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JDDavis

(725 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 11:10 AM Mar 2015

Arkansas Republican who gave girls to rapist ‘regularly’ performed exorcisms on unruly preschoolers [View all]

Arkansas Republican who gave girls to rapist ‘regularly’ performed exorcisms on unruly preschoolers

The man, Mr Harris, running this Bible pre-school, is a member of the Arkansas state House of Representatives.

The school gets $900,000 in federal funds. Yes, the article says $900K.

Harris and Growing God’s Kingdom ran afoul of the DHS and the federal government in 2011, when Harris came under fire for taking federal funds for the school, which — as a religious institution — was not eligible for them. Harris claimed that the school’s frequent group prayers and lesson about Jesus were “voluntary” for students, who were under no obligation to participate.

Growing God’s Kingdom receives around $900,000 per year in federal funds, some of which are derived from monies designated for the children of undocumented immigrants. Earlier this year, Harris sponsored a bill in the state House designed to cut off all public services and benefits to anyone who could not provide proof of U.S. citizenship.


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“If they got in too much trouble they would pray on the kids, do a circle around them, put their hands on their heads, saying, trying to rebuke demons,” she said to KNWA.


Watch video about this story at this link.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/arkansas-republican-who-gave-girls-to-rapist-regularly-performed-exorcisms-on-unruly-preschoolers/

Former Employee Says Harrises Attempted to Pray Demons Out of Kids

http://www.nwahomepage.com/fulltext-news/d/story/former-employee-says-harris-attempted-to-pray-demo/37311/8ErsLImNekS_Un98Lspkgw
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