A Kansas pastor checked out a library's LGBTQ books so no one could read them (Livestream) 

YEAH!

yep, and there's nothing more fun than being 10 years old and looking at dad's -porn- banned books stash. the guy has zero understanding of human nature, i bet his kids go gay, takers?

Damage? How so? They're trying to defend their community from the filth. Decent people would appreciate their intentions, however much they might question their tactics. More so, because today's culture is SO toxic...People who are heartbroken over what has been done to our culture are the NORM....I just wish that everyone who agreed with us would have had the guts to have stood up back when there was still something to be GAINED...It's largely over, now. Even FOX news inundates us with queers around the clock...

Ikr

@@tgriffin3059 Like when Christian parents would force their kids into camps? No really, they'd pay priests and councillors to come in at the dead of night to kidnap their own children to force them into camps. Then wondered why so many of the kids would log themselves out permanently. Then when those camps got shut down for human rights violations, the owners would be slapped on the wrist and start up a new one with the exact same name and those so-called "loving" parents would again pay to have their children kidnapped.

Read my mind. "Clearly, the numbers show the local citizens are willing to storm the library to read these books."

If they were curious, they wouldn't still be Christian.

The funny thing is that when you check out a book, it helps the author and gets the book promoted because many libraries are on a inter-lending library system now so the whole system will aquire more books to lend. Lmao

Yeah, that's actually how it works. If they request a book that the library has checked out, a new one is getting purchased.

circle jerk party?

I noticed that too.

50 books per person. Only men can lift that much! /s

Well, you wouldn't want the poor stupid influencable women getting their hands on them, would you?/s

Yep. We went through this s**t with the late Rev. Fred Phelps, and we aren't going to tolerate another MFer like Phelps. Not even red Kansas. The Patriot Guard was founded south and east of Wichita in Cowley County to counterprotest his picketing at KIA soldiers' funerals, so not even the Harley-riding vets are into the hate. Go sell that ish somewhere else.

What will they do if porn ever becomes available for free on the internet?

Did that pastor learn his lesson about destroying things that don't belong to him?

Muwhahahahaha!! It’s so awesome that they got freakin busted! Ass 🤡🤡🤡🤡

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​@willj1598 They'll go to the internet store and burn all the internets. Most of these guys live in 1950 so the concept may confuse them.

Yup

I'm sorry to say, I did not answer the pastor's call. I'll get right on that ;)-

​@@tgriffin3059is a husband and wife kissing each other damaging to children? No they say gross cause it's kissing but it's fine. They'll be the same with 2 husbands or 2 wives.

​@@tgriffin3059Sure It's about information, your doesn't measure up so you gave to hid other people's.

@@cryochick9044 Why were queers in the closet, to BEGIN with? Innate revulsion is the natural human response...This is true even if you take the Almighty out of it..

@@leothenomad5675 Oh...

@@tgriffin3059 Yes.

Christianity 101

niiice!

Libralians just activate a troll mode for them :)

And the library just ordered a newer copy instead of the old worn one that was sitting on the shelf for years

Totally unfair. A bathroom somewhere must be out of toilet paper

Haha! Exactly!

You need Jesus. Please repent.

And apparently he wanted to read them specifically with a bunch of other dudes. Sounds like a fun Pride month

Ayo 😂

@@CheckmateSurvivor weed is my Jesus and I worship every day.

It's our constitutional right to burn the Bible as long as it isn't violating any local laws.😂😂

I grew up as a JW. They are terrified of reading, hearing or looking at anything connected with another religion. They are especially afraid of anything of Catholic, Jewish or Mormon origin. Funny how many churches are the true church, but don't think their belief can hold up to scrutiny.

If you think people should have access to opposing viewpoints, would you be OK with Creation being presented in schools as a theory?

