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DOJ Hits CA Megachurch Pastor With 42 Counts Of Sex Trafficking Of Children And Adults, Fraud, And Coercion

From the Department of Justice: A superseding indictment unsealed today charges the founder of a Philippines-based church and two top administrators of orchestrating a sex trafficking operation that coerced girls and young women to have sex with the church’s leader under threats of “eternal damnation.” The superseding indictment expands on allegations made early last year against three Los Angeles-based administrators …

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Democrats Call For Sanctions Against GOP Montana State Senator Who Justified Violence Against LGBTQs

The Helena Record reports: The Montana Legislature’s Democratic Party leaders on Friday called for a Republican state senator to be removed from her interim committee assignment, after the Missoulian newspaper quoted her as denigrating LGBTQ people and suggesting their feelings of fear are “normal consequences associated with the choices they made.” “Sen. Manzella’s remarks are nothing short of offensive, dangerous …

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Christian Site: Artificial Intelligence Is Replacing God

The Christian Post reports: As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, it threatens to eclipse society’s reverence and worship of God — a looming reality that has severe ramifications for the Church, theologian and bestselling author Wallace Henley has warned. “We are all made for transcendence, God’s overarching glory,” Henley told The Christian Post. “As Solomon said in …

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Perkins Continues Assault On RNC For Partnership With Log Cabin Quislings, Ignores Trump’s Role In The Event

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Either the RNC didn’t expect the grassroots fury over their LGBT coalition — or they thought they could ignore it. Whatever their thinking, the last several days have been a rude awakening for the GOP’s fundraising arm. Calls and emails have been streaming into RNC headquarters and state offices, all demanding answers …

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GOP State Rep: Gays Beaten For Holding Hands Are Getting The “Normal Consequences For Their Choices”

The Missoulian reports: The “God, Country, Family” tour is coordinated by the Gideon Knox Group, which publishes the Montana Daily Gazette, and will make six total stops in communities around the state. Speakers at Wednesday’s event included Pastor Jordan “JD” Hall, who founded the Montana Daily Gazette, Senator Theresa Manzella (R-Hamilton), congressional candidate Al Olszewski, Leah Southwell of the John …

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Josh Duggar’s Wife Gives Birth To Their Seventh Child

The Christian Post reports: Anna Duggar, the wife of ex-reality star Josh Duggar, has announced on social media that she gave birth to their seventh child three weeks ago in late October as her husband is due in court later this month as he faces child pornography charges. Madyson Duggar joins siblings Mackynzie, 12; Michael, 10; Marcus, 8; Meredith, 6; …

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Cultist GOP House Candidate Calls For Criminalizing Everything “Contrary To The Word Of God” [VIDEO]

“I am excited about the growing movement, especially here in the Fourth District of South Carolina, of people who identify themselves as just Christian conservatives. “Right? We gotta take it back to the gospel of Jesus Christ and I believe the people here in the Fourth District of South Carolina are getting that. “It’s not just about being Republicans, it’s …

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Anti-Gay Florist Settles SCOTUS Case, Will Pay $5000

From the hate group Alliance Defending Freedom: A settlement agreement secured by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys with the ACLU ends a lawsuit brought against floral artist Barronelle Stutzman nearly a decade ago without forcing her to act against her religious beliefs or to pay potentially ruinous attorneys’ fees—a threat she has endured for years. Stutzman has chosen to retire so …

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Anti-Vax Televangelist Currently Suing Biden Admin Over Mandates In Critical Condition With Something

First, a reminder from last week: Daystar Television Network, one of the largest Christian television networks in the world and The American Family Association, a nonprofit Christian organization, said in a lawsuit today that a federal vaccine mandate forcing large companies to require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccinated is a ”sin against God’s Holy Word.” AFA and Daystar …

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Canadian Pastor Says It Was “God’s Plan” After COVID Outbreak Kills Three Following Violation Of Protocols

