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Rick Scarborough is a Christian political advocate and former Southern Baptist pastor from Pearland, Texas, who leads Recover America and Recover America Action.

Rick Scarborough received a B.A. from

Houston, Texas. In 1998, he founded Vision America. He has been involved with Focus on the Family
.

In 2016 Scarborough gave the reins of Vision America to a subordinate and took a position in Washington DC as the Skyline DC Executive Director, with the assignment to lead Bible studies with governmental officials. He conducted studies with members of Congress, the State Department, and the Pentagon, as well as personally discipling members of the World Bank.

After Beto O’Rourke came within 1.6 percentage points of defeating Senator Cruz, Scarborough moved back to Texas to mobilize pastors. That event was the catalyst for Scarborough to return to Houston and start Recover America Now!


He has traveled extensively and was viewed by some conservative leaders as the Christian right leader in 2006 and in 2008.[3][4]

Views

Scarborough advocates for

embryonic stem cell research.[9] He has publicly supported Justice Antonin Scalia.[10]

Scarborough opposes

U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized Same-sex marriage in the United States with the Obergefell v. Hodges decision, the media reported that Scarborough had not set himself on fire.[13] He describes AIDS as "God's judgement"[14] and supports filing class-action lawsuits against homosexuals for "subjecting people to becoming AIDS sufferers".[15][16][17][18]

Concerning the decision of Texas Governor Rick Perry to vaccinate all 6th grade girls against those HPV strains that are most likely to produce cancer after infection, Scarborough said, "Nor we can not overlook the moral dimension. The governor's action seems to signify that God's moral law regarding sex outside of marriage can be transgressed without consequence."[19][20]

He has been accused of not being a real

Baptist.[21][by whom?
]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Vision America biography
  2. ^ a b Murray, Shailagh. "Filibuster Fray Lifts Profile of Minister: Scarborough Has Network and Allies", The Washington Post, May 8, 2005. Accessed December 19, 2007
  3. ^ "Pastors Guiding Voters to GOP" Stephanie Simon The LA Times from the October 2, 2006 print edition. URL accessed 10/16/2006
  4. ^ "Christian conservatives mobilize to rev up values voters" Matt Stearns Lexington Herald-Leader, September 25, 2006
  5. ^ "Religion and Politics in America" Morning Edition, NPR October 22, 1996 John Burnett URL accessed 05/09/2006
  6. ^ "New Report Says Iraq's Leaders Are Unable to Govern; Interview With Barack Obama". CNN.
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  8. ISBN 978-0-9799631-4-8
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  11. ^ R.G. Ratcliffe (23 Mar 2015). "Hell, Satan and a Ghost from the Past". Texas Monthly.
  12. ^ "Rick Scarborough Is Ready To Burn To Death To Fight Gay Marriage". Right Wing Watch. People for the American Way. 18 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Pastor Vows to Burn over Same Sex Marriage". NBC 12. 27 June 2015. A former Baptist minister, who reportedly vowed to set himself on fire if the high court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, is still alive.
  14. ^ "Right-Wing Tea Party leader Rick Scarborough wants to sue gays in class action". News.com.au. 20 Oct 2013.
  15. ^ "Scarborough: We Need A Class Action Lawsuit Against Homosexuality". Right Wing Watch. People for the American Way. 17 October 2013.
  16. ^ "Tea Party Leader Wants to File Class Action Suit Against Homosexuality". Gawker. 18 Oct 2013.
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  19. ^ "God, sex, drugs, and politics: A new vaccine sparks controversy". The Economist. February 8, 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  20. ^ "Mandatory HPV Vaccination for Texas 6th Graders Bypasses Democracy, Violates Parental Rights and Assaults Morality". PR Newswire (Press release). February 6, 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved August 13, 2021.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ISBN 978-0-465-00371-6
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