Mary Lou Bruner

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'''Mary Lou Bruner''', commonly described as the "looniest politician in [[Texas]]"<ref name=Dubose>{{cite web|author=Lou Dubose|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/02/17/obama_has_a_soft_spot_for_homosexuals_because_of_the_years_he_spent_as_a_male_prostitute_in_his_twenties_meet_the_looniest_politician_in_texas_and_thats_saying_something/|title="Obama has a soft spot for homosexuals because of the years he spent as a male prostitute in his twenties": Meet the looniest politician in Texas (and that’s saying something)|work=Salon.com}}</ref> (a state [[Rick Perry|not exactly]] [[Greg Abbott|known for]] [[Ted Cruz|its sane]] [[Louis Gohmert|politicians]]) and by definition likely the entire United States, is a [[far-right]] Texan [[Republican]] and former schoolteacher, as well as a [[creationist]], [[homophobe]], [[Islamophobe]], [[birther]], [[conspiracy theorist]], and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Lost Cause of the South|apologist]] whose batshit crazy views and opinions created controversy in 2016 when she decided to run for the Republican nomination for an East Texas seat on the [[Texas Board of Education]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Christopher Connelly|url=http://keranews.org/post/texas-education-board-candidate-who-called-obama-gay-prostitute-wont-back-down|title=Texas Education Board Candidate Who Called Obama A Gay Prostitute Won't Back Down|work=Kera News}}</ref>

==Why the controversy?==
Really? [[Fractal wrongness|Where do we even begin?]]

===Science===
* Bruner is an avowed creationist, believing that school shootings are the direct result of the teaching of evolution.<ref name=WaPo>{{cite web|author=Valerie Strauss|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/08/leading-texas-education-board-candidate-obama-was-gay-prostitute-democrats-killed-jfk/|title=Leading Texas education board candidate: Obama was gay prostitute, Democrats killed JFK|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> She has expressed belief in a batshit-insane conspiracy theory that scientists have found proof of a [[young earth]], yet are colluding to [[cover up]] the evidence ([[Mental retardation|for some reason]]).<ref name=Dubose/>

* Bruner is also a [[climate change denier]], calling climate change a "[[Religion|ridiculous hoax]]"' and believing that the global warming narrative [[Red scare|is truly a veil for the advancement of Communism in America]], even stating that it is a plot started by Karl Marx himself!<ref name=Dubose/><ref>{{cite web|author=Amanda Marcotte|url=https://www.salon.com/2016/03/08/texas_war_on_reality_states_next_likely_school_board_member_believes_obama_was_a_drug_addicted_gay_prostitute/|title=Texas' war on reality: State's next likely school board member believes Obama was a drug-addicted gay prostitute|work=Salon.com}}</ref>

Remember, she was running for the board of education.

===History===
* Bruner believes in a pseudo-historical theory bordering on self-parody: that the [[American Civil War]] was truly about the railroad(!), instead of [[slavery]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Zack Kopplin|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/02/anti-gay-pro-creationism-birther-could-change-america-s-textbooks.html|title=Anti-Gay, Pro-Creationism Birther Could Change America’s Textbooks|work=The Daily Beast}}</ref> Perhaps she misunderstood references to the Underground Railroad.

* Bruner believes the [[Democratic Party]] was responsible for the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]] as they preferred "socialist" [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] over "conservative" John F. Kennedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Curious-candidate-6880820.php|title=Curious candidate: The Texas Board of Education needs serious representatives, not bomb throwers.|work=Houston Chronicle}}</ref><ref name=Dubose/>

Board of education anyone?

=== Miscellanea ===
* Bruner believes pre-kindergarten education is a plot by the "[[Gay agenda|GLBTQ [sic] agenda]]" to indoctrinate children into homosexuality.<ref>{{cite web|author=Laura Moser|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/schooled/2016/04/25/mary_lou_bruner_believes_public_pre_k_indoctrinates_children_with_pro_gay.html|title=The Extremist Likely Headed to Texas’ Influential School Board Thinks Pre-K Is Pro-Gay Propaganda|work=Slate}}</ref>
* Bruner believes the content of Texan state school textbooks is dictated by "Middle-Eastern" countries.<ref name=notable>{{cite web|author=Patrick Michels|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/mary-lou-bruner-mcleroy/|title=Texas’ Most Notable Creationist Says Mary Lou Bruner Will Be a ‘Great Asset’ to Ed Board|work=Observer}}</ref>
* Did we mention she ran for the board of education?

* Fortunately, she lost her race by a hefty margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/us/texan-who-posted-extreme-views-loses-runoff-for-state-education-post.html|title=Texan Who Posted Extreme Views Loses Runoff for State Education Post}}</ref>

==More wingnuttery==
By far her most infamous claim is her groundless conspiracy theory that [[Barack Obama]]'s support for gay rights is due to him working as a male [[prostitute]] in his early twenties in order to pay for drugs.<ref name=WaPo/>

==External links==
*[http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2023/01/2608-mary-lou-bruner.html Mary Lou Bruner] at the [[Encyclopedia of American Loons]]

==References==
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