian event in drag because he wanted to be an “ally.” And apparently being an ally to attention whores means being an attention whore yourself. That is what most of this is about, after all. Yes, drag is an outlet for men with cross-dressing fetishes to get their thrills. It’s also a simple expression of narcissism. All of these people are narcissists, going to absurd lengths to bring all of the attention back to themselves. Attention is the primary fetish that drives these people. And their “allies.”
There’s quite a lot of this kind of allyship in modern western “Christianity.” (Note the air quotes around Christianity. It was just a few weeks ago that a cathedral in Dallas gave a blessing to drag queens during their service. Watch:
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You notice how the anchor claims there were signs “condemning LGBTQ people” and yet somehow their own news cameras never managed to get any of those signs on film. The only sign we see is one that says “God created them male and female,” which is a direct quote from the Book of Genesis. If that is a condemnation of LGBTQ people, it’s not the sign doing the condemning. The pastor also tells us that a law criminalizing sexually explicit shows for children will have severe ramifications for the drag community, and amounts to oppression against them. That, in and of itself, is a confession. Indeed LGBT activists have told us everything we need to know by their reaction to laws around the country that simply prohibit the sexual and physical abuse of children. They tell us themselves that these laws seriously cramp their style. And, well, I believe them. Which is why the laws must be in place.
But this drag and church combination has become increasingly popular. Just this week there was another drag event at a church, also hosted as a means of protest against laws that ban the mutilation and sexualization of children. Watch:
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Now, you could point out that most of these churches that are inviting cross dressing men to parade around on the altar are Episcopal or United Church of Christ, or something similar, and therefore don’t really count as Christian at all. These are social clubs for Left-wing Boomers that happen to meet in buildings that vaguely resemble churches. Which is true, and a fair point. But it’s also true that the western Christianity as a whole has become increasingly infiltrated by this madness, and has generally failed to take a firm stance against it, much less effectively fight back.
Recently, I told you about the major victory in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the ban on child gender mutilation in Tennessee and Kentucky. After that decision was announced, a number of prominent Christian leaders took to Twitter to celebrate the decision. But it was noted by many that most of these leaders, though they were eager to join the party celebrating the win — and to tacitly take credit for it — were nowhere in sight when the battle was raging. In fact, transgenderism and LGBT ideology seized its stranglehold on American culture while most churches, most Christian leaders, most pastors and priests — certainly not all, but most — said nothing at all. They may not have explicitly joined the other side and started waving the rainbow flag — though some of them did — but most of them hid from the fight.
Which is why, of all the people who most prominently led the charge against gender ideology, precisely none of us were church leaders. Some aren’t even Christian at all.
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Worse still — and I can say this from experience — while we went to war against this evil, many Christian leaders spent their time lecturing us for the way that we fought, the tone we took, our harshness, our meanness, our supposed lack of grace and kindness. They sat on the sidelines, afraid to get their hands dirty, while lecturing those in the trenches for fighting in a way that they found personally displeasing to watch. This is the story of Christianity in the west, at least in modern times. 
The Dove Awards are a perfect encapsulation of this problem. Sure, the Gospel Music Association did not officially invite Derek Webb or Flamy Grant to attend, and did not have them on stage to perform their heretical songs. But they also didn’t meet these men at the door and refuse them entry, which is what should have happened. They were welcomed in, and apparently treated kindly, when they should have been rebuked and turned away. They should not have been permitted to turn a Christian event into a platform for narcissism and degeneracy. To be welcoming as Christians does not mean — or should not mean — tolerating any and all forms of behavior, and standing idly by while your own events and churches and communities are used to celebrate sin.
I may welcome you into my home, but that doesn’t mean you can wipe your muddy shoes on my carpet and use vulgarity in front of my children. I am welcoming you into my home — my home, not yours — which means you must live up to the standards I have established. Least of all will I welcome you into my home and then let you set it on fire from the inside. If I do that, then soon there will be no home left for anyone to be welcomed into. And that is exactly what the Christian church has done in the West. It has welcomed in the arsonists who have spent the past several decades burning it down from within. This is what happens when you make tolerance your guiding virtue. Soon you find yourself tolerating your own destruction.
