Michael V. Matheron, May 19, 2023
"When God whispers in my ear I damn sure listen!"Michael V. Matheron, May 19, 2023
On May 9, Texas House of Representatives member Bryan Slaton, was expelled from the legislature for a variety of abuses of a 19 year old woman office intern, including sexual harassment, plying her with alcohol in violation of state law age requirements, and for engaging in sexual intercourse with a staff member contrary to a legislative prohibition. See the House Committee on General Investigation report:
Mr. Slaton, anticipating his expulsion, resigned one day before it and has thus far offered no apology or remorse for his admitted actions. As a legislator he was a hard right wing Freedom Caucus member, and, according to The Texas Tribune was “a prominent anti-LGBTQ lawmaker who has described drag performers as ‘perverted adults,’ allegedly invited the [intern] to his Austin apartment and gave her a large cup of rum and coke, then refilled it twice. The committee said she was rendered unable to ‘effectively consent to intercourse and could not indicate whether it was welcome or unwelcome.'”
Among his legislative achievements he promoted MAGA-type bills that would enable Texas (in his mind) to secede from the union, and another bill to abolish and criminalize abortions, subjecting women and physicians who perform them to face death penalty criminal charges, and regularly tried to stop the House from naming bridges or streets without first voting to abolish abortion.
Unsurprisingly, the deeply religious Slaton claims a strong family values pedigree, holding degrees from Ouachita Baptist University and a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as well as a slew of youth ministry posts.
Nevertheless, ten days after his expulsion, he’s still overwhelmed by his own lack of understanding of “why what happened happened and what happened?” Flummoxed by his downfall, he’s taken full advantage of the privileges of his divinity degrees to speak directly with God about it.
Today, he told our They Will Say ANYTHING! reporter Marvin Shultz:
One thing I learned from this is I just don’t understand females very well at all. In fact, God told me, straight up: ‘As far as women are concerned you’re too stupid to live, and if you want to continue to live you better get your ass in gear.’ Well, when God chews me out I listen! Understand?
I need to find out what makes them tick. Especially, what makes 19 year old lady interns tick. You know? Women’s studies at Southwestern Baptist will teach me how to legally and biblically subordinate females while still showing respect for her feminine side and to take her feelings into my thinking if they’re rational. That can only be a win-win. I plan to take classes in female subjects like dancing, lesbianism, chit chatting, and such like. I’m looking forward to the internship requirement – imagine I’ll be the intern for a female! And that has some promising possibilities. Do you understand? Do you feel me?
Our reporter didn’t and wouldn’t.
