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Canadian televangelist directs viewers to anti-gay candidate endorsement list (w/video)

by Mike Doughney

Sat Jan 21, 2006 at 11:40:48 PM PDT

Last night, on a live, Canadian national TV broadcast, the founder and president of Canada's first religious television station, The Miracle Channel, explicitly directed viewers who wanted more information on how they should vote in Monday's parliamentary election to the website of votemarriagecanada.ca. This website contains lists of endorsed candidates and says that the site's purpose is "Working to Elect a Pro-traditional Marriage Parliament."

The Miracle Channel is a registered charity in Canada. It appears to me that The Miracle Channel may have stepped out of compliance with Canada's regulations regarding charities.

Miracle Channel President Dick Dewert delivered this indirect endorsement of anti-gay-marriage candidates at the conclusion of a three-day-long conference at the station. With him were three U.S. based preachers, including Rick Joyner, a Charlotte-area pastor who is a close friend of the disgraced and now repackaged former head of PTL, Jim Bakker.

Transcript and video, below the fold.