David Benham

To the Benham brothers, marriage equality is a satanic attack on God committed by those with a “darkened heart” and a “depraved mind.”

“Now we get a chance to experience real persecution, and when persecution comes, that’s God’s prescription to purify us.”

David and Jason Benham say they’re working to defeat a proposed LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in Charlotte, N.C., which David Benham called “so depraved and just absolutely craziness.”

Jason and David Benham have been making the rounds of conservative media outlets this week to promote their new book, “Whatever The Cost,” which gives their opinion on losing their planned HGTV reality show after being exposed as extreme anti-gay activists.

We have gotten used to Religious Right activists compare themselves to Jews living under Nazi Germany, but David and Jason Benham took a new approach at the Values Voter Summit Friday night and compared themselves to victims of the terrorist group ISIS.

This weekend, Republican elected officials including Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul, and Gov. Bobby Jindal will take part in what has become an annual ritual for potential GOP presidential contenders: they will seek to curry the favor of the Religious Right by speaking at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit.

On Monday evening, the Benham brothers appeared on Glenn Beck’s television program where they repeatedly asserted that they are not at war with gay people, but are rather engaged in a spiritual war against Satan and demonic forces that are out to silence Christianity.

David and Jason Benham, whose real estate reality show was canceled by HGTV last week following a report that David Benham is an anti-gay activist, could land at the “traditional values” network INSP TV.

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal on Saturday slammed HGTV for canceling a proposed HGTV real estate reality show after news broke that one of the brothers has actively campaigned against marriage equality and LGBT rights.

David and Jason Benham, hosts of a proposed HGTV real estate reality show that was cancelled after news broke that one of the brothers has actively campaigned against marriage equality and LGBT rights, appeared on CNN Thursday to profess their love for Muslims and “homosexuals” and that they believe HGTV was bullied into canceling their show.