{"id":1743314,"date":"2022-11-18T07:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743314"},"modified":"2022-11-18T07:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:02:32","slug":"conservatives-cant-run-and-hide-from-the-left-anymore-they-have-to-stand-and-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-cant-run-and-hide-from-the-left-anymore-they-have-to-stand-and-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives Can\u2019t Run And Hide From The Left Anymore. They Have To Stand And Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-cant-run-and-hide-from-the-left-anymore-they-have-to-stand-and-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One of the comforting fictions conservatives are increasingly tempted to tell themselves is that if they just move to a red state or county, the insanity of the woke left won\u2019t affect them and their family. Ensconced in safely Republican communities, perhaps they\u2019ll be free not just from disastrous Democrat policies but also from the pernicious sexual propaganda of the left. For conservatives with children, this is especially important.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s a mirage. There is no American town or hamlet remote or red enough to prevent the infiltration of leftist ideology, which today often comes from institutions that in an earlier era would have been seen as the guardians of a decidedly Christian civic virtue. Not only are left-wing activists taking over these institutions, but they are also working to ban conservatives, and especially Christians, from the public square altogether.<\/p>\n<p>There is nowhere today that conservatives can run and hide from the left. They can either surrender or stand and fight.<\/p>\n<p>Consider what\u2019s playing out in the small town of Taylor, Texas, population 16,807. Situated about 40 miles northeast of deep-blue Austin, it has long been precisely the sort of place conservative families might move to raise their children \u2014 a quiet and peaceful town full of churches in a deep-red part of the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, Taylor has staged a Christmas \u2014 not \u201choliday\u201d \u2014 parade down Main Street. The Taylor Christmas Parade of Lights is a beloved tradition that for the past 10 years or so has been organized under the auspices of the Taylor Area Ministerial Alliance, or TAMA, a coalition of local churches.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, as a result of an oversight in the application process, an LGBT advocacy group called Taylor Pride was included in the parade. The oversight in this case was that the old ladies who volunteer to organize the parade and process float applications had never heard of a group called Taylor Pride and didn\u2019t realize what it was. (And no wonder, before the summer of 2021 the group had never staged a public event.)<\/p>\n<p>By the time parade organizers found out, it was too late. Two men dressed in drag, one as a female Santa and the other scantily clad in glitter, were suggestively gyrating to dance music on the Taylor Pride float as it rolled down Main Street in the annual Christmas parade \u2014 as it happened, right in front of a float for Saint Mary\u2019s Catholic School, which was full of children.<\/p>\n<p>Parents and attendees were understandably outraged. Soon after the parade, TAMA decided that in the future, parade entries must be consistent with traditional biblical and family values, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/taylorareaministerialalliance\/posts\/pfbid0ymqyqaWQMDgtcNa1G9hbR8p7SGyRe9uyvLKAqfh64r6K6TnVbzSajsZw2kC3XNegl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made an announcement to that effect<\/a>\u00a0ahead of this year\u2019s parade. The point, as TAMA\u2019s statement made clear, was not to exclude any individuals or groups from attending or even participating in the parade, but to ensure the floats were family-friendly and not contrary to Christian teachings.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Taylor City Council announced it would stage a separate, city-sponsored<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tale of two parades in a small Texas town illustrates why conservatives can\u2019t hide from the left. 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