<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>First the Texas governor accuses President Obama of invading Texas with federal troops . . .</div><div><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion/2015/07/04/58047fee-2001-11e5-84d5-eb37ee8eaa61_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion/2015/07/04/58047fee-2001-11e5-84d5-eb37ee8eaa61_story.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>. . . and now this . . .</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Patheos Press</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/03/02/woman-who-says-obama-was-a-gay-prostitute-may-soon-be-elected-to-the-texas-board-of-education/">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/03/02/woman-who-says-obama-was-a-gay-prostitute-may-soon-be-elected-to-the-texas-board-of-education/</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Woman Who Says Obama Was a Gay Prostitute May Soon Be Elected to the Texas Board of Education</h1><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In news that will make sense the moment I tell you it happened in Texas, one of the candidates who </span><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/schooled/2016/03/02/mary_lou_bruner_extremist_who_thinks_obama_was_a_prostitute_heads_to_runoff.html" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">won big</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">in last night’s primary race for the state’s Board of Education was</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mary Lou Bruner</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, a right-wing loon who thinks</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Obama</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">used to be a gay prostitute:</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"></p><center style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/files/2016/03/Bruner-Conspiracy-Oct-26-2015.png" rel="attachment wp-att-146975" style="text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img src="http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/files/2016/03/Bruner-Conspiracy-Oct-26-2015.png" alt="Bruner-Conspiracy-Oct-26-2015" width="550" height="332" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146975" style="max-width: 98%; border: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></font></a></center></div><div><br></div><div><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Texas Freedom Network has <a href="http://tfn.org/2016-elections-this-years-extremist-candidate-for-the-texas-state-board-of-education/" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank">even more background on her</a>, and it’s frightening:</span></p><blockquote style="margin: 5px 15px 20px; padding: 15px 20px 0px;"><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bruner has said <strong>evolution “is a religious philosophy with propaganda supporting the religion of Atheism,” and that scientists have ignored and hidden evidence that humans and dinosaurs walked the planet at the same time</strong> (<a href="http://tfn.org/cms/assets/uploads/2016/02/Bruner-Science-Jan-15-2013.png" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank">screenshot</a>).</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">…</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Bruner thinks slavery was a minor issue in the Civil War.</strong> In July 2014 she wrote that historians were biased against the southern states and rewrote history books once everyone alive during the Civil War had died (<a href="http://tfn.org/cms/assets/uploads/2016/02/Bruner-Social-July-6-2014.png" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank">screenshot</a>). <strong>She also thinks there’s no need for Black History Month, Mexican-American History Month or any other formally recognition of the historical contributions of minorities to the United States</strong> (<a href="http://tfn.org/cms/assets/uploads/2016/02/Bruner-Social-April-25-2014.png" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank">screenshot</a>).</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">…</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Why does President Obama support LGBT equality? That’s because <strong>the president is gay himself</strong>, Bruner says (<a href="http://tfn.org/cms/assets/uploads/2016/02/Bruner-Conspiracy-Oct-26-2015.png" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank">screenshot</a>)…</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bruner was one of three Republicans vying for the nomination to replace the more moderate School Board member <strong>Thomas Ratliff</strong> on the 15-member board. And she beat her rivals by a <a href="https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar01_273_race28.htm?x=0&y=0&id=871" rel="external" title="" class="ext-link" target="_blank">wide margin</a> last night.</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She didn’t get 50% of the vote, so she’ll now be in a run-off with the second place contender this May, but all signs point to her winning that contest and being the Republican nominee come November.</span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Congratulations, Texas Board of Education. You’re once again a punchline for the rest of the country.</span></p></blockquote></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></body></html>