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Is Bradlee Dean Michele Bachmann’s Rev.
Wright?<http://minnesotaindependent.com/83672/is-bradlee-dean-michele-bachmanns-rev-wright>
2012 hopeful to share stage with controversial preacher at September GOP
event
*By Andy Birkey <http://minnesotaindependent.com/author/andy-birkey>*
| *07.07.11
| 6:00 am
The Minnesota Independent
*
At the RightOnline
Conference<http://minnesotaindependent.com/82882/michele-bachmann-glitter-rightonline-minneapolis>last
month in Minneapolis, Rep. Michele Bachmann became the third
Republican
presidential candidate to get glitter thrown on her by the
“glitterati<http://minnesotaindependent.com/82874/glitterati-explain-motives-behind-bachmann-stunt>.”
The reason? Her longtime relationship with Bradlee
Dean<http://minnesotaindependent.com/tag/bradlee-dean>,
head of the You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International ministries. Dean’s
invective towards Muslims, Democrats and especially the LGBT community has
earned him notoriety in Minnesota politics, yet candidate Bachmann has yet
to weigh in on her relationship with Dean. As Bachmann’s star rises in the
GOP presidential field, the controversial pastor is likely to become a
campaign issue in the months ahead, much the way President Barack Obama’s
Rev. Jeremiah Wright was seized upon by conservative activists in 2008.
Candidate Obama’s
pastor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy>came
under media scrutiny during the Democratic nominating process for some
comments he made in his sermons. The attention forced Obama to speak out
against his pastor and for Wright to resign from his position.
*A strong friendship*
While arguably not as close as Obama’s and Wright’s relationship, Bachmann
and Dean’s ties date back several years. In 2005, Bachmann, then a state
senator, gave Dean’s ministry a letter of
endorsement<http://images.minnesotaindependent.com/Bachmann.jpg>after
Dean sent her a copy of his comic book, “My War.”
“Your work is a testament to the struggle our youth are facing in making the
right choices in the face of controversy and peer pressure,” she wrote. “I
commend you on writing this book for parents and youth alike.”
She was also a guest on the Dean’s “School of Hard Knocks Roxx,” a radio
show on Christian station KKMS.
The following year and just before she won her first campaign for the U.S.
House, Bachmann attended a fundraiser for You Can Run (YCR) and offered a
lengthy prayer <http://youtu.be/n9HvHQJYVrk> in which she referenced the
“last days” and plead with God to increase the ministry’s reach ten-fold.
Dean’s ministry had seen criticism for doing assemblies at public
schools<http://minnesotaindependent.com/2627/spiritual-war-controversial-ideas-stoke-ministry-fundraiser>that
some say violated the Constitution for using
taxpayer dollars to fund overtly Christian
endeavors<http://minnesotaindependent.com/46665/christian-ministry-running-afoul-constitution>
.
<http://images.minnesotaindependent.com/2009/09/bradleedean.jpg>
Bradlee Dean, in a press photo for his Christian rock band, Junkyard Prophet
“Lord, I thank you for what you have done at this ministry… how you are
going to advance them from 260 schools a year, Lord, to 2,600 schools a
year,” she said.<http://minnesotaindependent.com/45902/michele-bachmann-to-fundraise-for-controversial-ministry>“Lord,
we ask thy faith that you would expand this ministry beyond anything
the originators of this ministry could begin to think or imagine. Lord, the
day is at hand! We are in the last days! The day is at hand, Lord, when your
return will become nigh. Pour a double blessing, Lord, a triple blessing on
this ministry.”
Bachmann would return to the ministry in 2009 as the headliner for its
fundraising gala. But she appeared by video instead.
In a four-minute video message**, Bachmann said, “I’d hoped to be there, but
unfortunately the future that’s being forged here in Washington, DC … is one
that saddles today’s youth with tremendous debt, a diminished world
presence, and diminishes their God-given freedoms.”
She was in Washington preparing for her “House Call” on health care, a tea
party event she and other Republican members of Congress paid for with
taxpayer funds.
<http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2011/06/report_bachmann.shtml>
She praised You Can Run’s
mission<http://minnesotaindependent.com/49742/with-bachmanns-help-you-can-run-raises-funds-to-bring-christ-into-public-schools>at
YCR’s “Appeal to Heaven” gala. “It a tough job that you do, but
someone
has to do it. I thank God that he has given you the strength and the resolve
to fight for our timeless values.”
