Bradlee Dean

MN GOP Warns College Republicans Not To Host Anti-Gay Preacher

David Taintor | April 24, 2012, 11:40AM

Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean delivers a prayer on the Minnesota House floor.

Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean is taking his charms to the world of higher education on Tuesday. And the Minnesota Republican Party is warning college Republicans at St. Cloud State University that hosting Dean might have "consequences" in the future.

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Anti-Gay Preacher Defends Performance From 'Offensive' Accusations

David Taintor | March 13, 2012, 5:26PM

Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean delivers a prayer on the Minnesota House floor.

Bradlee Dean, the controversial preacher whose group shocked students at an Iowa high school last week, says his message has been misrepresented.

"The press fabricated what happened as usual," Dean told TPM in an email Tuesday.

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Anti-Gay Preacher's Band Shocks Students At Iowa High School

David Taintor | March 12, 2012, 1:13PM

Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean delivers a prayer on the Minnesota House floor.

Updated: 2:34 p.m. ET

When anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean opens his mouth, controversy usually follows. And a performance at an Iowa high school late last week proved no different.

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Controversial Anti-Gay Preacher Writes Letter To Obama, For Some Reason

David Taintor | September 12, 2011, 9:38AM

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Bradlee Dean isn't just Minnesota's favorite anti-gay preacher -- he's also a concerned citizen. He's worried about the future of America, and so, he's decided to write President Obama a letter. And he apparently thinks the president might be interested in what he has to say.

In the rambling, three-page letter, Dean writes about his troubled past, his insecurities and the eventual path to his current faith. He writes about a "radical homosexual agenda" backed by the government. And while Dean didn't vote for Obama, he writes that he "rejoiced in heart" at Obama's election. But Dean's not impressed by the president's first term.

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Anti-Gay Preacher's Lawyer: 'Rachel Maddow's Career Is Over' (AUDIO)

David Taintor | July 29, 2011, 5:55AM

Rachel Maddow's career is over. At least that's what Larry Klayman -- the lawyer for controversial preacher Bradlee Dean, and founder of Freedom Watch -- said will come of a lawsuit filed against Maddow and MSNBC.

Bradlee Dean, a conservative preacher who is known for his incendiary, anti-homosexual rehetoric, and his ministry are seeking damages in excess of $50 million from Maddow and MSNBC for slander and false light.

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Anti-Gay Preacher Sues Rachel Maddow, MSNBC For $50 Million

David Taintor | July 28, 2011, 5:50AM

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Controversial anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean is sick of the "left-wing" media's attacks against him, so he's decided to do something about it.

Dean and his ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide, are suing Rachel Maddow and MSNBC for slander and false light, seeking damages in excess of $50 million.

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Anti-Gay Preacher: Please Give Me Money To Hire A Publicist

David Taintor | May 24, 2011, 3:01PM

Bradlee Dean

Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean's morning prayer on the Minnesota House floor Friday has garnered him so much attention he's now asking supporters for money to hire a publicist.

"WOW! Did you ever think going to the Capitol to give a prayer paying homage to the Founders, the Veterans and Christ could be so offensive to our politicians?" Dean wrote to supporters, the Minnesota Independent reports. "We certainly didn't start this fight but we are more than willing to respond! Our small ministry team has been going non-stop the past 72 hours to not only defend the truth but to continue fighting for the foundation that made this nation so great."

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Preacher: My Prayer Questioning Obama's Faith Wasn't About Obama!

David Taintor | May 21, 2011, 5:45PM

Bradlee Dean

Bradlee Dean -- the controversial preacher who on Friday questioned President Obama's Christianity in a prayer on the Minnesota House floor -- went on his radio show Saturday to say his prayer "didn't have anything to do with Obama."

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Anti-Gay Preacher Ignites Fury After Giving Prayer On MN House Floor

David Taintor | May 20, 2011, 4:40PM

Bradlee Dean

A controversial anti-gay preacher questioned President Obama's Christianity Friday morning, when he delivered the morning prayer on the Minnesota House floor.

"I know this is a non-denominational prayer in this chamber and it's not about the Baptists and it's not about the Catholics alone or the Lutherans or the Wesleyans," Bradlee Dean said, sporting a track suit and long ponytail, "or the Presbyterians, the evangelicals or any other denomination, but rather the head of the denomination and his name is Jesus. As every President up until 2008 has acknowledged. And we pray it. In Jesus' name."

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Keith Ellison

Christian Minister: Muslim Congressman's Support Of 'Homosexuals' Is Part Of Sharia Plot

Ryan J. Reilly | December 2, 2010, 10:38AM

Radio host Bradlee Dean and Keith Ellison (D-MN)

A Christian minister in Minnesota said on his radio program that the nation's first Muslim member of Congress was soliciting the support of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to implement Sharia law. Follow his logic with us, wouldn't you?

Bradlee Dean of the religious ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International said on his radio program that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) is only supporting LGBT rights as part of a strategy to bring Sharia law to the United States, the Minnesota Independent reported.

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