#Rick Brattin

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Annelise Hanshaw at Missouri Independent:

For the third year in a row, Missouri Republicans are trying to place restrictions on drag performances. The effort has stalled in years past, clearing a House committee last year but never coming up for debate in the Senate. That changed Wednesday, when a Senate committee held a public hearing on legislation sponsored by state Sen. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican, that he argued was “geared towards protecting children from displays of sexual content.” The bill would make it a class-A misdemeanor to participate in an “adult cabaret performance” in a public area or other space where children might see. A repeat violation becomes a class-E felony. State Sen. Nick Schroer, a Republican from Defiance who chairs the Senate’s judiciary committee, discussed possible fixes to the bill’s definitions following opponent’s testifying that community theater could be impacted. The issue is a definition of “adult cabaret performance” that includes “male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest or similar entertainers.”  Including “or similar entertainers,” opponents said, is too vague and may draw police to plays where women play male roles or a non-sexual performance by a transgender person.

Missouri’s at it again with their insane bill proposal (SB295) to ban family-friendly drag shows on the false basis of “protecting the innocence of children.”

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KTVI (Fox2now): Mo. bill could criminalize drag show performances in front of kids

[polliantics]

Quoting republican senator Rick Brattin:

"We are not a direct democracy. And we got to stop telling our kids that we're a democracy first and foremost because we're not a democracy, we are a republican form of government. We say the pledge every day. We say to the republic for which it stands, not the democracy for which it stands. And especially not the direct democracy for which it stands."

So apparently to republican senator Rick Brattin, the United States is not a democracy, and it should not be a democracy.... My fellow Americans, is THIS really who we want representing us in Congress? In my opinion, I do not think so, I think he's extremely unfit and should be voted out.

[automatismoateo]

FFRF is calling out Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin for hosting worship services in his office inside the Missouri Capitol. In my office we keep GOD first...Today in the office weve got a full worship service breaking out! Thankful to these fearless Christians... via /r/atheism

FFRF is calling out Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin for hosting worship services in his office inside the Missouri Capitol. “In my office, we keep GOD first...Today in the office, we’ve got a full worship service breaking out! Thankful to these fearless Christians...” https://ift.tt/mBVGjnh Submitted July 12, 2024 at 05:19PM by FreethoughtChris (From Reddit https://ift.tt/tlYcwVA)

[meawslove]

Politician Who Called Gays Subhuman Doesn't Apologize, Keeps Job

#LGBT_People #Missouri #Politician #Rick_Brattin

During a debate over an ...

[donaldj1954]

Alexis de Tocqueville warned us about what could happen over 100 years ago.

H/T Rick Brattin Alexis de Tocqueville predicted how Americans would evetually lose their freedom.It would happen a little at a time, as he wrote in Democracy in America (Vol. 2, 1840, The Second Part, Bk 4, Ch. VI):“I had noted in my stay in the United States that a democratic state of society similar to the American model could lay itself open to the establishment of despotism with unusual…

[polliantics]

If you ever try to tell me again that the republican party is the party that cares about the workers/working class like us..... you are full of shit.

Also here's a great direct quote for you:

"We are not a direct democracy. And we got to stop telling our kids that we're a democracy first and foremost because we're not a democracy, we are a republican form of government. We say the pledge every day. We say to the republic for which it stands, not the democracy for which it stands. And especially not the direct democracy for which it stands."

[automatismoateo]

Missouri Rep Sen. Rick Brattin (R) Votes Against Abortion Rape Exception Because Being Forced To Give Birth Is God's "Healing". via /r/atheism

Missouri Rep Sen. Rick Brattin (R) Votes Against Abortion Rape Exception Because Being Forced To Give Birth Is God's "Healing". https://ift.tt/vgwCXs1 Submitted February 08, 2024 at 11:01PM by Leeming (From Reddit https://ift.tt/QvrXn2M)

[gaywrites]

Last week, while debating an LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill, an elected official in the state of Missouri said that there’s a different between being gay and being human. He has not apologized, he will not be reprimanded, and we’re all supposed to just look away and not think anything of it.

