— Christian Post reports: “Protesters at the so-called ‘Love Rally’ denounced Pastor Steven L. Anderson’s sermon — which called on parishioners to pray for the president’s death — as hate speech.”
— “‘It’s hard to believe we could have someone of a religious nature wishing our president was dead,’ said protester William Crumb to KNXV-TV in Phoenix.”
— “Another protester, Larry Crane, said, ‘I’m just disgusted with this man who claims to be a minister of the Lord preaching hate toward the president.'”
— “Last month, Anderson, 27, told the members of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., that he prays the president would die soon.”
— “‘Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow,’ Anderson said in the sermon, available on YouTube. ‘Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg.'”
— “Despite adverse reactions from the public, the controversial pastor again repeated his message Sunday outside his church.”
— “‘I hope it happens today, not when he (the president) gets older,’ said a defiant Anderson, according to NBC affiliate 12 News. ‘I hope he dies of brain cancer today.'”
— “Anderson said he received a phone call from the U.S. Secret Service in August. The Secret Service said it was following up on Anderson’s comments.”