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Idaho bar celebrates 'Heterosexual Awesomeness Month' in response to LGBT pride month
‘Naked parade perverts should go to jail’
As much of corporate America embraces LGBT pride month, one Idaho bar is taking a different approach by recognizing “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month.”
Old State Saloon, a bar in Eagle, Idaho, created an X account earlier this month. The account’s cover photo features a background image of the American flag and the symbols for male and female. The bar boasts on its X account that it is “The World Heterosexual Headquarters.” As of Saturday afternoon, the account had over 42,700 followers.
The establishment’s Facebook page indicates that the business opened in February 2023. Support for the Christian faith figures prominently on the social media account, with one post from Thursday proclaiming, “Make America Godly Again!”
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The business announced on Facebook last week that “June will be OSS’s inaugural Heterosexual Awesomeness Month!” It urged the public to “come join us all month to celebrate heterosexuals, for without them, none of us would be here!”
“Each Monday will be Hetero Male Monday and any heterosexual male dressed like a heterosexual male will receive a free draft beer,” Old State Saloon added. “Each Wednesday is Heterosexual couples day and each heterosexual couple will receive 15% off their bill.”
A subsequent Facebook post revealed that the celebration of “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” will also feature “Her Happy Hour Thursdays,” which allows heterosexual women to enjoy happy hour prices all day. “Her Happy Hour Thursdays” join “Duo Deal Wednesdays” and “Hetero Male Mondays” as the business’ main deals of the month.
The business states on its website that its celebration of “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” has led to threatening backlash and “theft of our property, vendors refusing to fulfill our orders for ingredients, wedding catering [cancellation], libel, slander — even the owner being falsely accused of being a sex offender!”
Despite celebrating heterosexuality, Old State Saloon insisted that “we love our LGBTQ+ patrons” and vowed that its owners “will not be changing our mind and give into the group of those who are responding with vitriol.”
Despite the slander and threats the business has endured for celebrating heterosexuality, the establishment appears to have achieved financial success as a result of its decision not to kowtow to secular ideology. The business reported on Facebook this week that it experienced its “biggest Monday sales EVER” while noting in an X post that Old State Saloon saw its “highest Wednesday in sales ever by 3x!” Two days later, Old State Saloon told its Facebook followers that the restaurant had “SOLD OUT OF FOOD” while offering the option to “bring food from outside.”
In addition to the deals on food and alcohol available to heterosexual patrons, Old State Saloon is selling special merchandise during its “Heterosexual Awareness Month.” T-shirts with the American flag and the symbols for male and female, as well as T-shirts with a picture of a glass of beer emblazoned with the Old State Saloon logo accompanied by a caption reading “Beer for Breeders” and “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” are available for $28.
A look at the bar’s upcoming calendar suggests that “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” is not the only event taking place in June at Old State Saloon designed to appeal to conservative or Christian audiences. The restaurant also has “Christian Singles Mingles” on Thursdays, Bible studies on Sundays and “Open Carry Coffees” on Saturdays.
Old State Saloon’s website reveals plans to construct “a physical location specifically for traditional and faith-based events,” specifically a “Community Event Center where conservatism can be appreciated, including Hetero Awesomeness Month-style events every year.” The business said it’s raising funds on the crowdfunding platform Give Send Go in an effort to create such a venue.
As of Saturday afternoon, the crowdfunding effort has raised more than $14,340. A poll on Old State Saloon’s X account asking if it should put on a “Heterosexual Awesomeness Parade” shows that 95.9% of the 1,431 respondents are in favor of such an idea, while 4.1% oppose it.
The “Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” celebration at Old State Saloon comes as many corporations and major organizations in the U.S. are fully embracing LGBT pride month in an effort to show support for LGBT ideology. For example, most National Football League teams are celebrating pride month on their social media accounts. Some have even changed their profile pictures to the team’s logo bathed in the rainbow colors that have come to symbolize the LGBT movement.
LGBT pride month, recognized by LGBT activists every June, features pride parades that often consist of participants dressed in sexually explicit clothing, if not outright nudity. Old State Saloon has expressed displeasure with this custom, declaring in an X post that “Naked parade perverts should go to jail.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
For the second year in a row, House lawmakers will consider urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
The nonbinding resolution, which carries no legal weight, says the decision in Obergefel v. Hodges violates the longstanding religious definition of marriage between one man and one woman.
“The current definition of marriage that allows for same-sex marriages is a defilement of the word marriage,” said Rep. Tony Wisniewski (R-Post Falls), who sponsors the measure.
The resolution further states that the Obergefel decision “arbitrarily and unjustly” rejects the historical definition of marriage.
Idaho voters passed a constitution amendment in 2006 that defines marriage as between one man and one woman, which was invalidated by the Obergefel ruling.
Wisniewski said regulating marriages should be a power left to the states.
Rep. Brent Crane (R-Nampa) agrees.
