put to rest months ago. it began over the weekend in parade magazine. here is the part of the interview that got people talking. when asked, governor, do you believe that president barack obama was born in the united states? governor perry says, quote, i have no reason to think otherwise. the interviewer points out that s not a definitive yes, the governor says, well, i don t have a definitive answer because he s never seen my birth certificate. the interviewer points out this is an odd answer, but you you ve seen his. which governor perry reports, i don t know. have i? you don t believe what s been released? i don t know. i had dinner with donald trump the other night. the governor said, and i quote, i don t have any idea. it doesn t matter. he s the president of the united states. he s elected. it s a distractive issue. keeping them honest, if it s such a distractive issue to use governor perry s own words, then why bring it up? here s how he answered. i said it s a g
which governor perry reports, i don t know. have i? you don t believe what s been released? i don t know. i had dinner with donald trump the other night. the governor said, and i quote, i don t have any idea. it doesn t matter. he s the president of the united states. he s elected. it s a distractive issue. keeping them honest, if it s such a distractive issue to use governor perry s own words, then why bring it up? here s how he answered. i said it s a good issue to keep alive. donald has got to have some fun. it sounds like you really do have some doubt about it. i haven t seen his i haven t seen his grades. my grades ended up on the front page of the newspaper. so if we re going to show stuff, let s show stuff. but that s all a distraction. i mean, i get it. i m really not worried about the president s birth certificate. it s fun to poke at him a little bit and say, hey, how about, let s see your grades and your birth certificate. so he says he s doing it to have
they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote it as a blueprint. it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundamental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the teachings. she calls it abuse. this is a systemic form of brainwashing of these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates beyond the re
for weeks we re investigating faith and family. in the next hour you believe the bible commands them to spank their children so hard that it hurts, they cause physical pain. they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote advertiseit as a blu it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundmental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parn parents followed the teachi
them so hard that it hurts, that they cause physical pain. they call it spiritual spanking. they believe it s god s will. lid gentleman shatz was just seven years old when she was beat ton death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during a home schooling session. that was her so-called sin. the phrase death by 1,000 lash, . that s basically what this was. lydia s parents pleaded guilty and were sent to prison. but michael pearl, the man whose teachings they followed, is still spreading his gospel. through a popular christian parenting book he wrote with his wife to train up a child . apparently more than 1 million copies have been sold. the pearls wrote it as a blueprint for raising children they say the way the bible commands. it says that if you spare the rod, you hate your child. but if you love him you chasen him timely. the pearls say not to blame for what the shatzs did but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message that many fundamentali