@christabrown.bsky.social
Author of BAPTISTLAND | Exposing the truth about systemic abuse & coverups in the Southern Baptist Convention | retired appellate attorney | #ThisistheSBC #SBCtoo | christabrown.substack.com
"Just because the SBC doesn’t change institutionally doesn’t mean change doesn’t happen. The departure of 3.6 million members is a lot of change. And clergy sex abuse survivors contributed to making that happen."
~ @christabrown.bsky.social
U.S. at fault for strike on elementary school in Iran, according to findings of preliminary inquiry. With 175 dead, mostly children, it's "sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades."
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“Wilson and Hegseth aren’t hoping to blow up the world but control it.”
@briankaylor.bsky.social explains about Hegseth's religious foundation for the war in Iran. And it's so very helpful.
The abortion death penalty bill failed in the Tennessee legislature.
Outside the hearing room, the bill's supporters sang hymns & shouted "Christ is king."
Never forget: This bill was endorsed by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. #ThisistheSBC
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“Resistance begins with truth-telling, and clergy sex abuse survivors are the ones who brought truth-telling to the table.”
It’s how survivors wrecked SBC leaders’ ability to control the narrative. #ThisistheSBC
My column today: christabrown.substack.com/p/survivors-...
"There is scant evidence of undocumented immigrants voting. In fact, there is scant evidence of illegal voting at all."
@rickpidcock.bsky.social spotlights data from the conservative Heritage Foundation, showing that instances of non-citizens voting are microscopic.
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Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
No better way to celebrate International Women's Day than by pre-ordering a damned copy of DAMNED IF SHE DOES! It's the new book by @sarahstankorb.bsky.social, due out next September.
Happy International Women's Day! Wishing love, tenacity & strength to all my sisters-in-arms. (The photo of linked women bringing light is the stained glass ceiling of the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona.)
This made me laugh. Goodbye Kristi Noem, performed by @hollybfletcher.bsky.social.
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"If evangelicals cared as much about preventing child sexual abuse as they do about preventing abortions, things would change." - @markwingdallas.bsky.social
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I'm lovin' the looks of this: Trump's net approval rating by state.
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🔥🔥🔥 This is one damned woman who's pre-ordering her damned copy right this minute: DAMNED IF SHE DOES!
"We should not be surprised that the same people who have denied clergy sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention are the base of support for our president, who is a known sexual abuser." - @markwingdallas.bsky.social
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No. Mike Johnson, Pete Hegseth & others have shown the fallacy of this view.
And as even the author of this lousy take points out, evangelicals bear responsibility. They "need to do better at productively collaborating with people who have different beliefs — a necessity in a pluralistic country."
Disrespectful, callous, and despicable. "Pete Hegseth treats fallen American soldiers as a PR problem."
Thanks, Mhairi.
"It’s time we reject the simplified 'bad apple' narrative and confront systems that normalize and protect blatant abuse." - @theericski.bsky.social @preacherboyspod.bsky.social
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"Of course, back then, it never occurred to me how convenient it was for the pastors that they got to channel God into telling everyone they should obey them."
Read this new post by @christabrown.bsky.social
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"This is why kids are not safe in churches of the Southern Baptist Convention."
My column today. ⬇️ #ThisistheSBC
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Federal Judge John Coughenour says he’s received dozens, if not hundreds, of death threats after he ruled against the Trump administration. cbsn.ws/3N73lPr
"Resisting authoritarianism is not only about what happens in the streets or at the ballot box. It is also about who controls the story... Before there were court victories or legislative wins, there was truth-telling." - @jemartisby.bsky.social
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"Authoritarian power depends on co-opting narratives just as much as controlling policies. Before there were court victories or legislative wins, there was truth-telling." - @jemartisby.bsky.social
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"He's sweating now." Activists frame & display photo of Andrew in the Louvre.
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"Older waves of feminism...had put women in positions to decide who matters & what’s true, in jobs as judges & lawyers, as editors & producers, as heads of institutions & elected officials, and had also equipped a lot of men to treat women as human beings whose rights matter...
The work continues."
It appears the Tennessee proposal to allow the death penalty for abortion will not move forward. "I don't have the votes," said TN Senator Mark Pody.
Maybe it also had something to do with the nationwide shaming from both pro-life & pro-choice forces.
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I have been reporting on this beat for well over a decade now. What I need Americans to understand is that Christian patriarchy is the logical, necessary, localized application of Christian nationalism.
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"The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor..."
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Way to go, team USA! 👏👏👏
Under TN law, homicide can carry the death penalty.
GOP HB 570/SB 738 says life begins at fertilization and folds abortion into homicide statutes.
Opening the door to capital punishment for TN women & doctors.
Here are the 5 white men behind it and how you can help stop it from advancing.