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Culture War Erupts in Texas Town Over Drag Bingo Event Hosted by Christian Church

Antifa and Proud Boys clash as parents protested

Culture War Erupts in Texas Town Over Drag Bingo Event Hosted by Christian Church
Protestors demonstrate at a drag bingo fundraiser at First Christian Church in Katy, Texas, on Sept. 24, 2022. Bobby Sanchez/The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
9/25/2022|Updated: 9/26/2022
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KATY, Texas—Outside a drag bingo event hosted by a pro-LGBT church in Texas, a microcosm of America’s culture war played out with liberals and conservatives screaming at each other across a boulevard on Saturday.

About 300 Texas conservatives lined an entire block to protest the First Christian Church in Katy, which sponsored a sold-out family drag bingo event to raise money to benefit its “Transparent Closet.”

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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