SunTrust Banks Cuts Business Ties With Benham Brothers

(So now, Christians have no rights to be in business.) First they lost their television show. Now the Benham brothers say they are losing their business, The Daily Caller reports. SunTrust Banks is cutting ties with would-be reality stars David and Jason Benham after liberal activists attacked them for their conservative views on abortion and gay marriage, The Daily Caller has learned. In a statement provided first to TheDC on Friday, the Benham brothers confirmed that SunTrust Banks has pulled all of its listed properties with the Benham brothers’ bank-owned property business, which includes several franchisees across four states. “We … Continue reading SunTrust Banks Cuts Business Ties With Benham Brothers

Ex-HGTV hosts: ‘If our faith costs us a TV show, so be it’ | Fox News

By Todd Starnes Published May 08, 2014 FoxNews.com Excerpt Twins David and Jason Benham had been in production for “Flip it Forward,” a show that was expected to debut in October on the nation’s seventh most-watched cable channel (HGTV). According to Entertainment Weekly, the North Carolina brothers “would have followed families creating their dream homes from fixer-uppers.” After the network announced the show was on the fall lineup, the militant lobbying group Right Wing Watch labeled David Benham, son of well-known evangelical pastor Flip Benham an “anti-gay extremist” and reported on comments he made about homosexuality, abortion and divorce. So … Continue reading Ex-HGTV hosts: ‘If our faith costs us a TV show, so be it’ | Fox News

Being black and being gay are not the same thing | Fox News

By Maina Mwaura Published May 10, 2014 FoxNews.com Much is being made of HGTV’s decision to cancel a previously announced new series, “Flip it Forward,” because its stars, twin brothers David and Jason Benham, had expressed their faith-based, pro-life values and belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Many in the media have called their beliefs anti-gay and similar to race-based bigotry. Look… HGTV is a private entity that can make whatever decision it chooses regarding its network and business operations, however, it has become extremely disturbing to me that media personalities and social groups have … Continue reading Being black and being gay are not the same thing | Fox News

HGTV joins gay lobby, silences Benham brothers and cancels Flip it Forward

URGENT UPDATE ON THIS STORY. SunTrust Banks puts Benham brothers out of business. COMMENTARY HGTV is the latest big media behemoth to pander to the gay lobby and fire a Christian for exercising his “freedom of religion.” The network had ordered a new series a month ago, Flip it Forward, featuring David and Jason Benham, who planned to help families fix up homes on a budget. But Right Wing Watch, a member of the anti-freedom brigade of the left, decided the men had no business being on TV and sought to bring them down. The brothers had dared to protest … Continue reading HGTV joins gay lobby, silences Benham brothers and cancels Flip it Forward