{"id":2284354,"date":"2024-06-27T03:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-madness-wont-stop-until-conservatives-use-govt-force\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T03:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:20:44","slug":"pride-madness-wont-stop-until-conservatives-use-govt-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-madness-wont-stop-until-conservatives-use-govt-force\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pride&#8217; Madness Won&#8217;t Stop Until Conservatives Use Govt. Force"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fpride-madness-wont-stop-until-conservatives-use-govt-force%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=2284354&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>The article criticizes the increasingly \u200dsexualized displays associated with &#8220;Pride \u200dMonth,&#8221; specifically targeting events\u2063 attended by children where attendees wear explicitly sexual outfits or\u2064 perform sexualized acts. \u200dIt highlights a particular event\u2064 promoted by Rep. Charise Davids, described as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beyonce-and-jay-zs-9-year-old-daughter-wins-grammy\/\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z\u2019s 9-Year-Old Daughter Wins Grammy\">family-friendly<\/a>,&#8221;\u2063 but featuring adult-themed \u2063performances by figures in bondage gear, furries,\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-teacher-praises-transgender-activist-sex-worker-in-front-of-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Minnesota Teacher Praises Transgender Activist, Sex Worker In Front Of Middle Schoolers\">drag queens<\/a>, with children seen engaging by handing out cash\u2063 tips. The \u200cauthor argues that such displays should\u2064 not be shielded under \u2064the guise of LGBT &#8220;pride&#8221; and calls for enforcing and extending decency and public sexual behavior laws \u200cto include Pride events and drag shows. The piece suggests treating adults who expose themselves in sexual manners in front of minors as predators, calling for harsher punishments, including arrest for the \u200doffenders and penalties for \u200dparents who knowingly expose their children to these environments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As \u201cPride Month\u201d thankfully draws to a close, we can fully reckon with how ridiculously sexualized displays have become an integral part of its celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Videos and pictures of crossdressers, men in bondage gear, and all-around weirdos \u2014 usually with children either close by or in some instances actively participating in the \u201cfestivities\u201d \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1802371348917784685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pervaded<\/a> social media.<\/p>\n<p>This particular event (promoted by a Democratic politician no less!) perfectly encapsulates everything perverse that has become largely normalized in the name of LGBT \u201cpride\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Rep. Charise Davids (D-KS) attended and promoted an &#8220;all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amusement-park-says-it-will-no-longer-host-pride-events-after-drag-performance-backfired\/\" title=\"Amusement park cancels Pride events after drag performance goes wrong.\">ages family friendly<\/a>&#8221; pride event featuring an adult in b*nd*ge gear, furries, and d*ag queens performing s*xuaI themed dances for children who handed them cash tips.<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDavids?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepDavids<\/a> can please explain why you think this was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTfOmH9FRc\">pic.twitter.com\/NTfOmH9FRc<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1805351421304619084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>LGBT activists\u2019 efforts to expose children to their ideology have become <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/20\/pride-parades-are-nothing-but-massive-humiliation-rituals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">so persistent and so gratuitous<\/a> that they almost seem to dare normal people: \u201cWhat are you going to do about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives should answer by using the levers of state power to hold LGBT sex pests under the same standards of decency that we apply to heterosexual deviants.<\/p>\n<p>As my colleague Joy Pullmann <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/06\/pride-events-arent-safe-for-work-or-children-and-thats-a-huge-tell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed<\/a> out earlier this month, \u201cWhy do gay people get to walk around in banana hammocks, butt cheeks waggling, with their naked nipples bared right in front of children while they talk about how much they love children, when anyone else doing that without the protective rainbow shield would rightfully get arrested or a visit from Child Protective Services? That\u2019s not equality. It\u2019s subjugation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several states have already <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/anti-drag-legislation-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">implemented<\/a> laws to prohibit minors from attending overtly sexual performances like drag shows. That\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-was-the-brian-stelter-of-years\/\" title=\"2020 Was the Brian Stelter of Years\">good start<\/a>, but states should also enforce existing laws regulating public sexual behavior, such as indecent exposure laws. Extending these laws \u2014 and the punishments for breaking them \u2014 to encompass drag shows and \u201cpride\u201d events would go a long way toward cracking down on adults exposing themselves to children (and other adults) under the guise of \u201cpride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grown men who participate in striptease-esque performances with kids in attendance or go out in public in BDSM gear in full view of minors \u2014 regardless of whether their parents took them there or not \u2014 should be treated as the predators they are.<\/p>\n<p>We rightly condemn and prosecute a man who flashes kids at a public playground, but our leaders shy away from administering justice when very similar incidents happen at a \u201cpride\u201d parade \u2014 in front of thousands of witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative state and local governments must demonstrate a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of behavior. Therefore, issuing fines or canceling the offending event will likely not suffice. The most nefarious offenders need to be arrested to send a clear message \u2014 our society will not permit the sexual corruption of minors, and if you break that very basic rule, there will be severe consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, parents who take their kids to these events, knowing that they are far from family friendly, should be treated in the same manner as parents who show their kids pornography. Instead of persecuting parents <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/23\/us-news\/montana-parents-who-lost-custody-of-daughter-after-opposing-gender-transition-claim-14-year-old-was-taken-without-warrant\/#:~:text=A%20Montana%20couple%20who%20claim,according%20to%20a%20new%20lawsuit.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who oppose<\/a> their children\u2019s desire to take puberty blockers or undergo irreversible mutilation surgery, Child Protective Services should live up to its name and actually protect kids from parents who would push radical gender ideology on their own children.<\/p>\n<p>On this issue, the societal common good trumps parental consent. The state has a vested interest in preventing kids from being exposed to obscene sexual situations or material. A society that does not shield minors from warped and often predatory views of sexuality will reap a generation of dysfunctional neurotics. We\u2019re already seeing the fruits of that crop with the explosion of young people who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/12\/opinion\/choking-teen-sex-brain-damage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">engage<\/a> in violent fetishes or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/blog\/sexual-fluidity-and-the-diversity-of-sexual-orientation-202203312717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delve<\/a> into ever-stranger faux sexualities.<\/p>\n<p>Ignoring the problem and hoping it will fizzle out on its own won\u2019t make it go away. Jokes on X won\u2019t embarrass them into crawling back to the fringes of the internet. Very civil discourse on the proper place of sexuality in the public sphere won\u2019t fix this. Only state power will.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Hayden Daniel is a staff editor at The Federalist. He previously worked as an editor at The Daily Wire and as deputy editor\/opinion editor at The Daily Caller. He received his B.A. in European History from Washington and Lee University with minors in Philosophy and Classics. Follow him on Twitter at @HaydenWDaniel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Pride Month concludes, it&#8217;s time to address the overtly sexualized displays that have become central to its celebrations. 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