Robert Jeffress
Robert J Jeffress, Jr., is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, a megachurch with 11,000 members. He hosts the program, Pathway to Victory, which is broadcast on more than 1,200 television stations and dozens of radio outlets. Jeffress has gained notoriety, in part, for his statements about the LGBT community. In 2011, Jeffress told a crowd at the Values Voters Summit that gays should not be allowed in the military because “seventy percent of the gay population” has AIDS.
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The religious right is less than thrilled with Brett Kavanaugh
Tuesday, July 10, 2018Most religious right leaders are damning Trump's Supreme Court pick with faint praise, but none are happy with the nomination. -
Trump sends his most homophobic preachers to pray at opening of Jerusalem embassy
Monday, May 14, 2018One of them says Catholics, Muslims and Jews are going to hell. The other says Hitler did God's work by killing Jews and gays. -
Why hasn’t Trump’s conservative Christian advisory board resigned?
Saturday, August 19, 2017CEO's and artists have quit Trump's other advisory councils in the wake of Charlottesville, but the Evangelical Advisory Board has either been silent or supportive. -
Megachurch pastor says God is OK with Trump starting a war with North Korea
Wednesday, August 9, 2017A pastor who famously said Islam is a violent religion found justification in the Bible for starting the biggest war in world history. -
Pray for U.S.: Evangelical advisors secretly influencing Trump transition team
Thursday, December 8, 2016"I have been surprised at the level to which the transition team has solicited our input on personnel,” says one Baptist advisor. -
Bryan Fischer: ‘The bullies and bigots at Big Gay’ hit Tebow ‘like a falling safe’
Friday, February 22, 2013American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer is none too pleased about Tim Tebow’s decision to pull out of a speaking engagement at far-right pastor Robert Jeffress’ megachurch, a gig first reported by Right Wing Watch. -
Tim Tebow cancels appearance at anti-gay pastor’s Dallas megachurch
Thursday, February 21, 2013Tim Tebow has announced that he has cancelled his planned April appearance at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, a scheduled visit that attracted national attention because of its pastor's extremist views on other religions and… -
Tim Tebow to speak at virulently anti-gay, anti-Semitic Dallas megachurch
Friday, February 15, 2013It seems that lately Tim Tebow has been making more speaking appearances in church than he has quarterback appearances in NFL games. Tebow made headlines with his Easter address in Georgetown, Texas in April, and his… -
Pastor defends Chick-fil-A, warns that homosexuality leads to pedophilia
Monday, July 30, 2012Pastor Robert Jeffress has been making the rounds to defend Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay advocacy with claims that gays lead a “miserable lifestyle” and telling his congregants to support “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day." "The liberals have gone into a…
