Michael Knowles argued during a recent episode of his show that gay couples aren’t fit to raise children because they lack attributes or qualities possessed by those of the opposite gender that are essential to child-rearing.
The right-wing windbag was defending University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, who made racially insensitive, sexist, and homophobic comments in class. Wax also invited a white supremacist to address one of her classes.
The University punished Wax, who has a history of controversial statements, with a suspension and docked her pay by half. It also stripped her of her endowed chair as the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, and is blocking her from receiving summer pay in perpetuity.
Conservative activists have championed Wax as the patron saint of academic freedom on college campuses, arguing that her comments are protected speech and that punishing her will have consequences for others who express unpopular opinions. Wax has threatened to sue the university.
Knowles seized on one of Wax’s more outlandish statements, in which she claimed that “gay couples are not fit to raise children,” and tried to ideologically defend her reasoning.
“Amy Wax commented in class that gay couples are not fit to raise children,” Knowles said during a recent episode of The Michael Knowles Show. “That’s just obviously true. Does anyone seriously disagree with that? I guess some people do seriously disagree with that. People who think that men and women are exactly the same might try to disagree with that.”
Knowles argued that since same-sex couples cannot physically produce children together, “they are literally not fit to beget, and therefore to raise children.”
The conservative Catholic then added, “Even if they adopt a child or even if they go to the baby store and purchase the eggs from one woman and rent the womb of another woman and create a child as though the child were a handbag to be purchased at Ferragamo or something — even if they do that — they’re not fit to raise a child.”
Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is nothing new for Knowles. He believes same-sex relationships are inherently illegitimate and that gay and lesbian couples who live together are just “pretending” to be married.
Tony Clements is the "Swiss Army Knife of Daddies." At least that's how he's known to casting directors for the national tour of Mamma Mia!, running at the National Theatre. Clements has appeared in various productions of the hit show for years and is often called upon to play one of three possible fathers of Sophie, a bride-to-be who wants her real father to give her away at her wedding. Currently, the Milwaukee native understudies all three fathers and performs in the ensemble.
Clements' husband, Rob Hancock, a Nashville native, is also in the touring production. He portrays Harry Bright, a buttoned-up banker with a rock 'n' roll past and one of the potential fathers. Like Clements, he's appeared in several productions of the show since its North American debut in 2000.
A Northern Virginia pastor filed a lawsuit seeking to block a ballot measure that would repeal the Marshall-Newman Amendment, a 2006 voter-approved amendment banning state recognition of same-sex marriages or similar relationships.
The Founding Freedoms Law Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of Pastor Ben Purves.
The complaint alleges that state and local clerks failed to distribute and publicly post copies of the proposed amendment at Virginia courthouses at least three months before the November 4, 2025, House of Delegates election, as required by state law. It asks the court to invalidate the amendment, even if voters approve it.
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to allow Catholic preschools to receive taxpayer money while denying admission to children of same-sex couples.
The case centers on Colorado's universal preschool program, which offers children 15 hours a week of tuition-free preschool in the year before kindergarten. Families can choose among programs based in public schools, licensed child care centers, or home-based providers.
Private preschools, including faith-based schools, can also participate if they agree to follow the state's equal-opportunity and nondiscrimination requirements.
Michael Knowles argued during a recent episode of his show that gay couples aren’t fit to raise children because they lack attributes or qualities possessed by those of the opposite gender that are essential to child-rearing.
The right-wing windbag was defending University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, who made racially insensitive, sexist, and homophobic comments in class. Wax also invited a white supremacist to address one of her classes.
The University punished Wax, who has a history of controversial statements, with a suspension and docked her pay by half. It also stripped her of her endowed chair as the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law, and is blocking her from receiving summer pay in perpetuity.
Conservative activists have championed Wax as the patron saint of academic freedom on college campuses, arguing that her comments are protected speech and that punishing her will have consequences for others who express unpopular opinions. Wax has threatened to sue the university.
Knowles seized on one of Wax’s more outlandish statements, in which she claimed that “gay couples are not fit to raise children,” and tried to ideologically defend her reasoning.
“Amy Wax commented in class that gay couples are not fit to raise children,” Knowles said during a recent episode of The Michael Knowles Show. “That’s just obviously true. Does anyone seriously disagree with that? I guess some people do seriously disagree with that. People who think that men and women are exactly the same might try to disagree with that.”
Knowles argued that since same-sex couples cannot physically produce children together, “they are literally not fit to beget, and therefore to raise children.”
The conservative Catholic then added, “Even if they adopt a child or even if they go to the baby store and purchase the eggs from one woman and rent the womb of another woman and create a child as though the child were a handbag to be purchased at Ferragamo or something — even if they do that — they’re not fit to raise a child.”
Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is nothing new for Knowles. He believes same-sex relationships are inherently illegitimate and that gay and lesbian couples who live together are just “pretending” to be married.
He has called for drag queens and Pride parade attendees to be arrested and prosecuted for indecent behavior, and has asserted that transgender identity “must be eradicated from public life” for the betterment of society.
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