Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's church includes porn in its library: critics

The more Texans hear that their Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, James Talarico, is aiming to reclaim Christianity for the progressive left, the more they're likely to learn what his home church believes and practices.

The Daily Wire reviewed the books accessible to children in the library at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, where Talarico's sermons as a seminary student included calls for "abortion care" for gender-confused women.

It found materials with "illustrations of oral sex and masturbation," discussions of "anal rape and incest" and graphic explanations of "gay sex." Other books reflect Talarico's theology that "God is queer" and promote gender confusion in children, including political activism for "trans kids" and LGBTQ Presbyterians.

The church defends its inclusion of what it calls "banned books" while only vaguely describing their content, "from picture books to young adult novels. [...] Children, teens, young adults, and older adults can find affirmation in the books they read."

It invites website visitors to "browse our collection of banned books and see what you notice...common themes…particular experiences and identities being censored," but none is named on the site.

The Babylon Bee's real-news counterpart Not the Bee branded the church's books "pornographic material" and said "anyone who checked out [This Book Is Gay] from this church should have their hard drive checked immediately."

Talarico kicked off his general election campaign this week after Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican primary, telling around 1,000 supporters at a Houston dance club that Paxton is "the most corrupt politician in America." 

The Associated Press deemed that "a stark pivot from the more sunny, spiritual theme of Talarico's Democratic primary campaign."