Abuse is in the Church, not a Drag Show

With all the time and energy being spent by Republican politicians hell bent on eradicating drag show performers from the face of the earth, you’d think there would be a parade of stories documenting all the drag queens being arrested for nefarious behaviors with children. 

And yet, time after time, the perpetrators come from the churches. 


While no one seems to care.


For instance, this story about hundreds of Baptist leaders and members accused and found guilty of sexual abuse of children came out last June.  Did you even see this story at the time? Where was the Republican’s moral outrage and demand for eradication of the church, or at the least some kind of oppressive government oversight that would make conducting church services untenable? 


Where was the legislation, at any level, to crack down on this behavior in the church? House investigations looking at the habitual abuse? Senators visiting churches for photo ops?


Nah, none of that happened. The story just showed up one day, we all thought “oh my” for a moment (if we even saw it at all), and that was it. Just par for the course, I guess.  


But, drag queens? Oh no, these Republicans are ON THE JOB, yessiree! Most of them using their religion (imagine that) to rationalize their outsized hatred for drag performers. Or, perhaps, their own self-hatred, who knows?


With no proof of scandals, no ”To Catch A Predator: Drag Queen Edition”, as evidence of their claims, they’ve decided to demonize and lie about a decided minority because, well, they can. 


That, and they know a certain group of people will eat it up. 


Meanwhile, real life sexual abuse of children IS actually happening, it’s just not happening at drag shows. 

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