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Anti-Gay, Prop 8 Supporting Pastor Charged with Child Molestation

An anti-gay Baptist pastor who donated to the Prop 8 campaign is being held in Sacramento County Jail on $6 million bail, facing multiple counts of sexual child molestation. Tom Daniels was arrested December 9 but it was only made public over the weekend, reports the Sacramento Bee. Daniels has been employed as a foster parent and day care provider, and  currently is the head pastor at the Rio Linda Baptist Church.

[Citrus Heights Police] Lt. Ray Bechler said police had postponed publicizing the arrest while they continued their investigation into the case. The District Attorney's Office's increased Daniels' bail from $1 million to $6 million earlier this month because Daniels was considered a flight risk, Bechler said.

Bechler said the charges against Daniels involve incidents that allegedly occurred between June 2004 and June 2007. Citrus Heights Police investigated an initial complaint in 2008 but were unable to come up with enough evidence for the DA to file charges, he said. In recent months, another victim came forward. The district attorney filed charges Dec. 9, and Daniels was arrested the same day.

Despite the mounting evidence and the multiple sex offender charges, the anti-gay Baptist congregation stands by their pastor, reports the Modesto Bee.

The board of a Rio Linda church, whose pastor has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation, on Saturday released a statement of support. "Until such time as the courts prove Pastor Tom Daniels guilty, we have an obligation to support him and his family," said the statement. The statement also said that accusations such as those facing Daniels need to be tried in the court and not the media.

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Thousands Rally Against Marriage Equality in Sacramento

Up to 6,000 evangelical Christians rallied and prayed against gays, same sex marriage and abortion at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Saturday. The event was the 17th "Call to Conscience" rally organized by anti-gay evangelist Lou Engle, reports the San Jose Mercury News.

Thousands of Christian conservatives spent 12 hours Saturday praying and fasting in front of the state Capitol at a gathering organizers described as spiritual repentance "when there is no hope for a nation." The daylong religious event was led by Lou Engle as well as other pastors and speakers to protest gay marriage, pornography and abortion. Many of those attending slapped red "Life" stickers over their shirts and set up blankets and folding chairs facing a large stage with banners that read: "Only One Hope God."

People close to the front of the stage held up their hands when called to prayer. They jumped and danced to musical performances between sermons. The gathering filled the west lawn of the state Capitol and hundreds of people spilled into the next block, but the rest of Capitol Mall's five-block-long lawn went unused despite large screens and barricades set up for the occasion.

Engle, Mike Huckabee and other social conservatives blasted  Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional in a landmark ruling last month, reports the Sacramento Bee.

Among the speakers was Tony Perkins, a leader of the religious right and head of the Washington lobbying group the Family Research Council. Perkins railed against U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker for overturning Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. He said Walker's ruling diminished the legal rights of religious people opposed to gay marriage. "If (the ruling) stands, in one generation we will have gone from banning the Bible in public schools to banning religious beliefs in society," Perkins said. The event's organizer, conservative Kansas City evangelist Lou Engle, urged the crowd to "break the altar of homosexual marriage."

The event was free of charge but people were "regularly asked to put donations in the 'offering stations.'"

Not on their prayer agenda: Hunger, poverty, homelessness, human rights, domestic abuse or HIV/AIDS. However, the Sacramento Bee adds the crowd was also asked to pray for "clergy addicted to pornography, bisexual women—even middle-aged men who play video games."