Rumors
Okay, this is a rumor. This is only a rumor. But, it’s kinda a weird one.
Texas State Represent Bryan Slaton represents north Texas and is a member of the freedom caucus. In Texas the freedom caucus is two jumps crazier than the KKK. You can read all about him right here.
Well, all of a sudden out of the clear blue Slaton quits showing up at work. And even quicker than sudden, there’s papers taped over the windows to his office and nobody is there, including the roaches other than Slaton.
According to Texas Monthly, Slaton had a pile of bills filed to gum up the works during the budget debate. Here’s some of the fun.
Combating the “sexualization” of young people is an important legislative priority for Slaton generally; in HB 151, he would—among other things—remove an existing defense to child pornography laws that would prevent, say, a nineteen-year-old from being prosecuted for having explicit photos of her seventeen-year-old boyfriend. HB 4129, anothe
r Slaton special, amends language in the existing business and commerce code for an “erotic performance”; where it now says “an individual younger than eighteen years of age” is barred from seeing such performances, it would instead simply say “a child”— seemingly an attempt to remind Texans that seventeen-year-olds are children in the eyes of the law.
In HB 5212, he’d require that morgues established using funding from Operation Lone Star “post a sign indicating the designation as the Joseph R. Biden Morgue in a conspicuous place reasonably likely to be viewed by all persons” who enter.
He also wants to prohibit the wearing of masks, no matter what the emergency is, and wants to make abortion punishable by the death penalty. He wants Texas to withdraw from the Union.
I know, he seems like a real nice guy.
The rumor is, of course, that Slaton is in trouble …
For the two days prior to the three-day weekend, Rep. Bryan Slaton was absent and there are all kinds of rumors about where he might be and whether he is in some kind of legal trouble. Then late Friday night, a member of the Freedom Caucus publicly said that a legislator needs to resign because he’s a “sexual predator.”
Oh damn. The guy has been a Baptist youth minister for a couple of decades. According to him, he’s the most righteous person in Texas.
If this rumor is true, I will not be surprised.
And I am also not surprised!
1Another Youth Minister/Pastor. If your church has one, protect your children and find another church
2Everytime I see the words “youth minister” or “youth pastor” nowadays, it’s in the context of being arrested for sex assault on children. Only slightly less often, for child porn. Yes, I know: ones that don’t diddle kids don’t make the news. But it’s a lot more frequent than seeing “drag queen” being busted for child sex assault.
If I had children (under 18), I’d never allow them to be alone with a pastor, priest, witch doctor, or cult member.
3I’m not sure what “Bachelor degree in Business Administration Accounting” is, but some facility in the English language would be nice to have for a native-born Texan of the Anglo persuasion with a college degree.
4I am more than skeptical of these repugnantican politicians obsessed with legislating things like Rep Slayton. They’re really exhibiting projection of their own traits and tendencies. When this story becomes more than a rumor, it will not surprise me a bit.
5Maybe he got caught online soliciting juveniles for sex or worse.
Got watch out for the ones who claim they’re the most righteous. Usually they’re twisted cookies.
6It’s usually a safe bet to assume the absolute worst about a Rethuglikan.
He’s also misappropriated the Gonzales “Come and Take It” cannon flag for his imagery.
Going by this picture of Mr&Mrs S, he certainly has a predilection for very young and petite women; she appears to be less than half his age, and either he’s a really big guy or she is very tiny [and looks Hispanic/Asian]. And on his own website, some of the pictures show them as appearing to be around the same height, which might just be the photog’s composition…:
https://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Slaton-and-wife-scaled.jpg
https://www.ksstradio.com/2023/04/local-texas-house-representative-bryan-slaton-absent-for-two-days-of-session-before-holiday/
https://bryanslaton.com/about-bryan/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Slaton
““As a bold and brave Christian-Conservative, I will stand up to Government abuse, constant overstepping and the over all burden it places on the taxpayer. …blahblah..” Perhaps a bold and brave perv?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales,_Texas
Battle of Goliad/Presidio La Bahia, linked to the Gonzales incident and the Texas War for Independence–
7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Goliad
[which is of keen interest to me as a part of the ‘Bexar-La Bahia Camino Real’ passes over my land and the various forces [Alamo too] passed by here]
I work as a volunteer in youth ministry. In order to do that I had to pass a background check through the diocese and take two different courses outlining rules and regulations. They also taught what to look for. In short, I’d never want to be alone with a teenager. The appearance of impropriety is far too risky beyond what someone might or might not do.
