Thursday, 28 July 2011
Anti-gay heavy metal preacher files lawsuit against Rachel Maddow
Attorney Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a lawsuit against NBC, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow and The Minnesota Independent on behalf of Bradlee Dean, head of the religious ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International.
"This case is filed as a matter of principle," Klayman said. "We need more Bradlee Deans in the world and hateful left wing television commentators must be made to respect not only his mission but the law."
The lawsuit seeks in excess of $50 million in damages for false accusations and defamation. It claims that Maddow falsely accused Dean on her MSNBC show of supporting the killing of homosexuals, which harmed the "fine reputation" of himself and his ministry. The lawsuit also seeks damages from The Minnesota Independent for reporting on Dean's statements.
Dean's ministry is based in Annandale, Minnesota and centered around the Christian heavy metal band Junkyard Prophet. He had hosted a show on AM 1280 The Patriot, but the station later fired him after he aired in a six-minute song mocking African Americans and then likened President Obama to Osama bin Laden.
MSNBC and Maddow attacked Dean, according to the lawsuit, because they were trying to "destroy" Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), "a Christian conservative presidential candidate who they despise and hate for her religious and political beliefs."
Bachmann has helped raise money for Dean’s youth ministry and Dean, in turn, has helped Bachmann's campaign fundraising efforts.
"Defendents NBC and MSNBC pride themselves on their marketing of anti-religious beliefs and their disparagement of people of faith, as they have sought to woo secular, atheist, leftist oriented viewer markets, given Fox News' domination of the politically conservative/libertarian/religious markets which they have had difficulty cultivating," the lawsuit states.
On her show in August 2010, Maddow played a clip of Dean saying Muslim nations that execute gays are more moral than American Christians.
"Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America," he said on AM 1280 the Patriot. "This just shows you they themselves are upholding the laws that are even in the Bible of the Judeo-Christian God, but they seem to be more moral than even the American Christians do, because these people are livid about enforcing their laws. They know homosexuality is an abomination."
After playing the clip Maddow noted that Dean "later clarified that he didn't really mean to sanction murder of gay people, he said, quote, 'We have never and will never call for the execution of homosexuals."
The lawsuit against Maddow claims she "begrudgingly mentioned" the disclaimer in a way that suggested it was disingenuous and insincere.
She also played a clip of Dean saying on the radio that, "On average, they [homosexuals] molest 117 people before they’re found out."
Eric W. Dolan @'Raw Story'
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"This case is filed as a matter of principle," Klayman said. "We need more Bradlee Deans in the world and hateful left wing television commentators must be made to respect not only his mission but the law."
The lawsuit seeks in excess of $50 million in damages for false accusations and defamation. It claims that Maddow falsely accused Dean on her MSNBC show of supporting the killing of homosexuals, which harmed the "fine reputation" of himself and his ministry. The lawsuit also seeks damages from The Minnesota Independent for reporting on Dean's statements.
Dean's ministry is based in Annandale, Minnesota and centered around the Christian heavy metal band Junkyard Prophet. He had hosted a show on AM 1280 The Patriot, but the station later fired him after he aired in a six-minute song mocking African Americans and then likened President Obama to Osama bin Laden.
MSNBC and Maddow attacked Dean, according to the lawsuit, because they were trying to "destroy" Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), "a Christian conservative presidential candidate who they despise and hate for her religious and political beliefs."
Bachmann has helped raise money for Dean’s youth ministry and Dean, in turn, has helped Bachmann's campaign fundraising efforts.
"Defendents NBC and MSNBC pride themselves on their marketing of anti-religious beliefs and their disparagement of people of faith, as they have sought to woo secular, atheist, leftist oriented viewer markets, given Fox News' domination of the politically conservative/libertarian/religious markets which they have had difficulty cultivating," the lawsuit states.
On her show in August 2010, Maddow played a clip of Dean saying Muslim nations that execute gays are more moral than American Christians.
"Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America," he said on AM 1280 the Patriot. "This just shows you they themselves are upholding the laws that are even in the Bible of the Judeo-Christian God, but they seem to be more moral than even the American Christians do, because these people are livid about enforcing their laws. They know homosexuality is an abomination."
After playing the clip Maddow noted that Dean "later clarified that he didn't really mean to sanction murder of gay people, he said, quote, 'We have never and will never call for the execution of homosexuals."
The lawsuit against Maddow claims she "begrudgingly mentioned" the disclaimer in a way that suggested it was disingenuous and insincere.
She also played a clip of Dean saying on the radio that, "On average, they [homosexuals] molest 117 people before they’re found out."
Eric W. Dolan @'Raw Story'
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@th3j35t3r At the end of the day not you or ANYONE besides Ryan who probably snitched on Topiary know he was in scotland.FBI ‘Islam 101′ Guide Depicted Muslims as 7th-Century Simpletons
- They engage in a “circumcision ritual”
- More than 9,000 of them are in the U.S. military
- Their religion “transforms [a] country’s culture into 7th-century Arabian ways.”
- A much-criticized tome, The Arab Mind, that one reviewer called “a collection of outrageously broad — and often suspect — generalizations“
- A book by one of Norwegian terrorist suspect Anders Behring Breivik’s favorite anti-Muslim authors.
The briefing presents much information that has nothing to do with crime and everything to do with constitutionally-protected religious practice and social behavior, such as estimating the number of mosques in America and listing the states with the largest Muslim populations.
Other slides paint Islam in a less malicious light, and one urges “respectful liaison” as a “proactive approach” to engaging Muslims. But even those exhibit what one American Muslim civil rights leader calls “the understanding of a third grader, and even then, a badly misinformed third grader.”
One slide asks, “Is Iran an Arab country?” (It’s not.) Another is just a picture of worry beads.
“Based on this presentation, it is easy to see why so many in law enforcement and the FBI view American Muslims with ignorance and suspicion,” says Farhana Khera, the executive director of Muslim Advocates, a legal aid group. “The presentation appears to treat all Muslims with one broad brush and makes no distinction between lawful religious practice and beliefs and unlawful activities...”
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