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Why Christians Need To Be A Lot Less Welcoming And Tolerant

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Well, we may have missed it by a few days but it’s never too late to celebrate &#8220;National Coming Out Day.&#8221; This is a fake holiday that officially took place a couple of days ago, on Wednesday October 11th. And if I&#8217;m being honest, it was everything I hoped it would be, and more. It&#8217;s almost like the holiday was invented as a form of performance art by someone who wants to expose the gender cult and demonstrate how absurd the whole thing is. In fact, that&#8217;s not a completely inaccurate way to describe the origins of National Coming Out Day. I&#8217;ll get to that in a second.
But first, it&#8217;s important to make clear that this holiday was not some fringe event that no one observed. The White House held a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/12/readout-of-white-house-meeting-with-latino-lgbtqi-leaders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> with &#8220;Latino LGBTQI+ leaders&#8221; to mark National Coming Out Day. Various media outlets and social media personalities promoted it. The largest school system in the city of Los Angeles <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/but-johnny-cant-spell-g-a-y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decided</a> to hold an entire week of events to celebrate National Coming Out Day, which doesn&#8217;t even really make sense, since it&#8217;s supposed to last just one day.
In any event, the idea behind this day (or week) of celebration is, of course, to encourage young people to tell everyone that they&#8217;re gay, or trans, or non-binary or one of the other infinite sexual identities. Apparently, there was no way that people could do that during Pride month, or International Pronouns Day, or the Trans Day of Remembrance, or International Lesbian Day which was also this week, or any of the other dozens of days on the calendar set aside for LGBT people. They need a separate day, just for &#8220;coming out,&#8221; in mid-October. And this past Wednesday, we&#8217;re led to believe, a bunch of people did just that, for the first time in their lives. They announced, to the whole world, that they&#8217;re an L, or a G, or a B, or a T, or maybe a +.
So what happened next? What grand consequences resulted from this momentous event? Well, that&#8217;s the good part. As far as I can tell from reviewing all the available data on this, literally nothing happened. There was no discernible response whatsoever. There were no reports that anyone was beaten in the aftermath of National Coming Out Day. No one was fired from their job for proudly declaring on social media that they&#8217;re a non-binary or a pansexual. No homosexuals were suspiciously crushed by pianos. The world just kept on turning, and no one cared.
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That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m finally getting around to celebrating National Coming Out day, a couple days late. In one fell swoop, this holiday has completely debunked every Left-wing narrative of &#8220;LGBTQ oppression&#8221; that we&#8217;ve been force-fed for the past several years. Consider that it was just a few months ago that we were told by the so-called &#8220;Human Rights Campaign&#8221; that there&#8217;s a &#8220;nationwide state of emergency&#8221; because, as they say, &#8220;LGBTQ+ people&#8221; are endangered. Watch:
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So, there&#8217;s a nationwide state of emergency because there are real, tangible and dangerous threats to the &#8220;LGBT community.&#8221; That was just four months ago. And then, despite those threats, this week these same activist organizations told everyone to publicly announce that they&#8217;re part of this victimized club. 
And a lot of people did heed that call. In fact, NBC News just <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/national-coming-day-10-celebrities-came-2023-far-rcna119788" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> an entire list of celebrities who came out of the closet — not just on National Coming Out Day, but throughout the year 2023. This happens every year, and every year there are more and more. Some of them are coming out for the second and third time. Some are coming out as sexualities that don&#8217;t mean anything, like Wayne Brady declaring he&#8217;s &#8220;pansexual.&#8221; And yet none of these people — the celebrities, the random kids on social media — none of them have faced any consequences whatsoever. No one responded to them with bigotry or violence or any of that.
Does anyone in the corporate media or at the Human Rights Campaign think that&#8217;s a bit odd? You&#8217;d think they&#8217;d actually be thrilled by this news. Despite a supposed nationwide terror campaign against LGBTQ+ folks, a bunch of people just publicly declared their sexual orientation or gender identity or whatever. And they somehow survived the week, totally unscathed. How could this be?
If you listen to what these activists are saying this week, you won&#8217;t get an answer to that question. They won&#8217;t grapple with any of this. But you will get a very clear window into how they think, and how effortlessly they will lie to you. 
