{"id":2429425,"date":"2025-04-30T18:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-month-meets-its-match-christian-group-cooks-up-hetero-awesomeness-plan-for-state-capitol-during-june\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T18:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:56:49","slug":"pride-month-meets-its-match-christian-group-cooks-up-hetero-awesomeness-plan-for-state-capitol-during-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-month-meets-its-match-christian-group-cooks-up-hetero-awesomeness-plan-for-state-capitol-during-june\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pride Month&#8217; Meets Its Match: Christian Group Cooks Up &#8216;Hetero Awesomeness&#8217; Plan for State Capitol During June"},"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\">34<\/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-month-meets-its-match-christian-group-cooks-up-hetero-awesomeness-plan-for-state-capitol-during-june%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=2429425&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 discusses the emergence of the &#8220;Hetero Awesome Fest,&#8221; which is scheduled to take place on June 20-21 in Boise, Idaho. this event, organized by Mark Fitzpatrick and the nonprofit group Heterosexual Awesomeness, serves as a response to LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations, aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">promote traditional family values<\/a> and the importance of heterosexuality.Fitzpatrick emphasizes that the festival is intended to be light-hearted and a party of &#8220;God\u2019s design for sexuality,&#8221; rather than targeting any specific group. He expresses concerns about the cultural implications of the LGBTQ agenda, claiming that it poses a threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-would-be-an-irreparable-disaster-if-joe-biden-were-designated-president-of-the-united-states-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-warns-believers-in-latest-interview\/\" title=\"\u201cIt Would Be an Irreparable Disaster if Joe Biden \u2013 Were Designated President of the United States\u201d \u2013 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Warns Believers in Latest Interview with Steve Bannon\">traditional values<\/a>. The festival&#8217;s promotion encourages support for family values, showcasing a growing pushback against what its organizers perceive as radical social changes.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you really think about the seven deadly sins, you realize that they all involve not feelings, but self-obsessed behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Small wonder, therefore, that those who celebrate their own sexual proclivities each June call the annual event &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of ...\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">pride month<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, a new &ldquo;Hetero Awesome Fest,&rdquo; scheduled for June 20 and 21 near the state Capitol in Boise, Idaho, and promoted by the group <a href=\"https:\/\/heteroawesome.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heterosexual Awesomeness<\/a>, which has formal 501(c)(3) status as a nonprofit, represents the perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/navy-seal-denied-exemption-covid-19-vaccine-now-key-part-trumps-task-force-anti-christian-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian<\/a> antidote to self-obsessed pride, for the festival&rsquo;s lighthearted title alone demonstrates that its organizers and supporters do not take themselves too seriously.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/hetero-awesome-fest-planned-boise-idaho-lgbtq-pride-month-rcna203543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, the idea for a Heterosexual Awesomeness Month originated with 47-year-old Mark Fitzpatrick, father of six children and owner of the Old State Saloon in the Boise suburb of Eagle.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in an Instagram video last week, Fitzpatrick explained how he came up with the idea.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Can we be different than what Pride has been celebrating every June? What if we celebrated God&rsquo;s design for sexuality? What would that look like?&rsquo; And within a few seconds, I thought, &lsquo;Man, heterosexuality is awesome,&#8217;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIuJJyETqaB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIuJJyETqaB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post d by Old State Saloon (@oldstatesaloon)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Fitzpatrick has adopted this lighthearted approach in response to an actual danger.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, LGBT individuals deserve love and pose no threat by virtue of their sexual proclivities alone. But the radical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-parents-fight-back-public-schools-lgbt-agenda-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT<\/a> agenda does pose a very serious cultural threat.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t just another festival,&rdquo; a female voice said in a promotional video also d to Instagram last week. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a movement &mdash; a celebration of faith, family, and freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking for sponsors, volunteers, bands and speakers! Come celebrate traditional family values!&rdquo; the Old State Saloon wrote in a corresponding post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIm-Sm0TF2z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIm-Sm0TF2z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post d by Old State Saloon (@oldstatesaloon)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fitzpatrick d a similar message in an  to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Hetero Awesome Fest and Heterosexual Awesomeness Month aim to celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-such-thing-as-other-peoples-children-progressive-group-slammed-for-creepy-attack-on-floridas-parental-rights-bill\/\" title=\"\u2018No Such Thing As Other People\u2019s Children\u2019: Progressive Group Slammed For Creepy Attack On Florida\u2019s Parental Rights Bill\">traditional family unit<\/a> and address concerns about cultural trends influenced by liberal progressivism,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Our event is not about targeting any group but about raising awareness of practices we find troubling, such as the encouragement of &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-dept-investigates-me-hiding-gender-dysphoria-from-parents\/\" title=\"Ed Dept. Investigates ME Hiding Gender Dysphoria From Parents\">gender transitions&#038;rsquo<\/a>; among children or their exposure to inappropriate content.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, those &ldquo;cultural trends&rdquo; have shown recent signs of reversing themselves.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-era-major-companies-reportedly-reversing-course-lgbt-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major corporations<\/a> have begun to withdraw financial support for gratuitous LGBT celebrations like &ldquo;pride month.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration has also taken aim at some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/promise-kept-trump-signs-executive-order-banning-men-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grotesque injustices<\/a> associated with transgender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>In short, high tide for self-obsessed pride might already have come and gone. 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This explains why those who openly embrace their sexual identities in June refer to it as &#8220;pride month.&#8221; In contrast, the upcoming &#8220;Hetero Awesome Fest,&#8221; set for June 20 and 21 near Idaho&#8217;s state Capitol and organized by Heterosexual Awesomeness, a recognized nonprofit, serves as a lighthearted Christian response to this self-focused pride. The festival&#8217;s playful name suggests that its creators don&#8217;t take themselves too seriously. Mark Fitzpatrick, a 47-year-old father of six and owner of the Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, conceived the idea for Heterosexual Awesomeness Month. In an Instagram video last week, he shared his inspiration: \u201cWhat could we do to celebrate in June that would be different from what Pride has been celebrating? What if we celebrated God\u2019s design for sexuality?\u201d He concluded that \u201cheterosexuality is awesome.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick\u2019s approach is meant to counteract perceived cultural threats posed by radical LGBT agendas while emphasizing love for all individuals regardless of their sexual orientation. He stated that the festival aims to promote traditional family values and raise awareness about concerning trends like encouraging gender transitions among children. Notably, there are signs of pushback against these cultural shifts; some corporations have started withdrawing support from extravagant LGBT events like pride month. Overall, it seems that the era of self-absorbed pride may be waning as Christian humility gains prominence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2429426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HeteroAwesome.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52387,32993,46496],"class_list":["post-2429425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christian-group","tag-pride-month","tag-state-capitol"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/HeteroAwesome.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429429,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429425\/revisions\/2429429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}