Texas Scorecard by Emily Medeiros August 15, 2023
The parade featured Austin ISD and the Austin Police Department, as well as being sponsored by the University of Texas’ Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.The City of Austin hosted its own LGBT parade featuring drag queens—and multiple taxpayer-funded participants.
Taxpayer-funded institutions in attendance at the parade included the Austin Police Department, Austin EMS, and the Austin Fire Department. Notable sponsors of the event were University of Texas’ Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Kroger, and Austin Community College District.
“Pride is so glamorous and vibrant. It’s easy to see how people can get wrapped up in the excitement. But from where I stand, it looked more like our children being stolen by the Pied Piper as a ransom for some debt we owe,” said Clark. “Our country better wake up to the reality of the consequences to follow. Our children are being seduced into a world of addiction, nihilism, and medicalization. We’re all witnessing frivolity before the downfall of a civilization.”
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