Truth Wins Out: Coral Ridge Ministries hires anti-gay culture warrior Robert Knight

From Wayne Besen, executive director of Truth Wins Out, who grew up in South Florida:

For a time after its founder D. James Kennedy recently passed away, there was hope that Fort Lauderdale-based Coral Ridge Ministries would go in a new direction.

For decades, the church had been a rabidly anti-gay organization that had employed attack dogs, such as the notorious Janet Folger. The church spearheaded the 1998 “Truth in Love” ex-gay campaign. (It ended badly after two of the campaign’s stars were caught having gay relations) But since Kennedy’s departure, Coral Ridge had been relatively quiet on divisive social issues.

Unfortunately, it seems their new pastor, Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, wants to reignite the culture wars. His General in this fight is Robert Knight, a veteran in these battles. Knight had recently been laid off from the Media Research Center’s Culture and Media Institute. He had also worked for Concerned Women for America and the Family Research Council.

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Comments

[Stacy Harp]

I'm glad Bob found another good job :) He's a great guy.

[a. mcewen]

he's a great liar you mean. Knight has a history of using the distorted Paul Cameron studies, saying ugly comments about gays and attacking legitimate researchers and medical professionals when they complain about how the religious right distorts their work. A hallmark comment from Knight as follows:

“If you look at the footage from Operation Rescue, um, vigils outside abortion clinics, you will see that the anti Operation Rescue demonstrators invariably have a pink triangle on and they are usually pretty big heavy set women who look like they’ve been over working October Fest for the last six years . . .” - Reclaiming America For Christ Conference, “Homosexuality” panel, February 28, 1999