The co-founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group Moms for Liberty seems to have resigned from her most recent position in the wake of rape allegations against her husband and her own involvement in a same-sex sex scandal.

Since August 2022, Bridget Ziegler has served as the director of the School Board Leadership Program at the Leadership Institute, an organization that trains conservative activists. Ziegler is no longer listed in the role on the website, and someone new appears to have been named in her place. Bridget Ziegler is also facing calls for her to resign from the Sarasota School Board.

At the same time, the Florida GOP appears to be working to expel or censure Bridget Ziegler’s husband, Christian Ziegler, from his role as chairman of the state’s Republican party. Gov. Ron DeSantis ® has called on Christian Ziegler to resign, but he has refused, maintaining that the rape allegations against him are false.

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    The insatiable need for power and wealth has warped these people beyond understanding.

    Morality isn’t a term they personally understand, instead preferring to force/enforce a sick version of it on everyone else.

    I hope they face every possible consequence of their actions, including poverty and jail.

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    It’s always entertaining to see that the loudest voices against something in a room are usually the ones actually partaking in what they’re bitching about.

    “rules for thee, not for me” to a whole new level.

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    It makes perfect sense that religious conservatives who are also queer would be so hostile to the LGBT+ community. From their perspective, same sex attractions, gender dysphoria, or whatever are natural urges to be suppressed like anger, greed, or lazyness. Open queer people, to them, seem like flaunting criminals; getting away with murder.

    Also the projected self-loathing aspect that comes along with suppressing any urge or behavior. Have you ever noticed that the most vocal anti-smoking advocates are invariably ex-smokers?

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      It’s probably even stupider than that. They probably think, yea I’m gay, but I’m one of the good ones I’d never rape children. These people are dumb, bitter and entirely too confident in their abilities.

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      1 of 2 political parties in America is basically stating “we do not care how morally bankrupt you are, if you always tow the party line, we will give you power and cover.”

      Your average Joe, unless they are an idiot, already sees the GOP for what it is and would stay away. But for a ghoul, the GOP seems like a great place to have certain proclivities and then the power and shield to ensure you can’t be prosecuted.

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    This is the kind of stuff you see on a Netflix series and think, “OK they’ve really jumped the shark this time.”