A Montana pastor and anti-gay activist — who once testified before a Montana legislative committee that homosexuality was a “sin worthy of death” — has been charged with six felony counts of theft and fraud in a phony investment scheme that bilked a man of a $150,000 inheritance in 2008.
Harris Himes
Harris Himes, pastor of the Big Sky Christian Center in Hamilton, Mont., turned himself in Wednesday morning after learning that there was a warrant for his arrest, reported the Missoulian.
District Judge James Haynes issued bench warrants on Tuesday for Himes and James “Jeb” Bryant after attorneys for the state Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance filed six felony charges against the two.
The charges included theft, fraud, conspiracy to commit both, failure to register a security and failure to register as a salesman of same.
According to court records, Himes and Bryant claimed to own a business, Duratherm Building Systems, and promised at least one investor a large return on his $150,000. But the investor claimed to have never received any returns or confirmation of sale, nor could he get his money back.
On Thursday, Himes told KGVO Radio that he is “without sin or guilt with regard to this unnamed person” and that he believes gay and pro-abortion activists are behind the charges.
Himes is likely the most well-known anti-gay activist in the state of Montana. He is president of the conservative group Montana Eagle Forum, and as a Montana state bar certified attorney, Himes performs pro bono work on behalf of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund.
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What an a$$hole.
yes us gays are all just as evil as you are Rev.
Religion should not dictate law.
Just as ignorance should be punishable by death.
Ay Dios mio !!
grrrrrr
Who’s that. I don’t know who is he. Um, Go ahead talk trashy. God will not accept. That guy should suck my dick. I’m a Diva Bitch! Stay Cool, LGBT people. <3
mental health issues? I think yes!
The only thing gays need to be setting him up for is a hair appointment..
I can imagine his thought was “and I would have gotten away with it too if it werent for u meddling gays!”
I wouldn’t be surprised if people WERE setting him up; He is rather a huge jackass on top of being a asshole.
lol @ keyleigh’s comment i know right
the sin is that moronic bigots like him are allowed to walk among us.
Religious views aside, crime is crime. Blame who you will Pastor. The courts will now decide your fate on earth. God will decide your eternal path.
@Kia it’s just like I’m watchin scooby doo…only problem is..which of us is scooby
We have more important things to do than worry about you.
You steal a man’s money, and you call yourself a man of God??? You’re just a petty, trite thief, and you’re blaming someone else for your greed???
His hair is a sin…
religion is that last refuge of the scoundrel (k. marx)
WHAT A DUMBASS!
What a lying bastard
Is it something in the water? What makes these nuts keep showing up?
not only a lying moron, but has the damn nerve to enter politics with hair like that, lol
Well, I must admit I spend my copious free time in hatching devious plots designed to trap the unwary righteous man of god… Oh, what BS! Is there a “Pray Away the Felony” group? Or “Pray Away the Mental Illness”?
Good God Yet ANOTHER Ta-ra-ra-GOON-dee-ay!! They just keep crawling out of hell every damned day!! Sheesh!!!
id usually say something that sounds intelligent, i don’t feel like that today….
mr. anti-gay pastor, stfu you balding cracker bitch, your wasting my AIR!!!
k im done… >.>
Good Stuff
Yeah, especially his gay hairdresser.
Where he’s headed he should be pondering which gangs bitch he is going to be.
No other person or group set this man up. It was HIS Low Moral Character.
wonder how many “boys” will come forward with his dirty laundry
Sorry, but if we Montana Gays were that powerful, he’s pretty far down the list….
unbelievable.. so we’re behind all of this? what an idiot
pfffft…. get a frikken life….
Oh no, honey! This was all your work! Why don’t you sign for it?
Sure, blame the people you hate. This guy sounds familiar in a Hitler kind of way. lol “The Jews are the reason our country is suffering.” And now it’s this dude saying “gay people are setting me up”. Yeah right, dude. Take responsibility for your shady actions and let people actually be happy.
a crook and paranoid as well… it’s all true, Harris, we all sat around over cafe latte talking about how we can screw you over
Piece of shit….
he has no one to blame but himself, he knew he was gonna screw these people and make a boatload of cash, problem is HE GOT CAUGHT, so the typical answer from a hater “the gays are setting me up”, yeah, that’s rich. KEEP REACHING SUCKA, there’s a Bubba waiting for you to be his bitch, as we speak!! Try not to drop the soap sweetie!
maybe his prison cell mate will be able to fix his hair
You do know that schadenfreude is not all that becoming? Despite what this man has done in the past against us as a group, we can still take the higher road and not dog pile upon him till at least when he has had his day in court. We all may be a bunch of degenerates in their eyes, but we can prove them that we can stand on some respectable principle and take that bit of wind out of their arguments against us.
Here are a few things to keep in mind:
1.) Just because you have been subpenaed does not mean that you are actually guilty of anything. Anyone of us can have a suite filed against us in any court of this land, and the only time that it is shown to have any validity to it is when it does go to court. Can we please act as though we are still a country with laws and rights?
2.) And wouldn’t an innocent man turn themselves in to shorten the process to prove their innocence, while a guilty man with no ability to prove theirs run from the law?
3.) Keep in mind, he might actually be right about there being a plot involved here between certain parties, considering that he has been a “Christian gadfly” in Montana for around 15 years now, I am pretty sure he has made more than his own share of friends and enemies on any side of any issue. And with how small most circles tend to form in and around the bitter root valley, it would not take long for something to form.
Yeah sure. All a part of the gay agenda to force people to bilk money from others. Hypocrites are despicable, but religious ones are the worst.
gays didn’t get him, it was god. i love it when you can’t take responsibility for your own crimes or sins. isn’t greed a sin? god got you.
i hope they really get him good
The gays made me do it! will serve him right to be made the prison gangs bitch. rip him a new one! then when he gets out he can say he’s not gay they made me like it
Yeah, we are….
Like we have that kind of time on our hands being so busy with the gay agenda and all those trips to hell in a handbasket. Please.