MAGA pastor says Ten Commandments in schools would stop teachers from ‘raping’ children

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Jack Hibbs, an anti-LGBTQ+ pastor and supporter of former President Donald Trump, recently praised the policy of introducing the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms because the biblical list will ensure that “teachers stop raping children.”

Hibbs’ comments echo other claims on the right that teachers, LGBTQ+ people and allies are “sexualizing” children and “setting them up” for sexual abuse. His comments also ignore the thousands of cases of child sexual abuse that have occurred in Catholic and Baptist churches since 2000 – most of which have been covered up by church leadership, even though the Ten Commandments are widely available in Christian places of worship.

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“If the 10 Commandments are followed, everyone will survive, no one will be murdered, children will no longer lie about what happened to their homework, and teachers will no longer rape children,” Hibbs said on a recent show.

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His remarks were a reference to a recent law passed in Louisiana that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all classrooms of schools and universities that receive state funding. Critics say the law violates the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from establishing a state religion.

A few weeks after the Louisiana law was passed, Oklahoma State Education Secretary Ryan Walters issued an order requiring all public schools to teach the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

Walters recently defended his directive in a statement to PBS News Hour: “We will make sure that our children in Oklahoma understand American history. We will not allow ourselves to be censored by left-wing extremists who do not want the Bible mentioned in our classes.”

Hibbs and other right-wing and evangelical leaders have repeatedly claimed that LGBTQ+-inclusive educators are “setting up” children for sexual abuse. Just last year, Hibbs said that “Satan himself” planned the “transgender agenda.” He said teachers should out LGBTQ+ students to their parents to combat the “demonic and dark satanic forces” in public schools that “sexualize” and “psychologically abuse” children.

Despite their supposed desire to protect children, leaders like Hibbs rarely mention the widespread sexual abuse in Christian churches.

Numerous reports have mentioned literally hundreds of thousands of cases of child abuse in the Catholic Church, dating back to at least the 1950s. A 2022 report also found that there had been hundreds of cases of child abuse in Southern Baptist churches over the past 20 years. Both denominations spent millions to cover up the incidents from the public while continuing to give pedophile religious leaders access to children.

Kirk describes himself as a Christian nationalist and preaches at the Calvary Chapel megachurch in Chino Hills, California. In November 2020, Hibbs knelt, wept and prayed with his congregation – refusing to accept the outcome of that year’s presidential election because Trump lost.

Four months before Trump’s defeat, Hibbs appeared in the film Trump 2024: The world after Trumpunder a true who is who of anti-LGBTQ+ pastors, politicians and pundits. Together they discussed why Trump is the only way to stop the New World Order, globalists and socialism (usual dog whistles for immigrants, Jews and taxes).

Kirk has attacked transgender people and called opposition to religious freedom “fascism.” He claimed transgender people were causing inflation and trying to turn people into machines. He also said China would take over Taiwan because an American high school hosted a drag show.

In January, Republicans invited Hibbs to serve as guest chaplain to the House of Representatives and lead a prayer in the lower chamber of Congress.

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