I’d push back against the idea that youth ministers are inherently dangerous. However, the ones that are really gung ho about abuse are troublesome. I never encountered one but I’d also avoid volunteering in such a situation.
8Republicans are one big fat barrel of disgusting projection.
Have they stopped calling themselves family values candidates yet? That usually meant “pro-life” married congressman forced their girlfriends to have numerous abortions and smiling wives and children in photos being pummeled by their up and coming republican husbands and fathers. Of course there was the never ending cheating on wives and constituents. And of course, now, the louder they scream “groomers and pedophiles” someone needs to take a deep dive into their background. Someone should have mentioned that to Slaton—if the rumors are true.
Years ago I always said the minute I heard a democrat go there
with the family values crap–no vote from me.
Live it, don’t scream it.
9When the crap hits the fan ……………….
10Why does this not seem out of the normal for these sin activated right wing child molesting rethugs? It is so disgusting that they can outlaw drag shows, advance laws to make women who have abortions subject to a death sentence, and keep citizens from voting while they diddle liddle kiddles in the closet for fun and enjoyment. A pox on them!
11This reminds me of a Tom Lehrer joke about a boy who went to college and studies animal husbandry – until they caught him at it…
12The list of Republican and evangelical pedophiles on Daily Koss has now exceeded 1000 and continues to grow.
It is now apparent that pedophilia is a Republican and evangelical family value.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/23/1806673/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-1
13So, like Paxton, he’s hiding out to avoid a subpoena or arrest?
14OT. As Maggie commented in the “Oh Clarence, Oh my” JJ article, Clarence wifey Ginni founded Liberty Consulting and is on the payroll. One Harlan Crow helped fund the formation of the far right “consulting firm.” Tell me there’s no conflict of interest with the Thomases accepting extravagant gifts of travel and accommodations worth in the millions. Can they spell “impeachment.”
15Them babdists will never ketch up to the Catholics. Here in Maryland we are wading through 600 pages of abuse, including forcing children to play Russian Roulette.
16Harry, it sure as hell won’t stop em from trying.
17Funny thing though.
My experience is that, at least when I was a kid, the Southern Baptist preachers in the church I was raised in always had a way of comparing us to Catholics.
As better than, of course.
So years after I’d left religion behind but married a Catholic woman, I was surprised, when listening to homilies on the occasions I attended Mass with her that I never heard anything derogatory about non-Catholic religions.
“Baptist youth minister”
you misspelled child sex predator.
18They should be called Re-pubic-ans since they’re obsessed with below the belt issues.
19P.P.@ 17
You might have heard non-Catholic religions disparaged if you had gone to other Catholic Masses. Particularly the Jews.
I did not in my Southern upbringing, but I attribute that to a kind of fellow-feeling and solidarity learned from being persecuted just like other outcastes. I had a girlfriend from a small town in Ohio that was split evenly between Catholics and protestants, and from what she told me, the divide was poisonous.
And there was/is plenty of antisemitism in many Catholic parishes, especially, I judge, the Irish ones.
It’s a big religion. I used to joke that the Irish Catholics were afraid of sex and the Italian Catholics were afraid of ghosts.
20I am certain that he must play with big (metal) guns, if he has any spare time. He sounds just lovely.
21Well, all I know is that I have read about a lot more documented incidents of conservative pastors and youth ministers harming childen than about people who perform in drag harming children.
And I believe Shakespeare was absolutely correct when he wrote “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
22Nick @8
23In the 1990s, when the Boy Scouts discovered two generations of sexual predation, they got serious about preventing it in the future. Background checks for all adult leaders and annual training on child protection. Never be alone with a child. If you need to council a child one on one, arrange to do it out of earshot, but in the line of sight of another adult leader who watches what you are doing.
Looks like he’s lawyering up.
24https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-rep-bryan-slaton-hires-184907155.html
Lordy Ms. JJ, we need spread sheets to keep track of all the conservative ‘religious’ and political perverts. Yesterday it was Short, today it’s Slater. Conservatives are a veritable alphabet soup of perverts. Apparently, it’s the “S” this week. Yeah. “T” follows “S” and T stands for tRump. Stormy days ahead …
25Wes @13 above, only has one link to 25 documented Rethug pervs. The entire series is up to 42 pages of them, each with ~25 Republican perverts listed. So the problem is far worse and the series is ongoing.
See this link for a list of documented Republican perverts, up to #1025 of them so far :
https://www.dailykos.com/history/user/CajsaLilliehook
This author’s series continued, last entry, 20230312. Up to #1025 documented Republican perverts so far, the latest one :
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/12/2157746/-R
[this list has been superseded, see first link above ]:
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