Texas Town to Ban Christians From Christmas Parade
Alert: Christians Banned from Christmas Parade in the City of Taylor
Since this is a past event (Dec 8) I didn't post the call to action that will be well after the fact.
In wake of holiday parade controversy, Taylor council to vote on new special events policy
Alert: Christians Banned from Christmas Parade in the City of Taylor
The war on Christmas has started. Tomorrow, the city council of Taylor, Texas will meet to take action on a 300-page agenda. Buried in this massive document is Agenda Item 13 (pgs. 266-270), a new policy that disqualifies and essentially bans Christians from being a part of city-sponsored events including Christmas parades. Also, if a church or Christian nonprofit wants to participate in a special city event they will be forced by the government to adopt a dangerous and controversial LGBT sexual orientation and gender identity policy that is not even recognized in state law.
The language of the egregious policy says “Examples of requests that are typically deemed ineligible include…individuals, organizations…who….represent religions…” The city council plans to vote on this tomorrow.
The language of the egregious policy says “Examples of requests that are typically deemed ineligible include…individuals, organizations…who….represent religions…” The city council plans to vote on this tomorrow.
Since this is a past event (Dec 8) I didn't post the call to action that will be well after the fact.
In wake of holiday parade controversy, Taylor council to vote on new special events policy
The policy would exclude sponsorship approval for events with discriminatory beliefs.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Taylor City Council on Thursday discussed new policy regarding special event qualifications, and one local activist group is not pleased with the potential updates.
Up for discussion was Agenda Item #13, approving new guidelines regarding requesting City co-sponsorship of special events, which includes financial support and services for such events.
The guidelines include the establishing of a Special Events Co-Sponsorship Committee that will help facilitate and approve requests. The committee will help make sure groups are abiding by the newly established guidelines and that they fit set criteria, such as:
The discussion comes after recent controversy surrounding the Taylor holiday parade. The City of Taylor recently decided to host its own separate parade after certain groups were left out of this year's Taylor Area Ministerial Alliance parade.
Last month, KVUE learned that members of Taylor Pride were excluded from the 2022 parade due to new verbiage in the application that prohibits floats that contradict with the alliance's biblical and family values.
Taylor Pride reported that it did participate in the parade last year, however, when the ministerial alliance learned that there were drag performers on their float, things changed. The alliance stated on Facebook that the Pride float was not in line with its beliefs.
"We had two drag queens on our float last year," said Denise Rodgers, Taylor Pride co-founder, last month. "Very appropriately dressed and very appropriately performing. Very age-appropriate and family-friendly drag queens in general."
AUSTIN, Texas — The Taylor City Council on Thursday discussed new policy regarding special event qualifications, and one local activist group is not pleased with the potential updates.
Up for discussion was Agenda Item #13, approving new guidelines regarding requesting City co-sponsorship of special events, which includes financial support and services for such events.
The guidelines include the establishing of a Special Events Co-Sponsorship Committee that will help facilitate and approve requests. The committee will help make sure groups are abiding by the newly established guidelines and that they fit set criteria, such as:
- Must be a non-profit Texas corporation, federally tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code (501 (c) 3) or public agency;
- Must demonstrate corporate good standing with the state of Texas at the time of application;
- The applicant must be based in the City of Taylor and hold the event for which support is requested in the City of Taylor;
- Must have programming, administrative practices and board membership that does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, familial, disability, or veteran status;
- If previously sponsored, applicant must have successfully fulfilled all prior contracts;
- The applicant cannot represent a for-profit enterprise.
The discussion comes after recent controversy surrounding the Taylor holiday parade. The City of Taylor recently decided to host its own separate parade after certain groups were left out of this year's Taylor Area Ministerial Alliance parade.
Last month, KVUE learned that members of Taylor Pride were excluded from the 2022 parade due to new verbiage in the application that prohibits floats that contradict with the alliance's biblical and family values.
Taylor Pride reported that it did participate in the parade last year, however, when the ministerial alliance learned that there were drag performers on their float, things changed. The alliance stated on Facebook that the Pride float was not in line with its beliefs.
"We had two drag queens on our float last year," said Denise Rodgers, Taylor Pride co-founder, last month. "Very appropriately dressed and very appropriately performing. Very age-appropriate and family-friendly drag queens in general."
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