Anti-Gay Benham Brothers: We’re Like ISIS Victims (Video)
The homophobic Benham Brothers, fired by HGTV for being anti-gay activists, told the Values Voter Summit that they’re just like ISIS victims.Â
Jason and David Benham, the Benham Brothers have made no secret they’re on a religious crusade. In fact, it seems like every sentence the identical twins utter is a reference to the Bible, a parable, or includes Jesus’ name.
Their performance at this weekend’s Values Voter Summit was no different.Â
LISTEN:Â Benham Brothers: ‘Evil, Wrong, Gay Agenda Needs To Be Stopped’ (Audio)
They opened by walking on stage with their wives and bragging about the number of children they have. The women did not say one word.
To cement their anti-gay, anti-women bonafides, they bragged about shopping at Hobby Lobby, eating at Chick-fil-A, and watching Duck Dynasty. And they even bragged about getting fired by HGTV.
The Benham Brothers were going to have a house-building show on HGTV, but when the network learned, thank to Right Wing Watch, the extent of their anti-gay activities, the plug was pulled before the pilot even aired.Â
“It is a fun thing to follow Jesus,” they told the crowd. And then, “He’s going to a cross, and he’s asking you to come follow him.”
They detail the meeting they had with an HGTV executive when they got canned. The twins claim they asked if they merely read the Biblical passage 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, could they keep their show?
That passage reads:
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
They say that’s when they knew it was over.
Right Wing Watch reports that in the Benham Brothers’ speech on Friday night to the Values Voter Summit audience, “the Benham twins argued that just as ISIS beheads their victim with a sword, progressive groups like Right Wing Watch ‘silence’ conservatives by quoting them verbatim.”
Jason Benham kicked it off by likening himself and his brother to Jesus Christ — a theme throughout their speech — and later David said that Christians in America are facing persecution just like Christians in the Mideast who are coming under attack from violent groups such as ISIS.
“There is a radical agenda that has come in our nation,†David explained, “the weapon of choice for the agenda in the Middle East is a sword, but the weapon of choice for the agenda in America is silence. They demand silence.â€
Watch:
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You can watch their entire speech on YouTube.
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Image: YouTube
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Related At The New Civil Rights Movement:
Anti-Gay Benham Brothers On HGTV Cancellation: Anyone Who Says We Hate Gays Is ‘Lying’
Benham Brothers: The Gay Rights ‘Agenda To Silence’ Now ‘Threatens Our Livelihood’
Benham Brothers: Deny ‘Homosexual Community… Every Permit They Ask For’
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