Here, for example, is one representative of the so-called Human Rights Campaign, doing the rounds on local news stations to promote National Coming Out Day. And as part of his schtick, he explains that the murder of Matthew Sheppard in 1998 is one of the reasons that the organization is so adamant about promoting National Coming Out Day. Here’s the clip:
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If you parse what the anchor lady and the H.R.C. spokesman are saying, it becomes very clear what&#8217;s going on. Neither one of them explicitly states that Matthew Sheppard was murdered because he was gay. They imply it, but they don&#8217;t come out and say it.
What that tells you is that they know they&#8217;re lying. I&#8217;ve talked about this case before. But the basic facts of this case are completely different from what the leftists at H.R.C. and the corporate media will tell you. Many years ago, an investigative journalist named Stephen Jimenez <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/26/the-truth-behind-americas-most-famous-gay-hate-murder-matthew-shepard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">looked into</a> the Matthew Sheppard case. He found that Sheppard was a high-value meth dealer and prostitute who was killed by one of his gay lovers. So the whole narrative lionizing Matthew Sheppard — which Bill Clinton and the entire news media pushed at the time — was false. And yet, decades later, activists are *still* citing his case, and implying he was murdered because he was gay.
All of corporate media is doing the same thing. The other day, the Associated Press ran an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/matthew-shepard-lgbtq-rights-db6142ccc885a86dde5e4eeb9f42b539" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> — which was picked up by NBC News and other outlets — stating that the death of Matthew Shepard &#8220;has been memorialized as an egregious hate crime.&#8221; Again, they&#8217;re playing with language. They know Matthew Shepard&#8217;s death wasn&#8217;t a hate crime. But they &#8216;re telling you it was &#8220;memorialized&#8221; as one, and then they&#8217;re refusing to give you the context. It’s actually a clever trick. Even I would have to admit that the statement is true. It was indeed memorialized as a hate crime. It’s just that it wasn’t actually a hate crime.
So what is the point of all these lies? They&#8217;re lying about the dangers face by &#8220;LGBTQ youth.&#8221; They &#8216;re lying about Matthew Sheppard. What&#8217;s the goal? Where is this all leading to? A year ago, the president and CEO of GLAAD, in her attempt to promote National Coming Out Day, spilled the beans. Here&#8217;s her explanation of what this whole charade is all about.
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Don&#8217;t just come out, says the CEO of one of the largest gay activist groups on the planet. Come out to vote, too! It&#8217;s so unbelievably transparent. They can&#8217;t hide it. This isn&#8217;t about anyone&#8217;s sexuality or oppression or whatever. It&#8217;s about marshaling more votes for the Democratic Party. It’s about reinforcing the Left’s ideological stranglehold on the culture. It’s as simple and cynical as that.
To be fair, later in that interview, this same woman — the CEO of GLAAD — does attempt to offer another reason as to why National Coming Out Day is so important. And she manages to dig an even deeper hole for herself in the process. Really, she completely blows up the whole premise of &#8220;National Coming Out Day&#8221; without even realizing it. Watch:
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Well, the two of you don’t have two children. One of you has children. But let’s not get technical. 
What this GLAAD woman is otherwise describing is normal human interaction. It’s not &#8220;coming out.&#8221; So, the entire idea of &#8220;National Coming Out Day,&#8221; according to the CEO of GLAAD, is really complete nonsense. It&#8217;s designed to solve a problem that doesn&#8217;t even exist. These people aren&#8217;t even pretending to be persecuted; they&#8217;re just complaining about having to introduce themselves. So it&#8217;s reasonable to ask, how did this fake holiday even come about in the first place? Who came up with this idea?
Elsewhere in that interview, the GLAAD CEO briefly goes into some detail about the history of National Coming Out Day. She lies about it, so there&#8217;s no point in showing it to you. But if you dig into National Coming Out Day, you&#8217;ll find that it was founded by a woman named Jean O&#8217;Leary. Who is Jean O&#8217;Leary? She was a feminist who really didn&#8217;t like transvestites or drag queens. We don&#8217;t have to guess about that. She said it on film at a rally in 1973. Watch:
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A few seconds later, Jean O&#8217;Leary was forced off the stage by a couple of guys in drag. There&#8217;s a lot of feminist gibberish in there, but the substance of what she said is worth repeating: 
<blockquote>We are opposed to the exploitation of women by men for entertainment or profit. &#8230; Men have been telling us who we are for all our lives. &#8230; Men have never been able to show us ourselves.</blockquote>
This is what the founder of National Coming Out Day stood for, just a few decades ago. Men with fetishes are not, in fact, women. That&#8217;s what she&#8217;s saying and she could not have been clearer.