@@timkumpost6036 I would be OK with that, and I would even say it has been done, but there are challenges. Where is it placed in the curriculum? A long time ago, when I went to school, it was part of social studies and a World Religions class. What theory of creation? Young earth, Muslim, Buddhist, Native American, etc. The theory of creation is a really short lesson. "Some sort of divine being(s) caused things to exist". Everything else would just be debate on the details.

Absolutely because creationism is just religious nonsense with absolutely no scientific credibility or evidence.

correct me if i am wrong, but to my knowledge, a library can only rent as many digital copies as much phisical ones they have, right?

@@o-hogameplay185 Libraries can have more digital copies than physical ones. The problem with ebooks from libraries is that publishers force them to buy licensing periodically to "own" the books. That's why they have limited amounts of ebooks, and I suppose if everybody started getting books from my local library, in order to ensure that nobody can read them, they could also get them online and hold out those books from the public, didn't think that one though I guess. So that sucks. But they COULDNT burn them!

@@nickmurden8805 ah okay, thanks for the explanation

@@nickmurden8805 good points!

@@nickmurden8805 i guess it depends on the medium, but i have been selling digital models since the 80's and the beauty of it is as it's all "virtual" i can sell a zillion copies and still have the original - i don't have to "replace stock" - if you can download a book, then you have infinite "copies"? anyway i guess you know what you're talking about, just sayin'

They have definitely proven that.

Yep. There are no poor, hungry, or sick that Jesus told them they should care for or else they won’t spend eternity with him.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

“They’re for a freeeeeeiiiind!!!!!!”

That's when I realized that Chaya Raichik and her theopolitical allies had nothing but blood libel to offer.

or get incredibly horny because it does ring some bells? yeah, probably that.

Yeah, especially the girl-girl variety.

@@sarah2.017 "Lesbians! Existing! But not for my visual stimulation! How dare they!" Some asshole

Wichita certainly does ( I live here). The library also has drag queens doing story hour to children 😁 GO WICHITA LIBRARY !!!!!!!

Either that, or the pastor's concept of technology is roughly 6 decades out of date.

@@dominicfucinari1942 That's also very likely.

Then again, if those people were Seven Mountain Dominionists, they might believe we need an all-cis-het populace or else the Second Coming won't happen.

I'm pretty sure that part of the thing with Invincible is the fact that, in the US, violence is treated as more suitable for younger audiences than sex.

@@malcolmdarke5299 Is it, perhaps, because of a combination of militarism and the 13 colonies' history with the Church Of Purita?

I have read many books, they did not make me into a dragon, a Hobbit, an elf, gay, trans, not even Roseanne Barr (I still regret reading that one). In fact, the only books that made me into the thing the book was about were my electrician apprenticeship books.

@@willj1598 unfortunately I did read one that turned me into a sandworm but that's neither here nor there.

​@@LetoATX let the spice flow.

i think this is something he will think twice about doing again, especially when he kids grow up gay cos they read the books.

is there a pride book called "orwell and huxley do banned things" - if not there should be.

YUP… I’m so glad I didn’t have children because they would have to live through this B.S. I’ll be gone in a few years so good luck all of you earthlings, you’re gonna need it!

Weren't those the same book? I thought there was a weird reason for the change of name and they just were the same. Memory of it is hazy though

@cryochick9044 no 1984 is a dystopian future, farenheight is a dystopian future with book burnings.

@@cryochick9044 No, they aren't. They do both include themes of censorship by government, but 1984 has constant government-sanctioned historical revisionism with the intent of keeping control of the people but no book burnings, and I can't say anything about Fahrenheit 451 (having not read it) except that it *does* involve book burnings, which is where the name comes from (451 degrees Fahrenheit supposedly being the combustion point of paper).

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Log books of ancient doctrines are one thing, but I know, for a few examples, that Tim LaHaye, John Hagee, and Debi Pearl, are scam artists.

They will if he steals the books.

You need Jesus. Please repent.

Wouldn't the library earn money from him? They need the money, it's probably the best thing he can do in his life.

​@@CheckmateSurvivorWhat I need is to be able to have access to a variety of literature and the perspectives that literature represents.

