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On Jul 27, 8:34 am, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to sue her too:http://teapartiers.blogspot.com/2010/08/last-refuge-of-scoundrels.html
>
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>
> http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=326585
>
> Rachel Maddow, MSNBC sued for defamation * 'Left-wing television
> commentators must be made to respect ... the law' *
> ------------------------------
> Posted: July 26, 2011
> 10:02 pm Eastern
>
> By Bob Unruh
> © 2011 WND
>
> Bradlee Dean
>
> A lawsuit seeking in excess of $50 million has been prepared against MSNBC
> and its talk-show entertainer Rachel Maddow over statements she made about a
> Minnesota-based ministry.
>
> Word of the development comes in an announcement from officials with the
> YouCanRunButYouCannotHideInternational<http://www.youcanruninternational.com/index2.html>ministry
> run by former rock artist Bradlee Dean.
>
> The attorney handling the case is Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial
> Watch and now of Freedom Watch, <http://www.freedomwatchusa.com> who said
> money is not the issue.
>
> "This case is filed as a matter of principle," he 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."
>
> *How low can the media go? Meet 'The Anti-Journalists.' Not only do they
> refuse to report the truth – they attack you if you
> do<http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=316257>
> *
>
> The team announced a news conference tomorrow at the Midtown Executive Club
> in New York to respond to reporters' questions about the dispute.
>
> Dean, a renowned hard metal rocker who came to Christ after suffering a hard
> life as a young boy, has dedicated his life to his ministry's mission,
> officials said.
>
> He once made a statement on the radio criticizing his fellow Christians for
> not taking a stronger stand about the "gay" rights lobby promoting
> homosexuality in the schools. According to the ministry announcement, he
> made a strong reference to Muslims taking the issue more seriously in the
> context of Shariah law, but did not condone their practices. It was
> Bradlee's intent to focus attention on the issue, not to advocate harm to
> anyone.
>
> <http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/18784-132621-39616-0?mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]&mpvc=>
>
> Despite the very clear disclaimer by Dean on his ministries website and
> elsewhere regarding the false accusation that he was calling for the
> execution of homosexuals, according to the announcement, "MSNBC's Rachel
> Maddow and others seized on and accused Dean on her show of supporting the
> killing of homosexuals, as is the practice in some radical Islamic
> countries. This seriously has harmed Dean and the ministry, who pride
> themselves on respect and love for all people."
>
> The ministry announcement said, "In an interview earlier this year, MSNBC's
> president Phil Griffin admitted that the network, to boost its ratings,
> caters to the so-called 'progressive left.'This explains the malicious
> attacks on Bradlee Dean and his ministry, which are being used to harm the
> presidential campaign of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who is a
> conservative Christian."
>
> The organization explained in the past, Dean and his ministry have been
> complemented by presidential candidate Michele Bachmann for their work in
> promoting values for the nation's youth.
>
> "The left wing media's effort to defame Dean is an obvious way to try to
> harm Bachmann's presidential prospects," the group said.
>
> An earlier report from the ministry said it was Maddow who featured on her
> program a quote from Dean, "The Muslims are calling for the execution of
> homosexuals in America. This was just released yesterday and it shows you
> that 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's an abomination. If America won't enforce the
> laws, God will raise up a foreign enemy to do just that."
>
> But that was an edited version of Dean's original message, which was a
> benign warning to the homosexual community that the Bible calls the behavior
> a sin and there are consequences for sin, so they should "flee" from that.
> Dean explains he was only trying to guilt the Christian community to take
> the radical leftist homosexual agenda more seriously.
>
> According to Dean's ministry, his actual statement was:
>
> Muslims are calling for the execution for homosexuals in America, this was
> just released yesterday and it shows you that they themselves are upholding
> the laws that are even in the Bible, the Judeo Christian God. 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.