And she reiterated her support for their work evangelizing in public
schools. “We can’t overlook the outright rejection of God in the public
school classroom, and the outright scorn of Christianity in our public
square,” she said. “Moral relativism is exalted and faith in Christ is
derided.”
*Anti-gay record*
Dean’s fiery preaching on his radio have garnered a lot of interest. In May
2010, he suggested that Muslim nations that execute gays and lesbians are
“more moral” than American Christians.
<http://minnesotaindependent.com/58393/gop-linked-punk-rock-ministry-says-executing-gays-is-moral>
“Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America,” Dean
said during YCR’s May 15, 2010, radio show 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.”
“If America won’t enforce the laws, God will raise up a foreign enemy to do
just that,” Dean continued. “That is what you are seeing in America.”
He has called gays and lesbians predators and pedophiles. “The bottom line
is this… they [homosexuals] play the victim when they are, in fact, the
predator,” Dean said, before going on to make a claim that has no basis in
fact: “On average, they molest 117 people before they’re found out. How many
kids have been destroyed, how many adults have been destroyed because of
crimes against nature?”
Dean has accused Rep. Keith Ellison of trying to overthrow the U.S.
Constitution<http://minnesotaindependent.com/82355/bradlee-dean-keith-ellison-sharia>and
claimed that Ellison, who is Muslim, is using the
homosexual agenda to bring about Sharia
law<http://minnesotaindependent.com/74635/bradlee-dean-keith-ellison-is-advancing-sharia-law-through-homosexual-agenda>.
He’s said that “homosexual activists” are going after
children<http://minnesotaindependent.com/71860/bradlee-dean-lgbt-advocates-aim-to-use-anti-gay-bullying-efforts-to-go-after-kids>because,
he charges, one in twenty homosexuals is a child molester. He said
that Obama broke the law when he appointed a lesbian to be a U.S. Marshal.
<http://minnesotaindependent.com/53940/bradlee-dean-sharon-lubinski-u-s-marshal>
Dean has repeatedly called for gays and lesbians to be put in prison. On the
radio show in 2010, Dean’s co-leader Jake McMillian praised the actions of
the African nation of Malawi, which had recently arrested a gay couple for
getting engaged.
“They are very conservative,” he said. “They sentence people for crimes
against nature.”
Dean added, “They are very moral; they uphold the laws.”
McMillian continued, “We have got countries all over the world that are
standing for what’s right and what’s wrong. In Rwanda, there’s legislation
right now that repeat offenders of homosexuality will spend their life in
prison.”
“Yes!” interjected Dean.
“Because they love and value life and they love and value that which God
gave,” said McMillian. “And so they enforce laws against that which destroys
life which again is crimes against nature.”
*Near universal condemnation*
<http://images.minnesotaindependent.com/2010/05/ycremmer.jpg>
Tom Emmer with YCR's Jake McMillian (right) at the 2010 GOP convention, via
Facebook
While Dean has friends in religious right candidates like Bachmann, former
Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer and GOP-endorsed 2010 gubernatorial
candidate Tom Emmer, Dean has garnered criticism from a diverse array of
interests: LGBT groups, the Muslim community, conservative churches,
“ex-gay” advocates, Democrats, Republicans and independents.
It began with Dean’s remarks on his radio show in the summer of 2010 that
appeared to condone the morality of Muslim nations that execute gays and
lesbians. His statements sparked uproar from may quarters, even those that
view homosexuality as evil.
Exodus International, a group that advocates “ex-gay” therapy, a practice
that has been discredited by most major medial groups, condemned Dean’s
statement.
“Using Old Testament scriptures to condemn a person to death is not ‘loving’
… it is incomplete theology and powerfully irresponsible,” wrote Randy
Thomas, the group’s spokesperson, at the time. “To say that murderous
actions are more ‘moral’ than tolerating free will is to completely ignore
that Jesus did not call for the deaths of sinners. He died and paid the
price for all of our sin, including those of us who have or do struggle with
homosexuality. I pray that Mr. Dean will correct his focus and reconsider
the message he is choosing to proclaim.”
Mac Hammond’s Living Word Christian Center, the church that played
host to Bachmann’s
famous speech where she said that God told her to run for
Congress<http://minnesotaindependent.com/516/michele-bachmann-speech-at-church-could-cause-tax-troubles>,
was moved to condemn its associations with Dean as well. LWCC hosted YCR for
a youth program in 2009.