The CBC reports: The pastor of a Nova Scotia church that hosted an event linked to a COVID-19 spike and three deaths told his parishioners this week that what happened is “unfortunate,” but it is all part of God’s plan. At the end of October,Robert Smith’s church hosted a multi-day gathering of faith groups from across the province. Public health …

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Mormon Leader Lies About Brigham Young’s Use Of Electroshock Torture On Gay Students During Tenure

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: In a landmark speech Friday at the University of Virginia, Latter-day Saint apostle Dallin H. Oaks said he had recently “come to understand better the distress of persons” — including LGBTQ individuals — who feel that some religious believers invoke the U.S. Constitution to deny rights to others. The address was hailed by some as …

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Graham Gives God “The Glory” For Successful Surgery

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Because so many of you have prayed, sent encouraging messages, and asked how I was doing, I wanted to let you know that I was released from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, yesterday, after a specialized surgery last Monday to correct constrictive pericarditis (inflammation and hardening of the sac around the heart that compresses …

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Jim Bob Duggar Won’t Let “Cancel Culture” Define Him

The Hill reports: The “19 Kids and Counting” star, who previously served in the Arkansas House, last month announced his candidacy to fill the Senate spot currently held by longtime state Republican Sen. Lance Eads, who is resigning. On a page titled “Why I’m Running,” Jim Bob Duggar defends his family as it deals with backlash over the arrest of …

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Perkins: Dems Want To “Punish The Unvaccinated” By Having Them “Jump Through Hoops” For Holiday Travel

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: What air travel needs right now is more restrictions, said 37 Democratic lawmakers in a letter to President Biden, saying, “as the nation approaches holiday season, we ask that you put in place requirements for airline passengers to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID or a negative test to board a …

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Megachurch Distances From “Let’s Go, Brandon” Chants

The Christian Post reports: Cornerstone Church of San Antonio, Texas, a prominent evangelical congregation headed by Pastor John Hagee, has garnered controversy for hosting an event that featured a widely circulated video of a crowd shouting the anti-Biden chant, “Let’s go, Brandon.” On Saturday evening, the Twitter account PatriotTakes posted a clip of a large gathering at Cornerstone in which …

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Anti-Vax Leader: Vaxxing Kids Is “Late-Term Abortion”

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Right-wing anti-vaccine activist Sherri Tenpenny was among the gaggle of conspiracy theorists who graced the stage at the ReAwaken America rally held last weekend at right-wing pastor John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. Addressing the crowd on Sunday, Tenpenny declared that requiring non-vaccinated individuals to undergo regular COVID-19 testing is “torture” …

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Fox News Priest Blames Astroworld Tragedy On Satan

Mediaite reports: Jesse Watters spoke with Father Michael Maginot and asked him questions like “What signs did you see at that concert that would lead to you believe there was a satanic role?” and “The stage we’re seeing right now, that looks to you like the gates of hell the way that I guess they designed that?” “It seemed like …

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Texas Megachurch Crowd Chants “Let’s Go Brandon”

Newsweek reports: A crowd at a church in Texas hosting a QAnon-linked event erupted in a “let’s go Brandon” chant that had been encouraged from the stage. Video has emerged showing the crowd at pastor and televangelists’ John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church in San Antonio singing the thinly veiled attack on President Joe Biden during the controversial “ReAwaken America” conference. Another …

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SC Gov Joins GOP Attacks On LGBT-Themed Books

NPR reports: In the latest call from Republican leaders to ban certain books in schools, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is telling his state’s department of education to investigate a graphic novel on queer identity being available at a school’s library. He says the content in the book is “sexually explicit” and “pornographic.” The book, Gender Queer: A Memoir, by …

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“Moms For Liberty” Offer Cash Bounty On Teachers

Forbes reports: “Live free or die” has given way to “shut up or else.” New Hampshire has set up a system for letting the public turn in public school teachers for violation of its new anti-divisive subject matter law, and Moms for Liberty have offered a cash reward to parents who use it. New Hampshire’s GOP-controlled legislature inserted its “anti” …

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