Of course, later in life, she recanted, and bent the knee. But this is what she stood for. Now the gender cult is papering over that little inconsistency. They&#8217;re lying about the history of this fake holiday, just like they lie about what happened at Stonewall, just like they lie about Matthew Sheppard, just like they lie about the &#8220;national state of emergency&#8221; facing their supposedly marginalized fanbase, just like they lie about literally everything all the time.
They&#8217;re lying so much, and so desperately, because the truth could not be clearer. The LGBT club is not oppressed. A country does not have 50 fake holidays to celebrate a group of people it is oppressing. Celebrities do not go out of their way to be a part of a truly marginalized and bullied community. A club does not grow in membership so rapidly if being in the club is a ticket to persecution. No, it goes the opposite way. For the individual, identifying as LGBT means social capital and cultural influence. For the Powers That Be, the more people who identify as LGBT, the more votes they get, the more power they wield.
This is what it’s all about, and has always been about. And now, that couldn’t be more clear.
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The Left Accidentally Destroys Its Own Narrative With ‘National Coming Out Day’

The Left Accidentally Destroys Its Own Narrative With 'National Coming Out Day'

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Opinion

Pride Month

A local chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is apologizing after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-member-arrested-for-masturbating-in-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire reported</a> that a former member of its community was arrested last month for masturbating at a beachfront park in California.
Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, the alleged public masturbator, had been active in the local Eureka, California, chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for years, even attending a drag reading at the public school with the group back in 2018. Ellis-Gilmore appeared to go by several names in the group, including “Novice Sister Bethe Cockhim,” and “Novice Sister Man Romeo,” according to social media posts. 
The Eureka House of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence told The Daily Wire on Wednesday that Ellis-Gilmore’s arrest “is an embarrassment and a blight on our name.”
“The Eureka House of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence unreservedly condemns the behavior alleged in police reports,” the group said in a statement sent to The Daily Wire from Sister Marymagnalaid. “To have anyone associated with us accused of such behavior is an embarrassment and a blight on our name.”
The group came under the spotlight earlier this year when it was honored by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The decision caused an uproar in the community, given the Sisters are known for mocking the Catholic faith.
Police records show Ellis-Gilmore was arrested after multiple witnesses said he was sitting with no pants on and truck door open at Table Bluff County Park, with one leg out the vehicle and the other up on the dashboard while masturbating. One witness told The Daily Wire it was clear Ellis-Gilmore wanted “everyone to see what he’s doing.”
The local chapter says that although Ellis-Gilmore was involved, he was never a full-fledged member of the group. 
“The person arrested was in a probationary process to become a full member at one time but this process ended in October of 2020,” the statement said. “We have a long and complex process for admitting new members to our order and we take every step to be as certain as possible that anyone admitted as a fully-professed member will not bring dishonor to our order.”
The statement added that the group had a disciplinary by which they could kick out members and that full members were mandatory reporters. 
“We offer our most profound apologies to the community for what happened and specifically to any individuals impacted by this inexcusable behavior. It is not representative of our Order, our values, or the hundreds of individuals who serve as Sisters,” the statement said.
Pictures on social media place Ellis-Gilmore at numerous events with the group alongside his husband, Bill Gilmore, who goes by “Saint Gives More.” According to the group, “Saints,” though not members of the “Abby,” <a href="https://www.eurekasisters.org/the-abbey/saints-angels">are</a> “very special people in our community who deserve recognition for their contributions to the community or the Sisters.”
The group said it was “frustrating” that Ellis-Gilmore’s masturbation arrest came as the group was in the national spotlight.
“It is particularly frustrating for us to have to address this accusation of inexcusable behavior at a time when we know many are seeking any way to marginalize and minimize us,” it said. “We would ask our critics to consider whether all the current and former members of their own organizations are without sin before hurling stones at our entire organization based on the alleged behavior of a former member.”
If convicted, Ellis-Gilmore faces six months of prison time, a $1,000 fine, and a requirement to register as a sex offender.

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Drag Queen story hour

Social Issues

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> mayor is facing backlash after he was filmed being spanked by a drag queen with a paddle at a Democratic fundraising event.