“LWCC does not support financially or in any other
manner<http://minnesotaindependent.com/59721/living-word-christian-center-cair-issue-statements-on-bradlee-dean>,
nor is an affiliate ministry of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries,”
the church said in a 2010 statement following Dean’s controversial
statements. “Our faith community at LWCC believes it is the love of God who
draws all men (people) to Him, not condemnation or judgment.”
The Minnesota Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Dean’s words
as well, saying the group “strongly opposes any kind of violence or
discrimination against any group,” and called on Minnesota Republicans to
speak out against Dean’s statement. Few, if any, did.
“The YCR representative makes at least three outrageous and incorrect claims
in the radio interview,” CAIR-MN said in a
statement<http://minnesotaindependent.com/59721/living-word-christian-center-cair-issue-statements-on-bradlee-dean>.
“That ‘Muslims are calling for the executions of homosexuals in America,’
that executing homosexuals is ‘moral,’ and that Muslims are a ‘foreign
enemy.’ Statements like this show the level of ignorance and bigotry that
exists in our country.”
<http://images.minnesotaindependent.com/Dean-invocation.jpg>
Bradlee Dean, giving his May 20, 2011, invocation before the Minnesota House
But the peak of Dean’s time in the spotlight came in May 2011 when
Republicans invited<http://minnesotaindependent.com/81762/gop-invites-preacher-who-advocates-jailing-gays-to-give-house-prayer>him
to give the
invocation<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_NDn_7lfw&feature=player_embedded>before
the Minnesota House.
Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, condemned his
appearance<http://minnesotaindependent.com/81774/bipartisan-outrage-erupts-over-gops-invite-to-bradlee-dean-to-give-house-prayer>.
“Bradlee Dean has a long track record of hateful speech, and his intolerance
has no place in the ‘people’s house.’ His presence sheds light on the true
motivations of the anti gay marriage constitutional amendment groups. This
isn’t about voter choice; it’s about systematic discrimination against a
group of people.”
Republican Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers echoed those
sentiments<http://minnesotaindependent.com/81771/bradlee-dean-kurt-zellers-minnesota>.
“That type of person will never ever be allowed on this House floor again as
long as I have the honor of serving as speaker,” he told his colleagues.
The Minnesota Legislature’s two openly gay and lesbian members took great
offense to Dean being allowed to lead the House in prayer.
“In my 30 years in the House, I have never seen such a hateful person be
allowed to deliver the opening prayer,” Rep. Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis,
said.
“Mr. Dean has a long and well-known record of intolerance, something that
should have no place in the legislature, let alone in a prayerful blessing,”
said Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis.
Others, including Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, the American Civil Liberties
Union and the Minnesota Catholic Conference, among others, decried his
prayer<http://minnesotaindependent.com/81794/religious-political-groups-target-bradlee-dean-prayer>
.
*Tom Emmer*
Even before the House prayer controversy, Dean’s words caused considerable
stress for one man’s political campaign. Tom Emmer attended the same 2009
YCR fundraiser that Bachmann headlined, and his campaign gave funds to
support the ministry.
<http://minnesotaindependent.com/59337/emmer-campaign-donated-to-you-can-run>
So when Target donated $150,000 in support of Emmer’s gubernatorial
candidate last year through the Republican political action committee MN
Forward, Emmer’s ties to Dean — and Dean’s stance on LGBT people — took
center stage.
Groups like the Human Rights Campaign launched
campaigns<http://minnesotaindependent.com/62508/human-rights-campaign-emmer-target-best-buy>to
pressure Target to give money to pro-gay candidates,nationwide
scrutiny came to Emmer’s
campaign<http://minnesotaindependent.com/62636/target-emmer-national-battleground>,
boycotts were initiated <http://pol.moveon.org/state/target/>, and Target’s
CEO ended up apologizing to company
employees<http://minnesotaindependent.com/62862/target-ceo-apologizes-common-cause-pushes-target-towards-clean-elections>for
the donation.
*Bachmann and Dean reunited*
Still, despite Dean’s ability to stir controversy, candidate Bachmann shows
no sign of distancing from him. In fact, the two will be sharing a stage at
Freedom Jamboree<http://minnesotaindependent.com/81322/michele-bachmann-to-join-bradlee-dean-at-freedom-jamboree>in
September, a GOP nominating event hosted by tea party activists.
Bachmann’s campaign has repeatedly refused requests for comment about her
relationship with Dean and You Can Run But You Cannot Hide.
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