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Threat of Protests Successfully Halts “Drag Queen Story Time” Event in Louisiana

Threat of Protests Successfully Halts “Drag Queen Story Time” Event in Louisiana

Last updated on: October 10, 2018 at 12:49 pm by Susan Wright

Threat of Protests Successfully Halts “Drag Queen Story Time” Event in Louisiana 2018-10-10T12:49:23-04:00 Susan Wright

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They are after our children: part two.

So a recent and horrific trend popping up in some libraries in larger cities around the United States is “Drag Queen Story Time.”

For those who have been blissfully unaware of the events, let me burst that bubble of protection.

“Drag Queen Story Time” is an event where drag queens – men dressed as women – read stories to very young children.

Now, if a man who has a preference for dressing as a woman would like to spend time reading to children at his local library, I honestly have no problem with it.

The problem sets in when they do this in elaborate drag attire. At that point, it’s not really about the story or the reading. It’s about spending an hour indoctrinating young children, desensitizing them to abnormal lifestyles that they really have no business knowing about.

Let kids be kids.

And let’s be clear. We’re not simply talking men in dresses, like Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes in “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything.” That’s bizarre enough. Many of the pics that have been released of these events show men in not just womanly garb, but with lurid – even demonic makeup.

So do I sound like some kind of Polly Prissy-pants, here? Maybe a puritanical alarmist?

Yeah. I don’t care. Sometimes you have to be that way, especially when it comes to protecting the well-being of our youth.

A recent report coming out of Lafayette, Louisiana concerns the cancelling of one such event that was to be held on Saturday.

The story was covered by The Christian Post and details how Christian groups raised up and put a stop to it.

Lafayette’s Drag Queen Story Time was originally to be held at the town’s public library. But after a lawsuit was filed by two religious organizations and petitions were filed, the event was moved from the city’s public library to South Louisiana Community College.

The event was to be run by members of the LGBT fraternity Delta Lambda Phi in conjunction with the library.

Just so we know which leftist special interest group was involved in forcing this aberration on Lafayette’s most vulnerable population, there you have it.

There were three main groups that spearheaded the petition drive to have the event stopped. Those groups were TFP Student Action, Warriors for Christ, and Citizens for a New Louisiana.

These groups gathered thousands of signatures and encouraged their supporters to protest the event.

The college, citing security concerns, called off the event.

“With the loss of the host site, the library is forced to postpone the program until a new venue can be secured. While this is a temporary setback, the Lafayette Public Library confirms that it is not permanently canceling the program,” a statement from the library reads. “The library administration and its Board of Control firmly believe in carrying out its mission to serve a diverse community. In addition, many families have stood in support of this program which promotes respect and inclusiveness.”

Really? Many families?

Well, many more see this for what it is: an attempt at indoctrination.

For the remainder of this year, it appears the Lafayette Public Library and Center for Abnormal Sexual Fetishes will hold off, with the plans being to make another attempt in 2019.

And those who defend against them will be waiting.

“It’s not over. This battle is not over,” Michael Lunsford, the head of Citizens for a New Louisiana, told The Christian Post. “Just because they postponed it doesn’t mean we are going to lay off.”

“Why are we spending money on stupid stuff?” Lunsford asked, as he criticized the city government’s lack of financial responsibility. “This is insanity. We are spending money to teach 3-year-olds about drag queens. We could be spending money on other things.”

He’s right. I’m sure with a community the size of Lafayette, there was something more worthy of the library’s time and resources.

Lunsford’s group was able to gather 1,600 opposition signatures.

That’s a good start, but it was nowhere near the largest haul of signatures.

TFP Student Action, a Catholic group that resists “liberal, socialist and communist trends,” gathered over 17,000 signatures in opposition to all Drag Queen Story Time events held in libraries across the nation.

Good.

Warriors for Christ is an online ministry and Facebook group, headed up by Rich Penkoski.

Penkoski, who lives in West Virginia, traveled to Lafayette to be a part of the protests, adding that some members were coming from as far away as California to stress their opposition.

Penkoski vowed that his group was not going to be violent, but rather peacefully voice opposition to the event and pray for all involved, including the drag queens themselves.

“This is a sign that if Christians are actually willing to stand up and fight back without succumbing to the fear of LGBT threats of violence, we can win if we stand together, pray together and we are willing to persevere,” Penkoski told CP. “This is the results of that.”

That’s a solid position to take. Just stand and pray, even for those who are lost in that lifestyle.

“This event is being sold as nothing more than an event for literacy and teaching kids to read. That is a lie,” Penkoski explained. “This is LGBT indoctrination. The proof is in the material they are giving the kids. If this was just a reading outreach program, why would they need to dress up like women? Why do they pick stories that glamorize the LGBT lifestyle? Why couldn’t they just come as themselves and read Curious George?”

That’s exactly what I said. It’s not about literacy or promoting a love of books.

It’s about having small children see something demonic and twisted, and to associate that thing before them with something good.

And all that needs to happen for them to be successful in their insidious goals is for good people to remain complacent.

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