Republican lawmakers blast Biden administration
grant to protect atheists overseas
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/8/2022 9:50:41 PM
A State Department grant of $500,000 to fund the promotion of the rights of atheists and other nonbelievers in the Near East and South-Central Asia has drawn fire from more than a dozen members of Congress who say the goal is to push atheism, which they assert is a component of “radical, progressive orthodoxy” worldwide. The 2021 grants were designed to allow “members of minorities and marginalized groups—particularly atheists and nonbelievers” to network and campaign for their freedom alongside religious believers, but Rep. Jim Banks, Indiana Republican, and 14 other signers of a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken say the funds
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Gov. Greg Abbott Empowers Texas Authorities
To Arrest And Ship Illegal Aliens Back
To The Border 29 replies
To Arrest And Ship Illegal Aliens Back
To The Border 29 replies
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White House Defends Harassment of Justice
Kavanaugh in DC Restaurant: ‘This Is
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Kavanaugh in DC Restaurant: ‘This Is
What a Democracy Is' 28 replies
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Exclusive: Army Training Says Soldiers
Must Shower with Transgender Persons of
Opposite Sex 25 replies
Must Shower with Transgender Persons of
Opposite Sex 25 replies
An Army training slide obtained by Breitbart News instructs soldiers to shower with transgender members of the opposite sex even if they have not undergone a surgical transition.
The training slide offers a “vignette” instructing soldiers on what to do if they encounter a female soldier who identifies as male according to the Department of Defense’s personnel tracking system known as Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), but has not surgically transitioned and still has “female genitalia.”
The slide, titled “Soldier/Unit Training Barracks, Bathrooms, and Showers,” reads:
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Good luck with that; into the circular file it goes, with a smile. Do they also object to our promotion of LGBTQI+, which, along side Marxism and atheism, is another core American value?