Here’s what Republican State Rep. Rick Brattin said during the debate over the nondiscrimination bill (which failed, in case this couldn’t get worse): 

“When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qur’an, of other religions, there is a distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being.” [...]

Meanwhile, the anti-discrimination bill, which would have added employment and housing protections for LGBT people, failed. Another piece of legislation that would make it harder for people to sue their employer for discrimination did pass, and now sits on the desk of Republican governor Eric Greitens. That latter legislation was introduced by a politician who owns a company currently being sued for discrimination.

Missouri. My heart is with you. All of you except this jerk. 

[pissimyles]

Fuck Rick Brattin, and anyone who thinks that their God makes them more "human" than someone else. #republicanssuck #rickbrattin #douchebag #thatsnotchristianity #youredoingitwrong

[meawslove]

Republican lawmaker: There’s a ‘distinction’ between gays and human beings

#Homosexuals #Lawmaker #Lgbt #Missouri #Rick_Brattin

A Republican lawmaker has claimed ...

[chwhore]

"Rick Brattin, a Missouri state representative from Harrisonville, seems pretty certain: Homosexuality and humanity are incompatible. 'When you look at the tenets of religion, of the Bible, of the Qur’an, of other religions,' he said Monday, 'there is a distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being.'"

[kansascityhappenings]

2 more Missouri House members, including Cass County lawmaker, resign early

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two more Missouri House members are resigning shortly before their terms were scheduled to end.

Republican Reps. Kurt Bahr of St. Charles County and Rick Brattin of Cass County submitted their resignations effective at 11:59 p.m. Monday — the final minute of 2018.

Both are leaving the Legislature for jobs in local government. Bahr won election in November as the St. Charles County elections director. Brattin won election as the Cass County auditor.

Their state legislative terms had been scheduled to end Jan. 9, when the new legislative session begins.

Their early departures mean there are 15 vacancies in the 163-member House.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/01/01/2-more-missouri-house-members-including-cass-county-lawmaker-resign-early/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/2-more-missouri-house-members-including-cass-county-lawmaker-resign-early/

[faisalshaikh4u-blog]

Missouri State Congressman Claims "Homosexuals" and "Human Beings" Are Different

Believe it or not, there is an American congressman who genuinely does not understand the definition of human being. Missouri state Representative Rick Brattin, revealed that he believed there is a “distinction” between human beings and people who are gay during a debate over a bill protecting the state’s LGBTQ community from discrimination.

In Missouri, citizens can legally be discriminated…

[wewilliamjamesme-blog]

Missouri State Congressman Claims "Homosexuals" and "Human Beings" Are Different

Believe it or not, there is an American congressman who genuinely does not understand the definition of human being. Missouri state Representative Rick Brattin, revealed that he believed there is a “distinction” between human beings and people who are gay during a debate over a bill protecting the state’s LGBTQ community from discrimination.

In Missouri, citizens can legally be discriminated…

[sherlocksherrinford4u-blog]

Missouri State Congressman Claims "Homosexuals" and "Human Beings" Are Different

Believe it or not, there is an American congressman who genuinely does not understand the definition of human being. Missouri state Representative Rick Brattin, revealed that he believed there is a “distinction” between human beings and people who are gay during a debate over a bill protecting the state’s LGBTQ community from discrimination.

In Missouri, citizens can legally be discriminated…

[hannahmontana4u-blog]

Missouri State Congressman Claims "Homosexuals" and "Human Beings" Are Different

Believe it or not, there is an American congressman who genuinely does not understand the definition of human being. Missouri state Representative Rick Brattin, revealed that he believed there is a “distinction” between human beings and people who are gay during a debate over a bill protecting the state’s LGBTQ community from discrimination.

In Missouri, citizens can legally be discriminated…