The mayor of Burbank, Konstantine Anthony, was filmed bent over a table and laughing as drag queen Foxxy Roxywood hit his rear end with a paddle at the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats’ Drag Queen Bingo event on Saturday.
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WATCH: Konstantine Anthony- the Mayor of Burbank, California, received a spanking from a drag queen in front of children at a Democrat campaign event yesterday.
Full story here! <a href="https://t.co/G6BudDFuGs">https://t.co/G6BudDFuGs</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dxb5bJ9Cuw">pic.twitter.com/Dxb5bJ9Cuw</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1701014340307161531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The video was originally <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxBwKhlPI6Q/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">posted</a> to Instagram by the Wisenuts Podcast and went viral on social media after Libs of TikTok posted the video on X on Sunday.
A poster for the drag queen bingo <a href="https://meaww.com/who-is-konstantine-anthony-outrage-as-video-of-burbank-mayor-being-spanked-by-drag-queen-at-campaign-event-goes-viral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the event stated that the fundraiser was for those 15 and up but was “not suitable for children.” Libs of TikTok claimed there were children at the event.
“Actually, there weren’t any children at this private 21+ event,” Anthony <a href="https://twitter.com/KonstantineinCA/status/1701036143301775534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1701036143301775534%7Ctwgr%5E263c501f516681dc6e6964736c40df376b1a0e3b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-mayor-spanked-rages-at-libs-of-tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> in a post on X under Libs of TikTok&#8217;s tweet.
“But of course lying is totally on brand for you,” the mayor added.
“So why does the advertisement say 15+?” Libs of TikTok asked.
The mayor responded again that despite the advertising, no minors actually showed up at the event.
&#8220;But you weren&#8217;t there, so you wouldn&#8217;t know. Easier to speculate and lie, right?&#8221; Anthony <a href="https://twitter.com/KonstantineinCA/status/1701056836512928183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>.
&#8220;You lied and you were caught. You lost all credibility. Hope the spanking was worth it bro,&#8221; Libs of TikTok responded again.
&#8220;No children were in attendance,&#8221; Anthony <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-mayor-spanked-by-drag-queen-denies-children-present-at-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News. &#8220;All attendees were over 21 years of age.&#8221;
The mayor also commented &#8220;Jealous?&#8221; on the original Instagram video post.
Anthony is a newlywed who married his wife in July. The two share a young son.
Besides serving as Burbank&#8217;s mayor, Anthony is a former improv comedian and actor who is currently running for Los Angeles County supervisor.
In July, Anthony appeared to downplay graphic sexual content in a controversial book available in some public school libraries.
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Wow. Here’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MayorSpanky?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MayorSpanky</a>, the Mayor of Burbank, CA who received a spanking from a drag queen at an event that was open to children- defending books like “Gender Queer” in schools, saying it isn’t sexualized or graphic.
Why does <a href="https://twitter.com/KonstantineinCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KonstantineinCA</a> want kids reading porn in school? <a href="https://t.co/U49EUV4CIN">pic.twitter.com/U49EUV4CIN</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1701433222763024439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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During Anthony&#8217;s July 10 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9jhgHyoPeo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance</a> on the WiseNuts podcast, a woman who called into the podcast asked Anthony whether he had read the sexually explicit graphic novel “Gender Queer.” Anthony responded that he had in fact read it.
“Gender Queer” includes pornographic cartoon illustrations of sex between two males with a sex toy, as well as oral sex, masturbation, and other sexually explicit content.
&#8220;You don&#8217;t find that to be sexualized?&#8221; the woman caller asked Anthony.
&#8220;No,&#8221; Anthony responded. &#8220;It&#8217;s not graphic. Come on.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m happy to send you screenshots,&#8221; the woman said.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen the screenshots,&#8221; Anthony responded, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s not porn, oh my God.&#8221;
When the podcast hosts and the caller pressed him on whether &#8220;Gender Queer&#8221; is appropriate for children, Anthony said it is &#8220;appropriate for certain ages&#8221; but eventually clarified that he was &#8220;not okay with&#8221; the book for middle schoolers.
&#8220;Look, you can&#8217;t start banning books,&#8221; Anthony said.
In recent years, curriculum content in public schools has become a hot button issue, with parents showing up to school board meetings to express their disapproval of books like &#8220;Gender Queer&#8221; being available to their children.
