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Christian Terrorist in TX Was Paid ‘Investigator’ for Prominent GOP Activists and Donors

By Chrissy Stroop

…ives Matter protesters. A post on the Liberty Center for God and Country’s website attributed to Hotze claims that “President Trump has requested that every registered voter send him a handwritten letter, through the post office [sic], that demands a full election audit of all 50 states” and calls on its readers to do so. Meanwhile, the center’s Facebook page hosts photos of an absolutely bonkers letter to Trump from Hotze himself, which identifie…

Statement on NAR & Christian Nationalism Answers Few Questions But Exposes Growing Rifts in the Movement

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…apostle (see p. 43 of Mark Pfeifer’s book Apostles Then & Now on the ICAL website). ICAL also clearly states that, “only those who have previously been recognized as having the gift and office of apostle are accepted as members.” The same goes for Convening Apostle Joseph Mattera’s United States Coalition of Apostolic Leaders (USCAL), where their statement of faith speaks specifically of the “fivefold ministry offices”: We believe that Christ Him…

The New York Times Adds a ‘Kinder,’ ‘Gentler’ Anti-Gay Authoritarian Christian to its Roster

By Chrissy Stroop

…he most virulently homophobic rhetoric to appear on The Gospel Coalition’s website, falsely describing all homosexuality as “sexual promiscuity of an abominable sort,” calling for Christians who oppose same-sex marriage to play up “the yuck factor” in their arguments, and denying that same-sex love is really love. Warren herself is a contributor to TGC, where her work is also frequently (and approvingly) cited. Readers may recall that TGC founder…

Georgia Legislator Behind Bill Criminalizing Miscarriage is Christian Reconstructionist

By Julie Ingersoll

…l investigations by the state. Franklin’s bio on the state legislature’s website claims he “has been called ‘the conscience of the Republican Caucus’ because he believes that civil government should return to its biblically and constitutionally defined role.” That same website has a nifty little option that allows you to sort proposed bills according to their sponsors; so it was easy to get a sense of what he means by government’s biblically-def…

The ‘Charlie Charlie Challenge’ and Teenage Yearning for Supernatural Encounters

By Joseph Laycock

…with the banal forces of capitalism. Charlie’s origins are ambiguous. The website “Know Your Meme” discovered a video from June 6, 2014, called “Jugando Charly Charlie” featuring a version of the game using six pencils instead of two. Some sources claim versions of this game have been played in Spain for generations. In April 2015 a TV station in the Dominican Republic aired a story portraying the Charlie game as a Satanic threat taking over scho…

Dan Webster’s Gothard-Speak

By Sarah Posner

…nstitute in Basic Life Principles before, and have spent time perusing his website, in looking today for more presentations by Dan Webster, I came across something new — to me, at least. At the IBLP website, Webster is listed as one of the “dynamic speakers” at the organization’s 2010 regional conferences. His topic: “how ‘one-accord power teams’ of dads could be the best answer for the crisis that America faces today.” What is a “one-accord power…

Romney, Tisha B’Av, and LDS Temples

By Sarah Posner

…ncient Israel.” In explaining why Latter-Day Saints build temples, the LDS website further notes: When Jesus Christ was on the earth, the only existing temple was known as the Temple of Herod. Jesus was often found in this temple (see, for example, Luke 2:40-49; Matthew 21:10-14). After the rejection and deaths of Jesus’s Apostles, there were no temples on the earth for many centuries. When the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in the early 1800…

Convergence of Far-Right, Anti-Democratic Factions in the Northwest Could Provide a Model for the Rest of the Nation

By Frederick Clarkson and Cloee Cooper

…a screen shot of Prayer Caucus Chairman Shea taken from the Prayer Caucus website. Originally they planned to notify their network of prayer warriors with legislative prayer alerts via an app. But since the app hasn’t worked, Taylor publishes a list of the legislation they want people to support or oppose, including talking points on everything from abortion to education to diversity training for public employees. When war is not a metaphor Shea…

Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…according to groups including Human Rights Watch. At the Atheist Republic website, Debapriya Chatterjee reports on a September interview given by Egypt’s Religious Endowments Minister Mohammed Mokhtar Gomaa, who “blamed Zionists for encouraging atheism and homosexuality in his country.” Gomaa went on to condemn these “Zionist forces” for underestimating Egypt’s stability by using various means like atheism, terrorism, nihilism and deviance to des…

African Religious leaders complain about Obama advocacy for LGBT rights; Ultra-Orthodox Man Stabs Jerusalem Pride Parade Marchers, Again; Struggles over sexuality in Islam, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican Churches; Global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…r the World Meeting of Families. A copy of the letter is posted at GLAAD’s website. From the Washington Blade: GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis and Dignity USA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burke signed the letter to the pontiff the Human Rights Campaign, the Latino GLBT History Project and other organizations endorsed. Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry in Mt. Rainier, Md., is among those who also back the request. “M…