@@CheckmateSurvivornobody needs jesus. he’s been dead forever, the world kept spinning without him

Yess

Streisand effect!

Was he trying to court votes from one or a few particularly violent congregations?

And we all know you just tell kids not to look at something and they just drop it and move on.

If he would've met Rousas John Rushdoony while he was still alive, he'd probably have more loyalty to Rushdoony's theopolitical dreams than the Constitution nor DC.

Half are his personal collection. You know that amount of hate comes from his fear of himself.

Too much focus on foolishness… Aren’t you guys supposed to be feeding the poor and helping homeless folks instead of reading up on what books to ban? STFU!

If all the MEN got together and did it, it might lead to that many books being checked out.

@@sarah2.017 Since making my comment I saw that others mentioned that the collection of books was probably checked out by multiple people, which makes more sense.

5-10 books is usually the limit at least last time I checked books out.

He’s got a lot more than five *books* so he’s definitely got too much time on his hands if he’s doing this kind of BS. For the reason I left the fake christian church many, many, many decades ago!

The Friendly Atheist is long-winded… Obviously you don’t stick around and listen to the whole program.

Many libraries have limits over a hundred. Usually it's only parents with one card for multiple kids who reach it.

Ouch 🤕.

I think the problem is demanding people buy their way in if they want more of a public and/or political voice. That's a symptom of a plutocracy.

As a 22 year old trans woman, I dont think its 'worse' per say but I think it is more mentally taxing. Haven't started transition yet and when I first found out from some other trans people I felt really alone with my irl and honestly most of my online friend groups. And it doesnt help I didnt really feel like I could talk or be respected jsut because of at the time I came out (At like, 15 or 16) to them, it was mostly met with dismissal and idea of me just giving into teenage fantasy and trying to talk about the complicated situation I found myself in with some of them was not an option because they just didnt understand that in the current understanding of my situation I couldnt really do much. I wish I'd opened up to my parents about it sooner because we probably would've gone on to help and go through a process. Up until then before I met those people and realized being trans was an option I did feel like a mistake or just...very othered. I didnt like all the things guys liked, and I didnt like all the things girls liked, but knew I kinda felt like I was in the wrong body. And if I had access to that these people even existed it would've been REALLY helpful like you said. The mentally taxing part comes from knowing there are options and things to support, but them starting to feel really hard to get to or out of reach. Or just like you'd never really pass in your friend group. I noticed it became a lot harder and arguably still is to live life knowing that being 'yourself' would just gather ire from people around you for no other reason than being different.

And that's actually a good thing. More information. More enlightenment

All men sitting around in a circle after church, "you think that's sinful, read what this one says". There's even a name.for that kind of circle.

It doesn’t. With the Dewey decimal system, all religious books are in the 200s nonfiction.

@@oliviacuccia5357 Somebody should fix that!

Oh boy, I remember when Barnes and Nobel got in big trouble for having their bibles in the fiction section

How holy in the head they are. 😂

He also probably preaches that women are weak willed, full of sin, and easily swayed.

Makes me think of friend who writes urban fantasy commenting he'd be happy if a religious leader wanted to condemn his books

Just spotted they had part one as well. The series sounds interesting. Far from a young adult but I enjoy reading YA stuff from time to time.

Christians are puny if these are the tactics that they succumb to! All christians: Toss-off!

I mean you are technically borrowing somebody else’s property and then not returning it so it does kind of count as theft

I saw a story similar A small local library that had only around a thousand books iirc had 3 women do the same thing here. They checked out all books in the pride display and "refused to return them unless the library never put 'the gay agenda' in the library again" or smthn like that. Basically you can't have it unless you promise to never use it. A GoFundMe raised like 20k for the library and the ladies has to pay 5k in late fees each iirc so their stunt lost them 15k and gained the library 35k

Ohh and to add to this before I forget The librarian used the money to make her pride display bigger

I was thinking the same thing 😂