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GOP Presidential Hopefuls And Members Of Congress Appear In New Anti-Gay 'Documentary'

Update: Porter has also released a trailer(link is external) featuring Rand Paul and several GOP congressmen.

Today, Faith 2 Action's Janet Porter sent out an email(link is external) to activists excitedly announcing that she is finishing up editing a new anti-gay documentary that she intends to release at the National Religious Broadcaster's Convention in Nashville at the end of this month.

Porter, who was a longtime Religious Right activist and radio host(link is external) until she lost her program(link is external) due to her increasing radicalism only to re-emerge as an anti-abortion activist(link is external) and right-wing social media entrepreneur(link is external), has brought together a who's who of hardline anti-gay activists, members of Congress, and presidential hopefuls for her film entitled "Light Wins: How To Overcome The Criminalization Of Christianity."

Among the participants are Rep. Steve King(link is external), Rep. Trent Franks(link is external), Rep. Louie Gohmert(link is external), Rep. Tim Huelskamp(link is external), Sen. Rand Paul(link is external), Mike Huckabee(link is external), David Barton(link is external), James Dobson(link is external), Mat Staver(link is external), Phyllis Schlafly(link is external), Scott Lively(link is external), Alveda King(link is external), Brian Camenker(link is external), Frank Pavone(link is external), Robert Knight(link is external), John Stemberger(link is external), and, of course, Porter herself, who can been seen walking around in the woods with a lantern, warning that gay activists are seeking to turn Christians into criminals:

Porter released a separate preview(link is external) of the film today, featuring a clip in which she blasts the Boy Scouts for having "needlessly caved to a dark sexual agenda" by allowing gay Scouts to join the organization while Knight and Stemberger warn that, as a result, the Boy Scouts will soon face "homosexual scandals" just like Penn State and the Catholic Church:

While it might come as a bit of a surprise to see someone like Rand Paul listed as appearing in this documentary, Mike Huckabee's participation should come as no surprise at all, as he has had close ties to Porter for years(link is external), even having named her as co-chair of his Faith and Family Values Coalition(link is external) when he ran for president in 2008(link is external).

Predictably, Huckabee has nothing but praise(link is external) for Porter's film:

"Light Wins" reveals the frightening trend not to simply ignore Christian believers, but to rid society of us altogether. This ground breaking, eye opening film will awaken viewers to the fact that being a spectator is no longer an option. One will be part of the solution or part of the problem, and I hope this riveting documentary will cause believers to take notice."

For more info on Porter's long history of making insane claims, see this round-up(link is external).