> And I continually reach out to the homosexual communities on this radio
> show, and I warn them, which ones love? Here you have Obama condemning it
> behind the backs of the homosexuals but to their faces he's promoting it. I
> say this to my gay friends out there the ones that continuously nitpick
> everything I say. Hollywood is promoting immorality and the God of the
> Heavens in Jesus names is warning you to flee from the wrath to come, yet
> you have Muslims calling for your execution. If America won't enforce the
> laws, God will raise up a foreign enemy to do just that's what you're seeing
> in America today. Read Leviticus 26 America.
>
> Klayman told WND that the original misapplication of the comments came
> through writer Andy Birkey of the Minnesota
> Independent,<http://minnesotaindependent.com/58393/gop-linked-punk-rock-ministry-s...>where
> he headlined a story "GOP-linked punk rock ministry says executing
> gays is 'moral'."
>
> The ministry wrote to the newspaper to correct the impression and Birkey
> noted Dean's statement
> that,<http://minnesotaindependent.com/59761/bradlee-dean-says-minnesota-ind...>"We
> have specifically rejected, as all Christians do, the Islamic
> doctrine,
> and actual practice, of executing homosexuals. But some have claimed, in
> effect, that by merely mentioning the execution of homosexuals (as a
> criminal practice of Islam), on our radio broadcast, we have suggested it
> for consideration. Obviously this is absurd. The whole point was to contrast
> the Islamic position with the Christian position. This may not have been as
> clear as we would have otherwise planned it to be. Live radio is not
> scripted. But everyone who knows us knows that this is our position because
> we have stated it consistently for years…"
>
> But since the original statement, the Independent report, and its followup,
> Klayman noted, the original accusation has spread. The Minneapolis
> Star-Tribune <http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/122476174.html>explained
> Dean's comments were "read as advocating executions for gay
> people," KARE Television<http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=923893>commented
> on his "controversial statements about gay persons," and on the
> City Pages <http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/05/bradlee_dean_li.php>said
> Dean "has praised religious extremists who execute suspected
> homosexuals."
>
> ABC jumped into the fray with the blog comment that Dean "has suggested
> homosexuals be executed."<http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/05/video-obamas-faith-questione...>
>
> Activist sites from as
> Rightwingwatch<http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/individuals/bradlee-dean%20%3C...>took
> it even further, saying that Dean statements include "that Muslim
> nations that execute gays are more moral than American Christians."
>
> State Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party Rep. Karen Clark
> <http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/05/ernie_leidiger_bradlee_dea...>accused
> Dean of saying that "extremists who call for the execution of American gays
> are morally justified."
>
> A WND request to Maddow's program for a comment did not generate a response.
>
> You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International
> <http://www.youcanruninternational.com/aboutus.html> was founded by Dean,
> and it has reached more than 500,000 young people with a message of truth
> and hope across the country. His message focuses on basic constitutional
> issues. He's also spoken at churches, festivals, prisons, detention centers
> and on radio and television programs.
>
> Dean also is drummer for Junkyard Prophet, which has sold over 40,000 albums
> in the Minneapolis area alone. Bradlee is endorsed by world-class companies
> such as Sonor, Buttkickers, Beatnik (including his own signature drum pad),
> Hornet Drumsticks (including his own signature sticks), and Soultone
> Cymbals.
>
> The antagonism against Dean heated up again in just the last few weeks after
> he, by invitation, delivered a prayer to open the House session at the
> Minnesota Legislature.
>
> The Associated Press accused Dean of making "derogatory remarks about gay
> people," though Dean's prayer made no reference to homosexuality.
>
> The AP explained how the House in Minnesota instructs ministers on the
> content of their prayers, saying they must be "ecumenical" as well as
> "interfaith."
>
> Dean acknowledged that his prayer was not on behalf of any denomination, but
> instead was on behalf of Christians. "The head of the denomination is Jesus
> as every president up until 2008 has acknowledged," he said.
>
> Finally Dean concluded by stating he believes he is being unfairly used as a
> scapegoat by elements of the radical leftist gay community, such as Rachel
> Maddow, to harm the presidential campaign of Michele Bachmann.
>
> Read more: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC sued for
> defamation<http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=326585#ixzz1TJOHo0cc>http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=326585#ixzz1TJOHo0cc
>
> --
>
> Warm Regards
>
> DOC
>
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