Editor&#8217;s Note: A previous version of this article stated that the drag queen bingo event was part of a fundraiser for California state senate candidate Kipp Mueller. The Santa Clarita Valley Democrats say the two events were separate; however, the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats have refused to disclose how the funds raised at the drag show bingo event would be used and whether they will benefit candidates&#8217; campaigns.

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An active member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of predominantly gay men who openly mock Catholics, was arrested in California last month for indecent exposure after witnesses say he masturbated in public for an hour, according to a sheriff’s office report obtained by The Daily Wire. 
The man, 53-year-old Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, was arrested by police at a beachside park after they received a report of a male “exposing himself in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle,” the Humboldt County Sheriff’s department said. 
“According to numerous witnesses, Ellis-Gilmore had been at that location for approximately one hour, sitting in his truck with the door open, masturbating,” according to a sheriff&#8217;s <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/09/Police-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on the incident, which took place on August 12 at around 6:41 p.m. “The conduct does not appear to have been directed at anyone in particular.” 
The arrest took place at Table Bluff County Park in Loleta, California, with over an hour of daylight still left. Google lists the park as “good for kids” and home to “kid-friendly hikes.”
A mugshot obtained by The Daily Wire from Ellis-Gilmore’s <a href="https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/119781/20230813_BookingSheet">booking</a> indicates that he was at least shirtless at the time of the arrest. The Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence did not respond to a request for comment on Ellis-Gilmore.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-dodgers-will-honor-drag-group-mocking-catholics-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made headlines</a> earlier this year after the Los Angeles Dodgers decided to honor the group at a “Pride” event. The group makes fun of Christianity and its members are men in traditional nun clothing that frequently use sexually suggestive names. It won the support, however, of many in the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/meet-drag-nuns-caught-culture-war-pride-events-rcna89540">media</a>, which defended the group from critics who said it was a <a href="https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1661402810112516099?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">perverted hate group</a> and celebrated it for its “dedication to community service.”
Ellis-Gilmore&#8217;s initial arrest was only reported by a local Humboldt County website, The Lost Coast Populist, which <a href="https://lostcoastpopulist.com/sisters-man-arrested-4-indecent-exposure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">located</a> many of his old social media posts and first linked Ellis-Gilmore to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Randy Fleek, a witness who spoke with the arresting deputies, told The Daily Wire that Ellis-Gilmore made no attempt to hide what was going on. He said that Ellis-Gilmore parked two spots away from his trailer and had his left leg out the open door of the truck and right leg up on the dashboard with no pants on, which gave him full side view of Ellis-Gilmore &#8220;playing with himself.&#8221;
&#8220;Well this is f***ed up,&#8221; Fleek said of what he saw. &#8220;It’s obvious. You cannot help but see this guy, he’s not hiding it. He wants everyone to see what he’s doing.&#8221;
He added that cars came and went throughout the hour, including some with young women. He also said that Ellis-Gilmore had his shirt on at the beginning but was naked by the end. He said he was happy when the sheriff deputies arrived, took him out of the truck, and got him dressed.
&#8220;There’s something wrong with that man. He’s got a weird f***ing desire to show off to the public, to anybody that wants to look at him,&#8221; Fleek said. &#8220;He puts himself in a position and in a spot that you can’t help but look at the son of a b***.&#8221;
He described the location as &#8220;popular&#8221; and one where a lot of vehicles come through to look at the ocean which he said made what he witnessed more disturbing. &#8220;People pull in to see the ocean, they don’t pull in to see this. But you can’t help but see,&#8221; he said of Ellis-Gilmore&#8217;s alleged actions. 
Ellis-Gilmore, the alleged public masturbater, has been active in the local Eureka, California, chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for years. Ellis-Gilmore appears to go by several names in the group, including “Novice Sister Bethe Cockhim,” and “Novice Sister Man Romeo,” according to social media posts. 
Pictures on social media place him at numerous events with his husband, Bill Gilmore, who goes by “Saint Gives More” — “Sainthood” in the group is bestowed on only the most dedicated community members. 
Among the Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence events that Ellis-Gilmore participated in was a book reading at an elementary school where a man wearing a mock-nun outfit and Ellis-Gilmore, wearing fake blond braids, a dress, and fishnet tights, read to children.
