Author: Doug

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September 13, 2023

Christian nationalists are pulling out all the stops to sabotage the upcoming vote on abortion rights in Ohio. They are being obtuse, misinforming, and outright lying about the proposed amendment to fearmonger and manipulate your emotions. A recent social media post by a group that claims it is non-partisan is a pure example of religious bias masquerading as voter information.

August 21, 2023

Why is Lucas County Land Bank ignoring the community about what to do with St. Anthony church? While Governor Dewine teams up with Catholic Bishops to oppose reproductive rights in Ohio a Texas court allows chemical abortions to continue. Ohio State Senator Theresa Gaverone had a photo op at a local public school while still supporting diverting a billion dollars to unaccountable private schools.

August 3, 2023

We probe into the intriguing life and ideologies of Professor Lee Strang. He is a Christian Nationalist law professor who is the go to guy for the Ohio GOP when they need conservative justifications for hurting the people of Ohio with their extremist legislation. Strang also believes the 1st amendment doesn’t apply to atheists or secular humanists.

July 18, 2023

We look at what Charlie Kirk and the supreme court gets wrong about affirmative action. It doesn’t help unqualified people. Then we find out why the Christian Nationalist argument about protecting children falls apart when talking about religious exemptions to child abuse laws.

July 5, 2023
June 20, 2023

Rep. Marcy Kaptur swooped into town in 2018 to save her childhood Catholic church from demoltion. She promised to find a use for it for the struggling surrounding Junction neighborhood. Five years and many community meetings later the best they can come up with is a rock climbing gym? We also look at recent removal of objectional material from classic media properties. Who gets to decide? Finally we explore the collution of two religious hate groups bent on harming the LGBTQ+ community.