“If you want to get things … closer to the people with respect to some of these more complex social issues, I think the best place for those things to happen is in the states,” Crane said.
Doing so is a risk, he said.
“You may have states that choose to acknowledge [polyamorous relationships]. You may have states that choose to have relationships between adults and younger children,” Crane said.
Cities in neighboring Oregon and Washington, for example, are considering giving those in polyamorous relationships legal recognition.
But he said that risk is worth it to allow other states that choose to only recognize traditional marriages.
Four lawmakers on the House State Affairs Committee opposed the resolution.
Rep. Erin Bingham (R-Idaho Falls) said she’s tried to balance her own religious beliefs with those of others while considering the measure.
“I do feel like that it is important for us to work together, to find ways to compromise and to live together in peace and mutual respect,” Bingham said.
The resolution now goes to the House floor for consideration.
House lawmakers last year passed a similar measure, but it never received a hearing in a Senate committee.
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University of Idaho professor awarded $10M after TikTok tarot influencer claimed she ‘ordered’ quadruple murders
A University of Idaho professor won a $10 million judgment after a tarot TikTok influencer publicly pushed false claims that she was behind the savage quadruple slayings of four college students.
A Boise jury in US District Court ordered fortune-telling Texas TikToker Ashley Guillard on Friday to pay $10 million after concluding she falsely accused professor Rebecca Scofield of having a secret romance with one of the four victims and orchestrating their killings, the Idaho Statesman reported.
Following the verdict, Scofield thanked the jury and said she hopes the case sends a clear warning that making “false statements online have consequences in the real world.”
“The murders of the four students on November 13, 2022, were the darkest chapter in our university’s history,” Scofield told Fox News.
“Today’s decision shows that respect and care should always be granted to victims during these tragedies. I am hopeful that this difficult chapter in my life is over, and I can return to a more normal life with my family and the wonderful Moscow community.”
Scofield, the university’s history department chair, filed the lawsuit in December 2022 — just weeks after Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were brutally stabbed to death at an off-campus rental home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022.
Guillard began uploading videos to her more than 100,000 TikTok followers in late November 2022, accusing Scofield of a secret relationship with one of the students and claiming she had “ordered” the killings, garnering millions of views across the social media platform.
The complaint states that Scofield had never met the victims and was out of state when the murders occurred.
Even after being served with cease-and-desist letters and after police publicly confirmed Scofield had no connection to the murders, the Houston-based tarot reader continued posting videos, the history professor’s legal team argued.
Guillard doubled down on her accusations against Scofield after being sued, posting a defiant video saying, “I am not stopping,” and challenging why Scofield needed three lawyers to sue her “if she’s so innocent.”
The professor’s legal team argued the defamatory accusations painted her as a criminal and accused her of professional misconduct that could derail her career.
Bryan Kohberger, then studying criminology at Washington State University, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to the quadruple murders in a deal that took the death penalty off the table. He is currently serving four consecutive life sentences in Idaho.
In June 2024, Chief US Magistrate Judge Raymond Patricco found Guillard’s statements legally defamatory, leaving damages to be decided by a jury.
During the damages trial, Scofield described the anguish of seeing her name tied to the murders online, the Idaho Statesman reported.
However, Guillard, acting as her own attorney, insisted her comments were simply beliefs based on tarot card readings.
She claimed to have psychic powers and testified that she relied on tarot cards to try to solve the shocking homicides that shook the rural college town and sparked global attention.
It took jurors less than two hours to return their verdict, the outlet reported.
The jury awarded Scofield $7.5 million in punitive damages in addition to $2.5 million in compensatory damages.
With Post wires
BOISE, Idaho — AAA is warning Idaho gas consumers that pump prices will likely rise as the conflict in Iran disrupts oil and gas supply chains worldwide.
The ongoing turmoil in the Middle East will likely push the price for a gallon of regular gasoline past the $3 mark over the coming days.
“On one hand, the crude oil market had time to account for some financial risk in the Middle East as forces mobilized, but a supply shortage somewhere affects the global picture,” says AAA Idaho public affairs director Matthew Conde. “If tankers can’t move products through the region, there could be ripple effects.”
On Monday, March 2, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $2.97, reports AAA, which is 12 cents more expensive than it was a month ago but 20 cents less than this time last year.
State / Price: 1 gallon of regular gasoline
- Washington / $4.37
- Oregon / $3.92
- Nevada / $3.70
- Idaho / $2.97
- Colorado / $2.89
- Montana / $2.82
- Utah / $2.74
- Wyoming / $2.73
In terms of the most expensive fuel in the nation, Idaho currently ranks #14. However, buying a gallon of regular gas in neighboring states such as Oregon and Washington could cost a whole dollar more. In contrast, gas prices in Utah, Montana, and Wyoming are anywhere between 15 to 24 cents cheaper than fuel in the Gem State.
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