Uplifting News

A reminder that Texas went Red in 2020 52% to 46%.

There are no red or blue states. Its all purple and swings on a hair.

A very slightly better one than you thought you went to sleep In?

Credit where it's due. I applaud the church for doing this and never thought I would read such a thing. Of course there's a bit of an orphan crushing machine kind of thing going on. But I'll take the microscopic ^^^^W

There is a diversity of Christian denominations and some are (socially) progressive. But we seldom hear about them as angry evangelical ones scream mich louder. But they are there, doing their work as they always have making little news unless you look for it.

For example the Metropolitan Community Church has ordained LGBT clergy since 1968 and United Church of Christ since -72. So there are very socially progressive denominations out there, just wish their voices were heard louder. Or that media reported on them more.

Thinking of it I would like more Christian schisms to be prevalent.

Who the fuck would down vote this?

Some people actually walk the walk. This is why I try not to judge people until I get to know them.

As a progressive, liberal Christian, I wholeheartedly agree!

Eh, there are Christian denominations in my area flying pride flags and BLM flags. Granted, I live in a liberal area. But they're not all bad. And I say this being very turned off by the idea of religion in general.

This is the kind of church that evangelicals love to hate, starting with women leadership and continuing with their use of “no bullshit” on their site.

If you or your family needed the money and they were offering, you might feel differently. Not sure what the point of the con would be, Texas isn’t trying to prosecute people who leave Texas yet.

Yeah this is exactly it. All it takes is one parishioner turning from Matthew to Romans and suddenly they're all outed to Ken Paxton.

Link to the Gospel of Supply Side Jesus for those who aren't familiar.

In general, the rural areas are red and the cities are blue. Austin, Dallas - Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, all center to left leaning. Literally everywhere else is full of repuglicunts or ‘libertarians’.

A greater number of people in the state lean left rather than right, but a greater number of districts lean right rather than left. This is primarily because there are far more rural areas in the state than otherwise, but gerrymandered districts make the problem worse.

From my anecdotal experience growing up, Texas used to be a lot more chill when it came to civil rights. It was a lot more common to hear, "I don't agree with you, but it's your right to do it" than it was to experience truly hateful people. They still existed, but the average person tended to get annoyed or offended by the outspoken, hateful people, even if their views aligned. Somewhere along the way it started going downhill (before Trump), and then Trump gave it a big shove which is why Texas is where it is today.

Edit: also, something a lot of people forget is how massive Texas is as a state. Any single European country can comfortably fit inside of Texas with room to spare. There's a reason why Texans tend to talk about distance in terms of minutes or hours instead of yards or miles.

No state is homogenous in their political beliefs. Not any county, city, or street.

Bigger cities tend to be majority Democratic while rural areas are majority Republican but even in both places it isn't unanimous.

Get enough decent people finding each other and you get acts of compassion that can fight against the tidal wave of bigotry and hate.

Fort Worth is not as right wing, probably the influence of Dallas next to it which leans left.