Zellers contests Bradlee Dean’s claim that he sought to be on Dean’s show

Bradlee Dean, an anti-gay preacher, told a radio show last week that House Speaker Kurt Zellers had asked to be on his radio show the week before Dean gave a controversial prayer before the Minnesota House. But according to a spokesperson for Zellers’ office, Dean was not telling the truth. Dean’s prayer, which took a swing at President Obama, was nearly universally condemned by legislators on both sides of the aisle.

Bradlee Dean: A week before House prayer, Zellers asked to be on my radio show

Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean says that House Speaker Kurt Zellers asked to appear on Dean’s radio show, the Sons of Liberty, the week before Dean gave a controversial prayer before the Minnesota House. Dean’s claim stands in stark contrast to Zeller’s words condemning Dean, as well as House leadership’s insistence that they weren’t familiar with Dean. Dean made his statement as part of a media blitz of more than two dozen radio stations where he defended his prayer and blamed “homosexual activists” for the controversy which continues to simmer. Zellers says Dean’s claim is not true.

Bradlee Dean and Minnesota Family Council share more than marriage amendment success

The Minnesota Family Council, the prime mover behind an anti–gay marriage amendment to be listed on the 2012 ballot, has a history of involvement with Bradlee Dean, the controversial head of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide ministries. Both groups have claimed credit for getting the amendment passed through the Minnesota Legislature.

Bradlee Dean takes credit for passing anti-gay marriage amendment

On his blog, controversial minister Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide ministries took credit for the passage of a bill that put a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot in 2012. Dean…

Upset by Ellison’s criticisms, Bradlee Dean says Muslim Democrat wants to overthrow Constitution

Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide ministries lashed out at Rep. Keith Ellison on his Sons of Liberty radio program on Saturday after Ellison called Dean “extreme” in an interview two weeks ago. Dean claimed that sodomy is illegal, that Ellison wants to overthrow the U.S. Constitution, and that the Fifth District Democrat disrespected America when he took the oath of office on Thomas Jefferson’s Koran. Criticism against Dean has mounted in recent weeks after he was invited by Republicans to give the opening prayer in the Minnesota House and took a swipe at Obama.

Wal-Mart, Salem radio dump Bradlee Dean

Wal-Mart and Salem Communications have severed ties with two entities run by pastor Bradlee Dean, who made headlines last week for a controversial prayer before the Minnesota House of Representatives. David Brauer reports that AM 1280 The Patriot, owned by Christian broadcaster Salem Communications, dropped Dean’s “Sons of Liberty” radio show, and Nick Pinto writes that Wal-Mart has told Dean’s ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide, that it can no longer fundraise in the parking lots of its Minnesota locations.

Bradlee Dean fundraises off prayer fiasco – to hire publicist

Bradlee Dean, the controversial anti-gay preacher who gave the prayer for the Minnesota House on Friday, sent an email to supporters on Monday asking them for money so that his group, the You Can Run But You Cannot Hide ministry, can hire a publicist. Dean’s prayer sent shockwaves through the Legislature over the weekend after he took a dig at President Obama in his invocation and after revelations that he’s advocated for the imprisonment of gays and lesbians. In his fundraising email, Dean said he didn’t “start this fight,” but he’s willing to “respond.”

GOP’s Kelly on why he opposes gay marriage constitutional amendment

With only a handful of exceptions, legislators voted along party lines during Saturday night’s House vote to put a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on the ballot in 2012. Republican Rep. Tim Kelly of Red Wing was one who broke with his party, making an impassioned speech Saturday. “I can’t help but feel this is an assault on personal freedom and choice,” he said, before mentioning the service of fellow Republican Rep. John Kriesel, who lost both legs during an IED attack in Iraq.

Passage of the amendment, he said, would “diminish the sacrifices that Rep. Kriesel and all the men and women who died fighting for the freedoms of individuals.”

Religious, political groups criticize Bradlee Dean prayer

In the wake of Bradlee Dean’s controversial prayer before the Minnesota House on Friday, a number of religious and political groups condemned Dean and urged Republican leaders to disavow Dean’s prayer and his association with the House. The Minnesota Catholic Conference, which supports a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, said that Dean should not be associated with their movement. The ACLU, the DFL, the National Organization for Marriage, Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak and several legislators all weighed in on the controversy over the weekend.

As Democrats file complaint over controversial prayer, Bradlee Dean slams GOP’s Zellers

The decision to allow anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean to give the opening prayer before the Minnesota House on Friday sent shockwaves through the Legislature, and the reverberations from that decision continued over the weekend. Democrats filed a complaint on Sunday after House Speaker Kurt Zellers moved to strike Dean’s name from the official record, while Dean, after skipping his own press conference on the matter, took to the airwaves to slam Zellers for not defending him.