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“Yesterday sisters had the most magical time reading story books to the Peninsula elementary school kids in recognition of them Studying LGBT awareness month! Thanks for the honor!” a post from October 31, 2018 said. 
The post tagged the Facebook account for “Novice Sister Bethe Cockhim,” an account that appears to be run by Ellis-Gilmore. 
Prior to the event at the school, Ellis-Gilmore and his group had a history of sexually charged posts on social media. One post from the Sisters exhibited two members holding a plastic penis while posts from Ellis-Gilmore showed off his nipple piercing and a cartoon “gay” Smurf illustration that featured erections and pubic hair. 
The event took place at Peninsula Union, a public elementary school in Humboldt County nearby where Ellis-Gilmore was arrested. The school did not respond to a request for comment on the Sisters, and whether it has hosted the group since.
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Ellis-Gilmore’s social media is filled with Satanic and sexual themed posts, including one meme about oral sex featuring a pacifier, a lollipop, an ice cream bar, and a penis with the caption “Shhhhhhhh….it’s ok, you’ve been preparing for this your whole life.” 
Another post features a faux certificate from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence that says “pleasure should be your god, lust your temple, and sex your sacrament&#8221; while another said &#8220;Be gay, hail Satan.&#8221;
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Ellis-Gilmore was charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor on first offense, which according to California penal code can result in six months of prison time, a $1,000 fine, and a requirement to register as a sex offender.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma&#8217;s</a> top education official said Thursday that an elementary school principal who performs as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag queen</a> and faced previous child pornography charges should be fired. 
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/oklahoma-official-uimaginable-elementary-school-hired-principal-secret-drag-queen-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News that Western Heights School District should fire John Glenn Elementary School Principal Shane Murnan, a drag queen who reportedly goes by the name &#8220;Shantel Mandalay.” Walters, who <a href="https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-education-teachers-superintendent-walters-c5c55e473eaeb0c94545c8ae5753149a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaigned</a> on getting critical theory and gender theory out of the classroom, said that Murnan should be terminated &#8220;immediately.&#8221;
“It&#8217;s outrageous to have a drag queen running a school, you know, here in Oklahoma that doesn&#8217;t line up with Oklahoma values,&#8221; Walters told Fox. &#8220;I hear from parents every day that are concerned with this woke left-wing indoctrination or schools, this gender theory that continues to be thrust upon our kids. It&#8217;s completely inappropriate.&#8221; 
As a drag queen, Murnan has participated in story hours at the public library and worked at Oklahoma City gay bar “The Boom,” according to Facebook posts. 
&#8220;I think that the Left has absolutely an agenda for our kids, that they are at war with our kids in the classroom,&#8221; Walters said. &#8220;What they are doing is injecting this ideology for an end goal here. Their end goal is to absolutely break down a child&#8217;s mind, break down the classroom, break down the family, and you see the results that have come from this. They want kids to turn on their parents and only listen to their leftist ideology.&#8221; 
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Meet Shane Murnan- elementary principal at <a href="https://twitter.com/wh_isd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wh_isd</a>.
Shane is a drag queen who performs for children and reads books about gender to kids while dressed in drag.
Shane was also previously arrested on child porn charges.
Would you want this person in charge of your kid’s school? <a href="https://t.co/yNuZyt3HRK">pic.twitter.com/yNuZyt3HRK</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1696906000660308341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;No parent wants to send their kids to school knowing that they could be exposed to this radical gender theory in any capacity. This woke war on our kids has to stop,” Walters added. “We will not allow our kids to be part of their radical-Left game for pushing ideology and furthering their end goal, which is creating social justice warriors instead of students that understand how education is a path for success for them.”
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The child pornography charges that Murnan faced back in the early 2000s were reportedly dismissed after a judge ruled that prosecutors could not prove that he had possessed the illicit materials. Court records show that Oklahoma investigators say that they had obtained deleted child pornography images they said were possessed by Murnan, according to The Oklahoman. 
“Defense attorney Frank Muret argued that since Murnan had deleted the images from his computer, the state couldn&#8217;t prove he was in possession of it. Worthington granted the defense&#8217;s motion to dismiss based on that argument,” The Oklahoman <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/08/14/prosecutors-wont-appeal-porn-ruling/62084184007/">reported</a>. 
The school responded to the re-surfaced charges, saying that they had been dismissed and pointing to the fact that the record of the charges has been expunged.

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